California Southern Section high school football computer rankings (10/7/2024)

Check out SBLive's computer rankings for the CIF Southern Section in California high school football through Week 6.
Oak Hills quarterback Jacob Webster talks to his teammates during a timeout on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Oak Hills kicked off Mojave River League play with a 34-0 victory over Hesperia.
Oak Hills quarterback Jacob Webster talks to his teammates during a timeout on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Oak Hills kicked off Mojave River League play with a 34-0 victory over Hesperia. / Jose Quintero / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Starting in Week 5 in the CIF Southern Section of the California high school football season, High School on SI is launching its debut computer rankings for this season.

No surprise, Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. As more games are played and the computer has more data to work with, teams will move up and down week to week.

Here are the latest expert Top 25 rankings in the CIF Southern Section as of September 22.

SBLive's formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.


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Tarek Fattal, SBLive Sports
TAREK FATTAL, SBLIVE SPORTS

Tarek Fattal has been covering high school sports since 2015 in Southern California and primarily in Los Angeles, covering notable athletes such as Bronny James, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alyssa Thompson. He was with the LA Daily News for eight years, which included being the beat reporter for the UCLA men's basketball team. Tarek can be seen on TV regularly on CBS/KCAL as a sports analyst with Jim Hill.