Top 10 LA City Section high school football final regular season rankings (11/5/2024)

Narbonne finishes No. 1 heading into the postseason.

Narbonne football players in a huddle before a game. / Connor Morrissette

The regular season has come to a close in the Los Angeles City Section and the playoffs will begin on Friday, November 8 in Divsions I, III and III.

The Open Division, which is comprised of just eight teams, will start on November 15. Narbonne is the No. 1 seed in the Open and is likely to run into a Marine League team eventually.

The City's playoff pairings were released on Saturday: CITY PLAYOFF BRACKETS

• Marine League's boycott against Narbonne over is slippery slope

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Here are the final, regular-season City Section Top 10 rankings for 2024.

FINAL TOP 10 CITY SECTION RANKINGS

(Rank, school, quick note, next opponent, previous rank)

1. Narbonne (8-2)

Narbonne will finally play football on November 15 in the first round of the Open Division playoffs against Dorsey after a 49-day layoff.

2. Carson (6-3)

The Colts earn their way into the Open Division as the second-place finisher in the Marine League. Carson is the No. 2 seed in the Open and will take on Garfield.

3. Birmingham (5-4)

The Patriots are right on schedule, winning the West Valley League and now earning a home game against Gardena in the Open Division on Nov. 15. Birmingham is the four-time defending champion.

4. San Pedro (7-3)

San Pedro will have a rematch with Banning in the No. 3 vs. No. 6 matchup in the Open Division. Pirates won that matchup 34-33.

5. Gardena (7-2)

The Panthers will lean on running back Xavier Grant in the postseason.

"If the CIF is going to be okay with NIL, that's fine. I'll start a Carson football collective, and we'll play ball,” Mike Christensen said.

Marine League's boycott against Narbonne over 'monetary incentive', 'housing' is slippery slopehttps://t.co/hxvD7Nl38R

— Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) October 20, 2024

6. Banning (4-6)

The Pilots went winless in the Marine League, but probably feel like they have a second chance at life in the postseason. This team is still very dangerous.

7. Garfield (7-3)

Despite falling to Legacy in the season finale, the Bulldogs did enough to earn a playoff berth in the Open Division; a No. 7 seed.

8. Dorsey (7-3)

The Dons win the Coliseum League and earn the program's first-ever berth to the Open Division.

9. Kennedy (8-2)

The Cougars will be a team to be in the Division I playoffs after winning the Valley Mission League in undefeated fashion.

10. Venice (6-4)

The Gondoliers won the Western League, going 5-0. Most didn't see that coming. Now, they set their eyes on the Division I championship.

PREVIOUS RANKINGS

• City Section preseason rankings, Aug. 18
• City Section rankings, Aug. 26
• City Section rankings, Sept. 3
• City Section rankings, Sept. 9
• City Section rankings, Sept. 23
• City Section rankings, Sept. 30
• City Section rankings, Oct. 1
• City Section rankings, Oct. 7
• City Section rankings, Oct. 21
• City Section rankings, Oct. 28

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