LA Times Top 25 High School Football Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
California High School Football Huddle

There was plenty of shuffling in the latest LA Times Southland Top 25 rankings with Westlake and Redlands East Valley making big moves into the Top 5.

This week's games could also cause some shake-ups as #1 Servite faces undefeated and #10 Orange Lutheran.  #2 Santa Margarita also will face a challenge this week when it takes on Mater Dei, sitting at #16 with a 2-3 record.

Another Top 25 showdown will take place Friday night when #9 Poly takes-on #23 Lakewood.

Here's this week's rankings:

LA Times Top 25

1. Servite (4-1), LW: #1
2. Santa Margarita (5-0), LW: #2
3. Westlake (5-0), LW: #9
4. Redlands East Valley (5-0), LW: #12
5. Mission Viejo (4-2), LW: #3
6. Oaks Christian (3-2), LW: #4
7. St. Bonaventure (4-1), LW: #5
8. Corona Centennial (4-1), LW: #6
9. Long Beach Poly (5-1), LW: #7
10. Orange Lutheran (5-0), LW: #8
11. Upland (5-0), LW: #10
12. San Clemente (6-0), LW: #11
13. Vista Murrieta (5-0), LW: #13
14. St. John Bosco (4-1), LW: #18
15. Loyola (5-1), LW: #14
16. Mater Dei (2-3), LW: #20
17. Edison (3-2), LW: #21
18. Crespi (5-1), LW: #19
19. Bishop Amat (5-1), LW: #17
20. Dorsey (4-1), LW: #22
21. Los Alamitos (4-1), LW: #23
22. Rancho Cucamonga (5-0), LW: #24
23. Lakewood (5-1) LW: #25
24. Riverside North (4-1), LW: #15
25. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (5-1), LW: #16

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by Jeff Fisher
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LA Times Top 25 High School Football Rankings

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Except for Centennial, PAC-5 schools continue to dominate the LA Times Top 25 high school football rankings. Seven teams from the the PAC-5 are in the Top 10, and there are 14 PAC-5 schools overall in the Top 25.

The biggest change is Mater Dei's two spot drop to #5 after losing to #2 Centennial last weekend.

Here's the entire Top 25...

1. Long Beach Poly (2-0) , LW: #1
2. Centennial (2-0) , LW: #2
3. Crespi (3-0) , LW: #4
4. Mission Viejo (3-0) , LW: #5
5. Mater Dei (2-1) , LW: #3
6. St. Bonaventure 3-0, LW: #7
7. Servite (2-1) , LW: #6
8. Notre Dame (2-0), LW: #8
9. Oaks Christian (3-0) , LW: #9
10. Redlands Valley East (2-0) , LW: #10
11. Edison (3-0) , LW: #11
12. Los Osos (2-0) , LW: #12
13. Bishop Amat (2-1) , LW: #13
14. Upland (3-0) , LW: #15
15. Loyola (2-1) , LW: #17
16. Orange Lutheran (2-1) , LW: #14
17. Los Alamitos (2-0) , LW: #18
18. Lakewood (3-0) , LW: #19
19. Rancho Verde (3-0) , LW: #20
20. Corona Santiago (1-1) , LW: #21
21. Chaparral (1-1) , LW: #22
22. Tesoro (3-0) , LW: #23
23. St. John Bosco (3-0) , LW: #25
24. Serra (3-0) , LW: NR
25. Palmdale (2-0) , LW: NR