California High School Football Rankings: Top 25 teams – Oct. 21

Only two regular season games remain for California high school football teams before the playoffs begin, and the state rankings have been updated after this past week’s results.

The top 10 remains the same as previously. But elsewhere on the list, there was a ton of movement after Week 8 games.

Below are the full top-25 rankings, per the On3 Massey Ratings:

The On3 Massey Ratings — which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college high school sports team rankings since 1995 — rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.

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1. Mater Dei

Previous Rank: No. 1

The Monarchs opened the season as the country’s No. 1 team and still remain there after a 7-0 start. With a trio of California top-10 wins at their back, they’ll face rival and No. 2 St. John Bosco in one of the country’s biggest games this season on Friday night.

2. St. John Bosco

Previous Rank: No. 2

The Braves are 8-0, despite having only played one unranked team this year. After top-10 wins over Orange Lutheran, Santa Margarita Catholic and Servite, they’ll get their biggest test of the year Friday at No. 1 Mater Dei.

3. Mission Viejo

Previous Rank: No. 3

Only two games stand between Mission Viejo and an undefeated regular season: this week’s tilt against rival Edison and a top-20 showdown to close the year vs. No. 19 Los Alamitos.

4. Centennial

Previous Rank: 4

The Huskies had arguably their biggest remaining test of the year against No. 14 Murrieta Valley on Friday, but easily handled the visitors 28-9. They’re heavy favorites, per the On3 Massey Ratings, in each of their final two games.

5. Orange Lutheran

Previous Rank: No. 5

The Lancers survived a 13-10 slugfest against No. 10 Santa Margarita Catholic to move to 6-2, but close the year with games against No. 6 Servite and at No. 1 Mater Dei.

6. Servite

Previous Rank: No. 6

After starting the year 6-0, Servite has suffered consecutive losses to the state’s top two teams — falling 28-6 to Mater Dei before losing 27-17 to Bosco on Friday. They’ll need to right the ship quickly this week against Orange Lutheran.

7. De La Salle High School

Previous Rank: No. 7

The Northern California powerhouse had no trouble with San Ramon Valley in a 42-14 blowout over the weekend and is heavily favored in each of its final three games of the season.

8. J Serra Catholic

Previous Rank: No. 8

Much like Servite, J Serra Catholic opened the season hot with a 5-0 record before dropping three straight. They’ll look to get the train going back in the right direction against No. 10 Santa Margarita on Friday night.

9. Sierra Canyon

Previous Rank: No. 9

The Trailblazers are now 5-3 after a 38-0 shutout win over Bishop Amat on Friday. They’re heavily favored against this week’s opponent, Loyola, before a big top-15 showdown at Junipero Serra.

10. Santa Margarita Catholic

Previous Rank: No. 10

The Eagles continue to struggle in Trinity League play, dropping a 13-10 decision to Orange Lutheran over the weekend. They’ve now lost four in a row — by a combined 32 points — but will have a chance to get things going against J Serra Catholic.

Teams 11-25 in latest California High School Football Rankings

11. Clovis East
12. Folsom
13. Lincoln (+2)
14. Murrieta Valley (-1)
15. Junipero Serra Gardena (-1)

16. Oaks Christian
17. Clovis North (+1)
18. Rancho Cucamonga (+1)
19. Los Alamitos (-2)
20. Rocklin

21. Inglewood (+2)
22. La Costa Canyon
23. Pittsburg (-2)
24. Oak Hills (previously unranked)
25. San Clemente (previously unranked)

Dropped out: Cathedral Catholic, St. Mary’s