High school football rankings Week 5, 2023: Bay Area News Group Top 25
With more than one-third of the teams in last week’s Bay Area News Group rankings off, there are only subtle changes in the new Top 25.
McClymonds dropped from sixth to ninth after losing at San Ramon Valley. Amador Valley moved ahead of Monte Vista after beating the Mustangs in a thriller.
Hillsdale, which knocked off Sacred Heart Prep to remain undefeated, moved into the Top 20.
Nobody dropped out this week.
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On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 SERRA (3-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral at Kezar Stadium, 7 p.m.
No. 2 DE LA SALLE (2-2)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat St. Mary’s-Stockton 24-10
Up next: Friday at Folsom, 7 p.m.
No. 3 SAN RAMON VALLEY (4-0)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Beat McClymonds 35-7
Up next: Friday vs. Liberty, 7 p.m.
No. 4 PITTSBURG (4-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat California 38-35
Up next: Sept. 29 at Los Gatos, 7:30 p.m.
No. 5 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (3-0)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Saturday vs. Bellarmine, 6 p.m.
No. 6 LOS GATOS (3-1)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Beat Palo Alto 42-0
Up next: Sept. 29 vs. Pittsburg, 7 p.m.
No. 7 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (2-1)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Saturday vs. St. Ignatius, 2 p.m.
No. 8 WILCOX (2-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday vs. Edison-Huntington Beach at Bakersfield College, 7 p.m.
No. 9 MCCLYMONDS (2-1)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Lost to San Ramon Valley 35-7
Up next: Sept. 29 at De La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 10 EL CERRITO (4-0)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Beat Foothill 35-0
Up next: Friday vs. Vacaville, 7 p.m.
No. 11 LIBERTY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Fremont-Oakland 48-0
Up next: Friday at San Ramon Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 12 ST. IGNATIUS (2-1)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Saturday at Archbishop Riordan, 2 p.m.
No. 13 ST. FRANCIS (1-2)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday vs. Archbishop Mitty, 7 p.m.
No. 14 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (3-0)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday at St. Francis, 7 p.m.
No. 15 AMADOR VALLEY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Monte Vista 41-34
Up next: Friday vs. Foothill, 7 p.m.
No. 16 MONTE VISTA (3-1)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Lost to Amador Valley 41-34
Up next: Friday vs. Campolindo, 7 p.m.
No. 17 CLAYTON VALLEY (2-2)
Previous ranking:17
Last week: Beat Turlock 21-14
Up next: Sept. 29 vs. Jesuit-Carmichael, 7 p.m.
No. 18 CALIFORNIA (2-2)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Lost to Pittsburg 38-35
Up next: Friday vs. Milpitas, 7 p.m.
No. 19 HILLSDALE (4-0)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 21-14
Up next: Sept. 28 vs. Half Moon Bay, 7 p.m.
No. 20 CHRISTOPHER (4-0)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Beat Overfelt 38-8
Up next: Thursday at Gilroy, 7 p.m.
No. 21 MENLO SCHOOL (4-0)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Menlo-Atherton 28-13
Up next: Sept. 30 vs. Homestead, 2 p.m.
No. 22 CAMPOLINDO (1-1-1)
Previous ranking: 21
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday at Monte Vista, 7 p.m.
No. 23 SACRED HEART PREP (2-2)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Lost to Hillsdale 21-14
Up next: Sept. 29 vs. Burlingame, 7 p.m.
No. 24 ACALANES (0-3)
Previous ranking: 24
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday at College Park, 7:30 p.m.
No. 25 LAS LOMAS (3-0)
Previous ranking: 25
Last week: Beat Alhambra 42-26
Up next: Friday at Benicia, 7 p.m.
Editor’s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.