San Mateo (Sept. 19, 2016) – Riverside City College and Saddleback College split the first place votes with eight apiece but RCC held onto the No 1 spot by two points in this week's JC Athletic Bureau's statewide poll of California Community College football coaches. Riverside beat Bakersfield, 45-7, and Saddleback downed Los Angeles Harbor, 46-14, last week.
Ventura, Santa Rosa, Fullerton, and Long Beach each moved up one position this week to rank No. 3 through No. 6. Fourth-ranked Santa Rosa is the top Northern California team and the lone unbeaten National Division team in the region. Riverside, Saddleback, Ventura, Fullerton, and Grossmont all remain unbeaten in the south. That will change Saturday with No. 1 Riverside playing at No. 3 Ventura, which has a state-leading 8-game win streak. Other match-ups among top 20 teams include: No. 5 Fullerton at No. 8 Mt San Antonio, No. 2 Saddleback at No. 20 El Camino and No. 15 Canyons at No. 6 Long Beach.
Non-conference competition also continues in the north with No. 5 Santa Rosa at No. 19 Sacramento and defending state champion No. 7 CCSF hosting Chabot in a rematch of the 2015 NorCal title game. Other top Saturday contests include No. 9 American River at No. 11 Fresno and No. 24 San Mateo at No. 10 Butte. League play gets underway in the American Division with a match-up of unbeatens: Los Medanos at No. 22 Shasta -- which has a division leading 7-game win streak.
See cccaasports.org. for scores and statistics.
2016 JC Athletic Bureau Poll of California Community College Football Coaches
The Top 25 teams in the JC Athletic Bureau's State Poll of California Community College Football Coaches, with first-place votes in brackets, won-loss records, total points (based upon 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote), and previous (final 2015) ranking.
[Final poll is also used in the NATYCAA Cup all-sports rankings for football.]
Rk College Record Pts. LR
1. Riverside [8] 3-0 413 1
2. Saddleback [8] 3-0 411 2
3. Ventura {1} 3-0 379 4
4. Santa Rosa 3-0 370 5
5. Fullerton 3-0 352 6
6. Long Beach 2-1 321 7
7. San Francisco 2-1 314 9
8. Mt. San Antonio 2-1 300 8
9. American River 2-1 286 3
10. Butte 2-1 258 12
11. Fresno 2-1 254 14
12. Grossmont 3-0 219 nr
13. Modesto 2-1 212 15
14. Laney 2-1 210 19
15. Canyons 2-1 173 10
16. Diablo Valley 2-1 140 24
17. Los Angeles Valley 2-0 122 20
18 Siskiyous 2-1 114 23
19. Sacramento 2-1 100 16
20. El Camino 2-1 97 13
21. Bakersfield 2-1 94 18
22. Shasta 3-0 63 25
23. Citrus 3-0 58 nr
24. San Mateo 1-2 56 17
25. Southwestern 3-0 53 nr.
Next 5: Golden West (1-2), Sequoias (2-1), San Joaquin Delta (1-2), Chaffey (1-2), Monterey Peninsula (3-0).
Others included: Los Medanos (3-0), Mt. San Jacinto (2-0), Sierra (1-2), Santa Barbara (2-1), Cerritos (1-2), Moorpark (1-2), Orange Coast (1-2),
LR = Last Ranking. [First place votes in brackets]
Longest winning streaks:
8 games, Ventura; 7, Shasta; 6, LA Valley.
CCCAA (STATE) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
TOTAL OFFENSE: CCSF soph QB Lavell McCullers (6-3, 215, Aberdeen HS, Md.): 616 total yards: 566 yards passing (34 of 59) and 7 TDs, 50 yards on 12 carries and a TD rushing in 51-36 win at American River. He leads the state with 1,1146 passing yards and paces the north with 71 completions. CCSF tops the state in passing offense (474.3 yds./game) and total offense, (613.7).
PASSING: Sierra frosh QB Adam Besana (6-5, 235, Roseville HS) 34 of 54 for 358 yards and 3 TDs (1 int) in 35-20 win over Contra Costa.
RUSHING: Saddleback frosh RB Edward Vander (6-1, 215, Serra HS, Gardena): 160 yards on 14 carries (including an 80-yd. TD) – an 11.4 average -- in 46-14 win over LA Harbor. Vander is No. 4 in state rushing at 110.3 yds/game.
RECEIVING: CCSF soph WR Easop Winston,Jr. (6-0, 180, Serra HS, San Mateo) 14 receptions for 228 yards and 4 TDs (long of 92) against American River.
ALL-PURPOSE RUNNING: Diablo Valley soph WR Marguese Surrell (6-3, 192, University HS, Orlando, Fla.)10 receptions for 185 yards and 3 TDs in 28-14 win over Chabot.
He also had 59 yards on 3 punt returns to total 244 all-purpose yards. Surrell now leads the state with 30 catches for 470 yards (No. 2) and has scored 5 times. He is No. 3 in all-purpose running with 539 yds.