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It's rankings galore time, with a peek at area high school football lists from The Sacramento Bee, The Modesto Bee, SureWest Sports, MaxPreps, Cal-Hi and from Jim Dimino's Dirtry Dozen for Access Sacramento that airs games each week...

Sacramento Bee Top 20
1. Elk Grove 7-0
2. Franklin 7-0
3. Folsom 7-0
4. Burbank 7-0
5. Placer 7-0
6. Granite Bay 4-3
7. Oak Ridge 6-1
8. Pleasant Grove 5-2
9. Del Campo 5-2
10. Del Oro 3-4
11. Cosumnes Oaks 6-1
12. Rocklin 3-4
13. Nevada Union 4-3
14. Yuba City 6-1
15. Whitney 6-1
16. Inderkum 5-2
17. Rio Linda 6-1
18. Antelope 6-1
19. Center 6-1
20. Vista del Lago 6-1

For more news and notes from The Bee this week, go here...
www.sacbee.com/preps/#vmix_media_id=154120821

Modesto Bee Super 7's
Large Schools
1. Oakdale (6-1)
2. Buhach Colony (5-2)
3. Pitman (6-1)
4. Downey (6-1)
5. Merced (4-3)
6. Enochs (5-3)
7. Sierra (6-1)

Small Schools
1. Central Catholic 5-2
2. Los Banos (6-1)
3. Ripon (8-0)
4. Argonaut (7-0)
5. Escalon (5-2)
6. Calaveras (6-1)
7. Summerville (6-1)

For a fun peek at the top running backs in the last 25 years in the Modesto region from The Modesto Bee....go here...
www.modbee.com/2012/10/16/2416975/25-years-of-top-running-backs.html

SureWest Sports Top 15
1. Elk Grove (7-0)
2. Franklin (7-0)
3. Folsom (7-0)
4. Burbank (7-0)
5. Placer (7-0)
6. Oak Ridge (6-1)
7. Pleasant Grove (5-2)
8. Granite Bay (4-3)
9. Del Campo (5-2)
10. Rocklin (3-4)
11. Nevada Union (4-3)
12. Cosumnes Oaks (6-1)
13. Grant (2-5)
14. Del Oro (3-4)
15. Whitney (6-1)

For the complete SureWest Sports Top 20 and links to shows, interviews and more, go here...
www.surewestsports.com/

The Dimino Dirty Dozen
1. Elk Grove 7-0
2. Franklin 7-0
3. Folsom 7-0
4. Burbank 7-0
5. Pleasant Grove 5-2
6. Placer 7-0
7. Oak Ridge 6-1
8. Granite Bay 4-3
9. Del Campo 5-2
10. Inderkum 5-2
11. Antelope 6-1
12. Whitney 6-1
8 in the "Red Zone"
13. Rocklin 3-4
14. Cosumnes Oaks 6-1
15. Yuba City 6-1
16. Rio Linda 6-1
17. Del Oro 3-4
18. Center 6-1
19. Bear River 6-1
20. Vista del Lago 6-1
Note: Jim Dimino is a retired section Hall of Fame coach and administrator who led El Camino to championship success in the 1970s and '80s; he has been the color voice with Will James on the Hometown Sports Game of the Week live on Comcast and Surewest Cable Channel 17 and AT&T U-verse cable channel 99.

MaxPreps Sac-Joaquin Section Top 25
1. Elk Grove 7-0
2. Franklin 7-0
3. Folsom 7-0
4. Burbank 7-0
5. Placer 7-0
6. St. Mary's 5-2
7. Buhach Colony 5-2
8. Granite Bay 4-3
9. Central Catholic 5-2
10. Oak Ridge 6-1
11. Oakdale 6-1
12. Pleasant Grove 5-2
13. Del Campo 5-2
14. Del Oro 3-4
15. Cosumnes Oaks 6-1
16. Rocklin 3-4
17. Nevada Union 4-3
18. Yuba City 6-1
19. Merced 4-3
20. Downey 6-1

For the complete MaxPreps Top 25 and news and notes and story links, go here...
www.maxpreps.com/news/5Kp8gTSAakWaqRQLytXr0Q/maxpreps-sac-joaquin-section-top-25-high-school-football-rankings.htm

MaxPreps NorCal Top 25
1. De La Salle 7-0
2. Elk Grove 7-0
3. Franklin 7-0
4. Bellarmine 5-1
5. Folsom 7-0
6. Serra 5-1
7. Burbank 7-0
8. Deer Valley 6-1
9. Placer 7-0
10. Logan 6-1
11. St. Mary's 5-2
12. Buhach Colony 5-2
13. Marin Catholic 7-1
14. Central Catholic 5-2
15. Monte Vista 6-1
16. Oak Grove 6-0
17. Granite Bay 4-3
18. Oak Ridge 6-1
19. St. Ignatius 5-1
20. Oakdale 6-1

For the complete MaxPreps NorCal Top 25 and news and notes and story links, go here...
www.maxpreps.com/news/L8e0UEM3qECnia7aI0O6qQ/maxpreps-northern-california-top-25-high-school-football-rankings.htm

Cal-Hi Sports Bowl rankings
Division I North
1. (1) De La Salle (Concord) 7-0
2. (2) Elk Grove 7-0
3. (3) Franklin (Elk Grove) 7-0
4. (5) Folsom 7-0
5. (4) Bellarmine (San Jose) 5-1
6. (6) Serra (San Mateo) 5-1
7. (7) Deer Valley (Antioch) 6-1
8. (8) Luther Burbank (Sacramento) 7-0
9. (9) Buhach Colony (Atwater) 5-2
10. (10) St. Mary's (Stockton) 5-2
11. (12) Monte Vista (Danville) 6-1
12. (11) Oak Grove (San Jose) 6-0
13. (13) Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 6-1
14. (14) Granite Bay 4-3
15. (15) California (San Ramon) 6-1
Drops: None.
Bubble Teams: Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) 4-2, Del Oro (Loomis) 3-4, Foothill (Pleasanton) 4-3, Freedom (Oakley) 5-2, Grant (Sacramento) 2-5, James Logan (Union City) 6-1, Lincoln (Stockton) 4-3, Milpitas 5-1, Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) 5-2, San Ramon Valley (Danville) 3-4, St. Ignatius (San Francisco) 5-1.

Division II North
1. (1) Placer (Auburn) 7-0
2. (2) Oakdale 6-1
3. (4) Rancho Cotate (Rohnert Park) 7-0
4. (5) Cosumnes Oaks (Elk Grove) 6-1
5. (8) Yuba City 6-1
6. (7) Northgate (Walnut Creek) 6-1
7. (9) Concord 7-1
8. (NR) Inderkum (Sacramento) 5-2
9. (NR) Vista del Lago (Folsom) 7-1
10. (6) Casa Grande (Petaluma) 5-2
Drops: Previous No. 3 Paradise lost to Chico 36-35; No. 10 Benicia lost to Vallejo 28-19.
Bubble Teams: Enterprise (Redding) 5-2, Foothill (Palo Cedro) 4-3, Paradise 5-2, Sierra (Manteca) 6-1, Washington (Fremont) 5-2.

Division III North
1. (1) Marin Catholic (Kentfield) 7-1
2. (2) El Cerrito 7-0
3. (3) Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) 7-0
4. (4) Seaside 6-0
5. (5) Sutter 7-0
6. (6) Campolindo (Moraga) 6-1
7. (7) Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) 6-1
8. (8) Ripon 8-0
9. (9) Los Banos 6-1
10. (10) Soquel 5-1
Drops: None.
Bubble Teams: Analy (Sebastopol) 8-0, Aptos 5-2, Argonaut (Jackson) 7-0, Carmel 5-1, Escalon 5-2, Hilmar 6-2, Menlo School (Atherton) 5-1, Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton) 5-1, Salesian (Richmond) 7-1, St. Helena 7-0, West Valley (Cottonwood) 6-1.

Division IV North
1. (1) Central Catholic (Modesto) 5-2
2. (2) McClymonds (Oakland) 3-3
3. (3) Ferndale 6-1
4. (4) Le Grand 6-1
5. (5) Pierce (Arbuckle) 7-0
6. (6) Capital Christian (Sacramento) 6-1
7. (7) Portola 7-0
8. (8) Valley Christian (Dublin) 5-2
9. (9) Upper Lake 5-2
10. (10) Foresthill 6-1
Drops: None.
Bubble Teams: Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento) 3-4, California School for the Deaf (Fremont) 6-1, Maxwell 5-2, Modesto Christian (Modesto) 4-3, St. Bernard (Eureka) 5-2, St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma) 5-2.

For the complete run down on the Cal-Hi Bowl rankings for NorCal and SoCal and more news, notes and analysis, go here...
calhisportsfootball.wordpress.com/

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