TOP 20 TEAMS

1. Clovis (3-0)Next: vs. Stockdale (2-0), Friday

2. Bakersfield (3-0)Next: vs. Foothill (1-1), Friday

3. Bullard (1-1)Next: vs. Clovis East (1-2), Thursday

4. Stockdale (2-0)Next: at Clovis (3-0), Friday

5. Memorial (2-0)Next: vs. Garces (3-0), Saturday

6. Centennial (1-2) Next: vs. Paso Robles (1-1), Friday

7. Tulare (2-0)Next: vs. Porterville (3-0), Thursday

8. Edison (2-1)Next: vs. Buchanan (1-1), Sept. 29

9. Central (1-1)Next: at El Diamante (0-2), Friday

10. Frontier (2-0)Next: vs. Clovis North (3-0), Friday

11. Ridgeview (2-0)Next: at East (1-1), Friday

12. Clovis North (3-0)Next: at Frontier (2-0), Friday

13. Porterville (3-0)Next: at Tulare (2-0), Thursday

14. Garces (3-0)Next: at Memorial (2-0), Saturday

15. Clovis West (0-3)Next: vs. Bullard (1-1), Sept. 30

16. Tehachapi (2-1)Next: vs. Burroughs (2-1), Friday

17. Washington (2-0)Next: vs. Sunnyside (2-0), Friday

18. Kingsburg (2-1)Next: vs. Yosemite (0-3), Friday

19. Madera (3-0)Next: vs. Hanford (2-1), Friday

20. Dinuba (2-0)Next: at Kerman (0-2), Friday

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS

D-I 1. Clovis; 2. Bakersfield; 3. Bullard

D-II 1. Memorial; 2. Frontier; 3. Clovis North

D-III 1. Ridgeview; 2. Porterville; 3. Kingsburg

D-IV 1. Washington; 2. Coalinga (3-0); 3. Wasco (3-0)

D-V1. Firebaugh (2-0); 2. Fowler (1-2); 3. Sierra (1-1)

D-VI 1. Mendota (3-0); 2. Orange Cove (2-0); 3. Farm. (2-0)

THE BUZZ

For all the advantages in enrollment (4,000) and talent, Central remains a fragile program three years after going 1-9 and a coaching change. This was reaffirmed in a 46-7 loss Saturday at Palos Verdes, which entered the game 0-2. The Grizzlies, then ranked second in the Central Section at 1-0, had no business playing a game that required the team to depart at 4:30 a.m. and bus 240 miles to the SoCal coast for a 3 p.m. kickoff. But school officials found themselves in a scheduling pinch after Chaparral-Temecula bailed out of a game at Central a year after it lost 27-12 at home to the Grizzlies as a state-ranked team. Central three-year starting quarterback Michael Baker attempted only 14 passes while throwing for a career-low 61 yards in the loss.

Amazing how the tiniest of infractions can have such a big impact. Consider Kingsburg's 20-16 loss at Washington: The Vikings, running the ball well behind Jake Rouch (107 yards), had positioned themselves for a victory after gaining a first down at the Washington 2-yard line with 1:22 remaining. But an illegal-procedure penalty moved the ball back to the 7 and, ultimately, Kingsburg fell short 3 inches of the goal line on a pass from Austin Bray to Kyler Christopher.

Three days of showdowns involving unbeatens this week: Thursday, Porterville at Tulare; Friday, Stockdale at Clovis, Clovis North at Frontier and Sunnyside at Washington; Saturday, Garces at Memorial.

Clovis North QB Christian Rossi is awaiting MRI results on a knee injured in the Broncos' 21-0 victory against Madera South.

Promotion in defeat: Centennial leaps five spots to No. 6 following double-OT loss to No. 1 Clovis.

D-VI Mendota has crushed D-V foes Fresno Christian (70-0), Caruthers (62-6) and Liberty-Madera Ranchos (48-7). Next for Aztecs: at 2010 D-V champ Fowler.