TOP 20 TEAMS

1. Clovis (5-0); Next: at Clovis East (1-4), Oct. 14

2. Bakersfield (5-0); Next: at Independence (1-4), Oct. 14

3. Bullard (3-1); Next: at Hoover (0-4), Thursday

4. Memorial (4-0); Next: vs. Mt. Whitney (3-1), Friday

5. Centennial (2-2); Next: at Stockdale (0-4), Oct. 14

6. Edison (3-1); Next: vs. Clovis West (0-4), Friday

7. Central (3-1); Next: vs. Kerman (0-4), Friday

8. Tulare (4-0); Next: at Delano (3-1), Friday

9. Frontier (3-0); Next: at Ridgeview (4-0), Friday

10. Ridgeview (4-0); Next: vs. Frontier (3-0), Friday

11. Clovis North (3-1); Next: at Clovis West (4-0), Oct. 14

12. Garces (4-1); Next: at Golden Valley-Bakersfield (1-2), Oct. 14

13. Clovis West (0-4); Next: at Edison (3-1), Friday

14. Stockdale (0-4); Next: at Buchanan (1-3), Friday

15. Porterville (4-1); Next: vs. Western (1-3), Oct. 13

16. Tehachapi (3-1); Next: vs. Rosamond (1-3), Friday

17. Washington (4-0); Next: at Dos Palos (1-3), Friday

18. Dinuba (4-0); Next: at Central Valley Christian (0-5), Friday

19. Madera South (4-1); Next: at Roosevelt (1-3), Oct. 13

20. Kingsburg (3-2); Next: vs. Immanuel (1-4), 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. Dinuba

D-IV: 1. Washington; 2. Coalinga (5-0); 3. Wasco (5-0)

D-V: 1. Firebaugh (4-0); 2. Fowler (3-2); 3. Granite Hills (2-3)

D-VI: 1. Mendota (4-0); 2. Orange Cove (4-0); 3. Farmersville (3-1)

THE BUZZ

Marty Martin returns to Fresno on Friday, and on a roll. The former Clovis West and Kerman coach arrives this time for a nonleague game at Memorial with Mt. Whitney, which is 3-1 with a couple asterisks. The good: The Pioneers third straight victory Friday was a come-from-behind, 30-28 conquest of El Diamante, which snapped the Miners' 28-game West Yosemite League winning streak that stretched to 2006. The suspect: Following a season-opening 38-13 loss to Porterville, Mt. Whitney has defeated teams with a combined 2-10 record in Tulare Western (1-3), Sanger (1-3) and El Diamante (0-4). And now a clear step up in competition in Memorial and running back Chris Brown, who has rushed for 858 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Maybe no surprise that Bullard has such a good offensive line considering coach Donnie Arax was an All-Metro guard for the Knights 30 years ago. But Bullard is getting it done with little or no help from its two major college commits in tight end Ian Taubler (UCLA) and tackle Stephon McCray (Arizona State) because of injuries. Remarkably, the Knights are still seven deep up front in tackles Nicolas Chavez, Vincente Ceballos and Justin Diaz, guards Eric Smith, Enrique Solorio and Sumner Manock, and center Chris Chavez.

How is once-No. 4 Stockdale faring without ineligible junior RB D.J. Martin? The Mustangs have been shut out in eight consecutive quarters by Clovis and Garces.

Madera South, vaulting into The Bee's Top 20 for the first time in school history, hasn't given up a TD in 10 consecutive quarters. The streak began with a second-half blank of Clovis North, extended with a shutout of Central Valley Christian and was sustained in the Stallions' rousing 14-3 upset of then-No. 19 Madera.