There’s a new top-10 team in The Bee’s prep football rankings after a close road win
A matchup between The Bee’s top-ranked teams will take center stage in Week 4 in the Central Section.
Buchanan remains No. 2 following a 35-14 home victory over Foothill-Palo Cedro, the No. 1 team in Maxpreps’ North Section rankings.
Next up for the Bears is a showdown at No. 1 Liberty-Bakersfield on Friday.
There are changes below the top two.
Bullard fell six spots to No. 13 after a 24-20 loss to Frontier. The Titans move ahead of Bullard at No. 12.
San Joaquin Memorial remains No. 3 after a 10-7 loss to Queen Creek of Arizona, No. 13 in Maxpreps’ state rankings. The Panthers gave up a late touchdown.
Clovis West, Hanford and Central remain Nos. 4, 5 and 6, but Central Valley Christian moves up to No. 7 after a 34-14 victory over Bakersfield Christian.
Kingsburg cracks the top 10 after a 21-14 victory at Dinuba.
The Bee’s Top 25
1. Liberty-Bakersfield (2-0)
Last week: Bye
Pvs: 1
Up next: Friday vs. Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.
2. Buchanan (3-0)
Last week: defeated Foothill-Palo Cedro 35-14
Pvs: 2
Up next: Friday at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
3. San Joaquin Memorial (2-1)
Last week: lost to Queen Creek, Ariz. 10-7
Pvs: 3
Up next: Saturday at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
4. Clovis West (3-0)
Last week: defeated Lemoore 40-14
Pvs: 4
Up next: Friday at Bullard, 7 p.m. (McLane Stadium)
5. Hanford (3-0)
Last week: defeated Golden West 58-0
Pvs: 5
Up next: Friday vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
6. Central (2-1)
Last week: defeated Turlock 54-41
Pvs: 6
Up next: Saturday at Bishop Diego-Santa Barbara, 4 p.m. (Santa Barbara City College)
7. Central Valley Christian (3-0)
Last week: defeated Bakersfield Christian 34-14
Pvs: 8
Up next: Friday at Clovis North, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
8. Clovis (2-1)
Last week: defeated Whitney-Rocklin 21-3
Pvs: 9
Up next: Friday at Salinas, 7 p.m.
9. St. Joseph (2-0)
Last week: Bye
Pvs: 10
Up next: Friday at Newbury Park, 7 p.m.
10. Kingsburg (3-0)
Last week: defeated Dinuba 21-14
Pvs: 11
Up next: Thursday at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
11. Clovis East (3-0)
Last week: defeated Sanger 49-7
Pvs: 12
Up next: Sept. 16 at Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
12. Frontier (3-0)
Last week: defeated Bullard 24-20
Pvs: 16
Up next: Friday at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
13. Bullard (1-2)
Last week: lost to Frontier 24-20
Pvs: 7
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis West, 7 p.m. (McLane Stadium)
14. Clovis North (2-1)
Last week: defeated El Diamante 48-0
Pvs: 15
Up next: Friday vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
15. Bakersfield (0-2)
Last week: Bye
Pvs: 13
Up next: Friday at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
16. Garces (1-2)
Last week: lost to Bishop Diego-Santa Barbara 35-14
Pvs: 14
Up next: Saturday vs. San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
17. Tulare Western (2-1)
Last week: defeated Mt. Whitney 35-27
Pvs: 19
Up next: Friday vs. Redwood, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
18. Bakersfield Christian (1-2)
Last week: lost to Central Valley Christian 34-14
Pvs: 17
Up next: Friday at Faith Lutheran-Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m.
19. Lemoore (2-1)
Last week: lost to Clovis West 40-14
Pvs: 18
Up next: Friday at Sanger, 7:30 p.m.
20. Edison (2-0)
Last week: defeated Hoover 54-0
Pvs: 21
Up next: Friday at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
21. Reedley (2-0)
Last week: Bye
Pvs: 20
Up next: Friday vs. Coalinga, 7:30 p.m. (at Orange Cove)
22. Mission Prep (1-1)
Last week: defeated McLane 37-0
Pvs: 22
Up next: Friday at Aptos, 7 p.m.
23. Centennial (3-0)
Last week: defeated Independence 60-14
Pvs: 24
Up next: Friday at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.
24. Mission Oak (3-0)
Last week: defeated Roosevelt 28-13
Pvs: 25
Up next: Friday at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m. (Mineral King Bowl)
25. Sunnyside (1-1)
Last week: Bye
Pvs: 23
Up next: Friday at Kerman, 7 p.m.
Also: Lompoc (3-0), Porterville (3-0), Washington Union (2-1), Cabrillo (2-1), Redwood (1-2), Highland (2-1), Santa Ynez (2-0), Independence (1-1), Sanger (1-2), Santa Maria (2-1), Wasco (2-0), Paso Robles (1-1), Kerman (3-0), Dinuba (1-1), Tulare Union (1-2), Golden West (1-2)
Week 4 schedule
Thursday, Sept. 8
Nonleague
Centennial at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.
Golden Valley-Bakersfield at Delano, 7:30 p.m.
Kingsburg at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
Corcoran at Sierra Pacific, 7:30 p.m. (Neighbor Bowl)
Friday, Sept. 9
Northwest Sequoia League
Caruthers at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m.
Chowchilla at Parlier, 7:30 p.m.
Fowler at Minarets, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty-Madera Ranchos at Yosemite, 7:30 p.m.
Nonleague
Clovis West at Bullard, 7 p.m. (McLane Stadium)
Fresno at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.
Dos Palos at Pioneer Valley, 7 p.m.
Roosevelt at Mendota, 7 p.m.
Mission Oak at Mt. Whitney, 7 p.m. (Mineral King Bowl)
McFarland at Kern Valley, 7 p.m.
Santa Ynez at Santa Maria, 7 p.m.
Vasquez at Rosamond, 7 p.m.
Flintridge Prep at Lone Pine, 7 p.m.
Hesperia Christian at Trona, 7 p.m.
Mojave at Lancaster Baptist, 7 p.m.
Granite Hills at Exeter, 7:15 p.m.
Buchanan at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
Central Valley Christian at Clovis North, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
Frontier at Hanford, 7:30 p.m
Coalinga vs. Reedley, 7:30 p.m. (at Orange Cove)
Lemoore at Sanger, 7:30 p.m.
Sunnyside at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
Redwood at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
Templeton at Firebaugh, 7:30 p.m.
Hanford West at Hoover, 7:30 p.m. (Sunnyside Stadium)
Dinuba at Selma, 7:30 p.m.
Arvin at Taft, 7:30 p.m.
Bakersfield at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
California City at Foothill, 7:30 p.m.
East Bakersfield at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
Edison at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
Farmersville at Avenal, 7:30 p.m.
Highland at Chavez, 7:30 p.m.
Madera South at Madera, 7:30 p.m.
Paso Robles at Monache, 7:30 p.m.
North at San Luis Obispo, 7:30 p.m.
Orosi at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
South at Independence, 7:30 p.m.
Tehachapi at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
West at Mira Monte, 7:30 p.m.
Intersectional
Coast at Sierra, 6 p.m.
Mammoth at Lucerne Valley, 6 p.m.
Stuart Hall-San Francisco at Fresno Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Bakersfield Christian at Faith Lutheran-Las Vegas, 7 p.m.
Bishop at Burroughs, 7 p.m.
Clovis at Salinas, 7 p.m.
Garza at Sonora, 7 p.m.
Mission Prep at Aptos, 7 p.m.
Rio Hondo Prep at Boron, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph at Newbury Park, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Nonleague
San Joaquin Memorial at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
Central Sierra League
Alpaugh at Orcutt Academy, 2 p.m.
Intersectional
Central at Bishop Diego-Santa Barbara, 4 p.m. (Santa Barbara City College)
Coastal Christian-Pismo Beach at Riverdale Christian, 11 a.m.
Week 3 scores
Saturday, Sept. 3
Nonleague
Woodlake 45, Sierra Pacific 30
Queen Creek, Arizona 10, San Joaquin Memorial 7
Lone Pine 40, Coleville 28
Valley Christian Academy-Santa Maria 69, Orcutt Academy 26
Riverdale Christian 22, Anzar-San Juan Baustista 20
Santa Maria 14, Nipomo 13
Cuyama Valley 36, Frazier Mountain 8
Friday, Sept. 2
Nonleague
Mission Prep 37, McLane 0
Garza 53, Sanger West 24
Paso Robles 35, Atascadero 21
Arroyo Grande 26, San Luis Obispo 14
Lompoc 62, Cabrillo 7
Santa Ynez 59, Morro Bay 19
Exeter 39, Lindsay 0
Edison 54, Hoover 0
Frontier 24, Bullard 20
Golden Valley-Bakersfield 28, South 14
Centennial 60, Independence 14
Highland 25, Kennedy 21
Arvin 45, Kern Valley 0
Shafter 49, Mira Monte 0
Orange Cove 37, Parlier 7
Porterville 27, Foothill 0
Ridgeview 25, Stockdale 15
Tehachapi 30, Taft 20
Clovis West 40, Lemoore 14
Mendota 7, Strathmore 6
Clovis North 48, El Diamante 0
Washington Union 35, Torres 20
Hanford 58, Golden West 0
Caruthers 43, Firebaugh 7
Fowler 25, Immanuel 7
Kingsburg 21, Dinuba 14
Kerman 21, Madera 14
Tulare Western 35, Mt. Whitney 27
Redwood 48, Tulare 20
Central Valley Christian 34, Bakersfield Christian 14
Riverdale 20, Avenal 12
Clovis East 49, Sanger 7
Liberty-Madera Ranchos 28, Dos Palos 14
Coalinga 47, Selma 18
Sierra 40, Yosemite 29
McFarland 19, Granite Hills 14
Righetti 39, Pioneer Valley 13
Templeton 49, East Bakersfield 9
Intersectional
Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 52, Laton 38
Buchanan 35, Foothill-Palo Cedro 14
Fresno Christian 32, Branson 24
Central 54, Turlock 41
Colton 29, Rosamond 6
Mammoth 54, Pyramid Lake-Nixon, Nev. 8
Boron 38, Riverside Prep 8
Bishop 31, Fernley-Nevada 22
Lancaster Baptist 53, Trona 22
Bishop Diego-Santa Barbara 35, Garces 14
Clovis 21, Whitney-Rocklin 3
Le Grand 50, Tranquillity 0
Thursday, Sept. 1
Nonleague
Hanford West 12, Corcoran 10
Mission Oak 28, Roosevelt 13
North 41, Delano 27
Wasco 40, Monache 20
This story was originally published September 5, 2022 at 10:42 AM.
