The Bee’s Top 25 high school football rankings: Another 1-2 matchup set and two debut
One matchup of the top two high school football teams in The Bee’s Top 25 rankings begets another 1-2 showdown this week.
Buchanan beat Liberty-Bakersfield 35-27 last week in a lightning-shortened game, sending the Bears to No. 1.
Liberty dropped from the top to No. 6 because San Joaquin Memorial, Clovis, West, Hanford and Central all posted impressive wins.
That makes the next marquee matchup Friday at San Joaquin Memorial when the No. 1 Bears play the No. 2 Panthers.
No. 5 Central, winner on the final play over Bishop Diego on Saturday in Santa Barbara, will host Liberty on Friday.
Entering the rankings for the first time this season are No. 24 Lompoc (3-0) and No. 25 Kerman (4-0). Kerman rolled past then-No. 25 Sunnyside 44-18 to bump the Wildcats out of the rankings.
Top 25
1. Buchanan (4-0)
Pvs: 2
Last week: defeated Liberty-Bakersfield 35-27
Up next: Friday at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
2. San Joaquin Memorial (3-1)
Pvs: 3
Last week: defeated Garces 28-6
Up next: Friday vs. Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.
3. Clovis West (4-0)
Pvs: 4
Last week: defeated Bullard 28-14
Up next: Friday vs. Edison, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
4. Hanford (4-0)
Pvs: 5
Last week: defeated Frontier 49-47
Up next: Friday vs. Redwood, 7 p.m.
5. Central (3-1)
Pvs: 6
Last week: defeated Bishop Diego-Santa Barbara 38-34
Up next: Friday vs. Liberty-Bakersfield, 7 p.m.
6. Liberty-Bakersfield (2-1)
Pvs: 1
Last week: lost to Buchanan 35-27
Up next: Friday at Central, 7 p.m.
7. Central Valley Christian (4-0)
Pvs: 7
Last week: defeated Clovis North 23-9
Up next: Friday vs. Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
8. Kingsburg (4-0)
Pvs: 10
Last week: defeated Golden West 41-10
Up next: Sept. 23 vs. Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
9. Clovis East (3-0)
Pvs: 11
Last week: Bye
Up next: Sept. 16 at Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
10. Clovis (2-2)
Pvs: 8
Last week: lost to Salinas 50-34
Up next: Friday vs. Bullard, 7 p.m.
11. St. Joseph (2-1)
Pvs: 9
Last week: lost to Newbury Park 31-21
Up next: Friday vs. Nipomo, 7 p.m.
12. Frontier (3-1)
Pvs: 12
Last week: lost to Hanford 49-47
Up next: Friday vs. Independence, 7:30 p.m.
13. Bakersfield (1-2)
Pvs: 15
Last week: defeated Stockdale 51-0
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis North, 7:30 p.m.
14. Bullard (1-3)
Pvs: 13
Last week: lost to Clovis West 28-14
Up next: Friday at Clovis, 7 p.m.
15. Clovis North (2-2)
Pvs: 14
Last week: lost to Central Valley Christian 23-9
Up next: Friday at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
16. Lemoore (3-1)
Pvs: 19
Last week: defeated Sanger 42-18
Up next: Friday vs. South, 7:30 p.m.
17. Edison (3-0)
Pvs: 20
Last week: defeated El Diamante 34-2
Up next: Friday at Clovis West, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
18. Reedley (3-0)
Pvs: 21
Last week: defeated Coalinga 42-22
Up next: Thursday vs. Selma, 7:30 p.m. (at Orange Cove)
19. Centennial (4-0)
Pvs: 23
Last week: defeated Ridgeview 47-7
Up next: Friday vs. Sanger, 7 p.m.
20. Mission Oak (4-0)
Pvs: 24
Last week: defeated Mt. Whitney 30-0
Up next: Friday at Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
21. Garces (1-3)
Pvs: 16
Last week: lost to San Joaquin Memorial 28-6
Up next: Sept. 23 vs. Lincoln-San Diego, 7 p.m.
22. Bakersfield Christian (1-3)
Pvs: 18
Last week: lost to Faith Lutheran-Las Vegas 34-15
Up next: Sept. 23 at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
23. Tulare Western (2-2)
Pvs: 17
Last week: lost to Redwood 30-7
Up next: Sept. 23 vs. Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
24. Lompoc (3-0)
Pvs: NR
Last week: Bye
Up next: Sept. 16 at Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
25. Kerman (4-0)
Pvs: NR
Last week: defeated Sunnyside 44-18
Up next: Sept. 23 at Clovis East, 7 p.m.
Also: Porterville (3-0), Santa Ynez (3-0), Washington Union (2-1), Cabrillo (2-1), Redwood (2-2), Highland (2-2), Independence (2-1), Mission Prep (1-2), Sunnyside (1-2), Sanger (1-3), Santa Maria (2-2), Wasco (2-1), Paso Robles (2-1), Dinuba (2-2)
Dropped out: Mission Prep (1-2), Sunnyside (1-2)
WEEK 5
Thursday, Sept. 15
Nonleague
Garza 39, Coalinga 24
Reedley 47, Selma 27
Ocean League
Morro Bay 38, Pioneer Valley 21
Friday, Sept. 16
North Yosemite League
Hoover at Sanger West, 7:30 p.m. (Tom Flores Stadium)
Sunnyside at Madera South, 7:30 p.m.
Fresno at McLane, 7 p.m.
Torres at Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m. (Sunnyside Stadium)
Northwest Sequoia League
Yosemite at Chowchilla, 7:30 p.m.
Parlier at Fowler, 7:30 p.m.
Caruthers at Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 7:30 p.m.
Riverdale at Minarets, 7:30 p.m.
East Sequoia League
Granite Hills at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
Farmersville at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
Orange Cove at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
Woodlake at Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
Central Sierra League
Alpaugh at Fresno Christian, 7 p.m.
Mountain League
Lompoc at Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
Paso Robles at Righetti, 7 p.m.
Mission Prep at Santa Ynez, 7 p.m.
Nipomo at St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
Ocean League
Atascadero at Santa Maria, 7 p.m.
Cabrillo at San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.
South Sequoia League
Chavez at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy at Taft, 7:30 p.m.
Wasco at McFarland, 7:30 p.m.
Nonleague
Bullard at Clovis, 7 p.m.
Liberty-Bakersfield at Central, 7 p.m.
Edison at Clovis West, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
Redwood at Hanford, 7 p.m.
Tranquillity at Sierra, 7 p.m.
Mira Monte at Kern Valley, 7 p.m.
West at Templeton, 7 p.m.
Buchanan at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Sanger at Centennial, 7:30 p.m.
Mission Oak at Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Clovis East at Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
Clovis North at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
Washington Union at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
Rosamond at Foothill, 7:30 p.m.
Independence at Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
Immanuel at Firebaugh, 7:30 p.m.
Golden Valley-Bakersfield at Madera, 7:30 p.m.
Porterville at Highland, 7:30 p.m.
Stockdale at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
Tehachapi at Arvin, 7:30 p.m.
Intersectional
Big Bear at Boron, 7 p.m.
Bishop at Trinity Classical Academy, 7 p.m.
California City at Santa Rosa Academy, 7 p.m.
Trona at Mammoth, 7 p.m.
Lucerne Valley at Lone Pine, 7 p.m.
Fillmore at South, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 17
Central Sierra League
Laton at Riverdale Christian, 11 a.m.
Nonleague
Avenal at Hanford West, 2 p.m.
Intersectional
Mojave at Thacher-Ojai, 2 p.m.
This story was originally published September 12, 2022 at 1:49 PM.
