Top 25 high school football rankings: Clovis East and Clovis North lead the way
The last installment of the high school football rankings in the Central Section is here and of course there are a lot of changes.
What is not changed is Nos. 1 and 2.
That is because it is occupied by No. 1 Clovis East and No. 2 Clovis North.
Both will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Lamonica Stadium for the Tri-River Athletic Conference title.
One team made its 2024 debut in the rankings.
Tulare Western outlasted Lemoore 14-7. The win puts the Mustangs at No. 24 while the Tigers are No. 25.
The Mustangs will hope to knock off No. 8 Tulare Union in the annual Bell game.
Top 25
1. Clovis East (9-0)
Last week: defeated Buchanan 42-11
Pvs: 1
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis North, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)
2. Clovis North (7-2)
Last week: defeated Clovis West 31-9
Pvs: 2
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis East, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)
3. Hanford (9-0)
Last week: defeated Mission Oak 49-0
Pvs: 3
Up next: Friday at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
4. Central (7-2)
Last week: defeated Clovis 41-20
Pvs: 4
Up next: Friday vs. Buchanan, 7 p.m. (Koligian Stadium)
5. Liberty-Bakersfield (6-3)
Last week: defeated Garces 51-3
Pvs: 5
Up next: Friday vs. Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
6. Bakersfield (8-1)
Last week: defeated Ridgeview 35-0
Pvs: 6
Up next: Friday at Independence, 7:30 p.m.
7. Sanger (7-2)
Last week: defeated Madera 35-28
Pvs: 8
Up next: Friday at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
8. Tulare Union (8-1)
Last week: defeated Dinuba 43-29
Pvs: 9
Up next: Friday vs. Tulare Western, 6:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
9. Frontier (5-4)
Last week: defeated Highland 41-0
Pvs: 10
Up next: Friday at Centennial, 7:30 p.m
10. Bakersfield Christian (7-2)
Last week: defeated Independence 38-14
Pvs: 16
Up next: Friday at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
11. Shafter (8-1)
Last week: defeated Chavez 56-0
Pvs: 11
Up next: Friday at Wasco, 6:30 p.m.
12. Golden West (8-1)
Last week: defeated Monache 45-7
Pvs: 13
Up next: Friday vs. El Diamante 7:30 p.m.
13. Clovis (6-3)
Last week: lost to Central 41-20
Pvs: 7
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis West, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
14. Sunnyside (5-4)
Last week: defeated Torres 68-0
Pvs: 15
Up next: Thursday vs. Sanger West, 6:30 p.m.
15. Tehachapi (7-2)
Last week: defeated Golden Valley-Bakersfield 42-7
Pvs: 17
Up next: Friday vs. South, 7:30 p.m.
16. Centennial (6-3)
Last week: defeated Stockdale 40-0
Pvs: 21
Up next: Friday vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
17. Buchanan (6-3)
Last week: lost to Clovis East 42-11
Pvs: 14
Up next: Friday at Central, 7 p.m.
18. Arroyo Grande (7-2)
Last week: lost to Salinas 34-24
Pvs: 12
Up next: Friday vs. Mission Prep, 7:30 p.m.
19. Coalinga (9-0)
Last week: defeated Tranquillity 55-0
Pvs: 22
Up next: Friday vs. Dos Palos, 7:30 p.m.
20. Bullard (6-3)
Last week: defeated San Joaquin Memorial 21-14
Pvs: 23
Up next: Friday vs. Edison, 7:30 p.m. (Sunnyside Stadium)
21. San Joaquin Memorial (6-3)
Last week: lost to Bullard 21-14
Pvs: 19
Friday: Friday vs. Sanger, 7:30 p.m.
22. Highland (5-4)
Last week: lost to Frontier 41-0
Pvs: 24
Up next: Friday at Ridgeview, 7:30 p.m.
23. McLane (9-0)
Last week: defeated Madera South 41-13
Pvs: 25
Up next: Friday vs. Hoover, 7:30 p.m.
24. Tulare Western (7-2)
Last week: defeated Lemoore 14-7
Pvs: NR
Up next: at Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
25. Lemoore (5-4)
Last week: lost to Tulare Western 14-7
Pvs: 18
Up next: Friday vs. Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
Dropped out: Clovis West
