Top 25: Big matchups looming for Fresno Bee football-ranked teams in the top 4
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- Central East (No. 1) meets Clovis West (No. 2) Thursday 7 p.m.; QBs Dippel, JJ Howard.
- Bakersfield Christian (No. 3) hosts Bakersfield (No. 4) Friday, 7:30 p.m.; key local rivalry.
- Porterville enters at No. 24 after defeating Redwood; Roosevelt drops out of the Top 25.
Big matchups involving The Fresno Bee Top 25 teams will take place this week, including No. 1 Central East facing off against No. 2 Clovis West.
The game will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Both teams come in with a 6-1 overall record and 2-0 in the TRAC.
It sure will be a fun game to watch pitting quarterbacks Jelani Dippel of Central East and the Golden Eagles’ JJ Howard.
The Bengals rolled past Clovis North (56-13) and Clovis East (50-20). Clovis West defeated Clovis East (28-21) and Buchanan (29-7).
In Bakersfield, the game will feature two teams at Nos. 3 and 4. That would be Bakersfield Christian at No. 3 and Bakersfield at No. 4.
It is another game The Bee will keep an eye on.
There were some changes in the top 25. Roosevelt bounced out and was replaced by Porterville after the Panthers defeated Redwood 42-40.
Porterville comes in at No. 24 while Kingsburg is No. 25 after a loss to unranked Central Valley Christian 21-20.
Here is how the new top 25 looks:
Top 25
1. Central East (6-1)
Last week: d. Clovis East 50-20
Pvs: 1
Up next: Thursday at Clovis West, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
2. Clovis West (6-1)
Last week: d. Buchanan 29-7
Pvs: 2
Up next: Thursday vs. Central East, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
3. Bakersfield Christian (7-0)
Last week: d. Highland 34-0
Pvs: 3
Up next: Friday vs. Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
4. Bakersfield (6-1)
Last week: d. Centennial 50-7
Pvs: 4
Up next: Friday at Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
5. Clovis (6-1)
Last week: d. Clovis North 45-7
Pvs: 7
Up next: Friday at Clovis East, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
6. Clovis East (4-3)
Last week: lost to Central East 50-20
Pvs: 5
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
7. Clovis North (5-2)
Last week: lost to Clovis 45-7
Pvs: 6
Up next: Friday vs. Buchanan, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)
8. St. Joseph (7-1)
Last week: d. Paso Robles 55-6
Pvs: 10
Up next: Friday vs. Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
9. Kerman (6-1)
Last week: d. Reedley 49-14
Pvs: 13
Up next: Friday at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
10. Redwood (5-2)
Last week: d. Monache 35-13
Pvs: 15
Up next: Friday at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
11. Golden West (6-1)
Last week: lost to Porterville 49-39
Pvs: 8
Up next: Friday vs. Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
12. Tulare Union (5-2)
Last week: lost to Hanford 35-32
Pvs: 9
Up next: Friday at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
13. Kennedy (5-2)
Last week: lost to Wasco 55-54
Pvs: 11
Up next: Friday vs. Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
14. Buchanan (5-2)
Last week: lost to Clovis West 29-7
Pvs: 12
Up next: Friday at Clovis North, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)
15. Madera (5-2)
Last week: lost to Bullard 42-33
Pvs: 16
Up next: Friday at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
16. Wasco (6-1)
Last week: d. Kennedy 55-54
Pvs: 17
Up next: Thursday vs. Taft, 7:30 p.m.
17. Shafter (6-1)
Last week: d. Delano 59-7
Pvs: 18
Up next: Friday vs. Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
18. Immanuel (7-0)
Last week: d. Sierra Pacific 56-6
Pvs: 19
Up next: Friday vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
19. Tulare Western (5-2)
Last week: lost to Dinuba 36-29
Pvs: 14
Up next: Friday at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
20. McLane (7-0)
Last week: d. Roosevelt 42-0
Pvs: 21
Up next: Thursday vs. Sanger West, 7:30 p.m.
21. Independence (4-2)
Last week: at Ridgeview
Pvs: 23
Up next: Friday vs. Highland, 7:30 p.m.
22. Garces (6-1)
Last week: d. Stockdale 48-0
Pvs: 24
Up next: Friday vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
23. Garza (4-3)
Last week: lost to Sanger 35-28
Pvs: 20
Up next: Friday vs. Bullard, 7:30 p.m.
24. Porterville (5-2)
Last week: defeated Golden West 49-39
Pvs: NR
Up next: Friday vs. El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
25. Kingsburg (4-3)
Last week: lost to Central Valley Christian 21-20
Pvs: 22
Up next: Friday vs. Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
Others: Roosevelt (5-1), Delano (5-2), Monache (5-2), Hanford (4-3), Dinuba (4-3), San Joaquin Memorial (4-3), Washington Union (5-2), Coalinga (5-2), Sanger (4-3), Bullard (3-4), Frontier (2-4)
Dropped out: Roosevelt
Week 8 scores
Oct. 9
North Yosemite League
McLane 42, Roosevelt 0
West Yosemite League
Dinuba 36, Tulare Western 29
South Yosemite Mountain League
East Bakersfield 14, South 13
South Yosemite Mountain League
North 23, Tehachapi 10
East Sequoia League
Granite Hills 36, Orosi 29
Nonleague
Frazier Mountain 44, Mojave 22
Legacy Christian Academy 50, Tehillah Christian Academy 6
Oct. 10
Tri-River Athletic Conference
No. 2 Central East 50, Clovis East 20
Clovis West 29, Buchanan 7
Clovis 45, Clovis North 7
County/Metro Athletic Conference
San Joaquin Memorial 35, Edison 10
Bullard 42, Madera 33
Sanger 35, Garza 28
North Yosemite League
Sunnyside 41, Hoover 28
Madera South 22, Fresno 19
Sanger West 24, Torres 7
East Yosemite League
Redwood 35, Monache 13, final
Mt. Whitney 43, El Diamante 20
Porterville 49, Golden West 39
West Yosemite League
Hanford 35, Tulare Union 32
Lemoore 47, Mission Oak 16
South Yosemite River League
Frontier 32, Liberty-Bakersfield 20
Garces 48, Stockdale 0
South Yosemite Horizon League
Mira Monte 35, Golden Valley-Bakersfield 14
Arvin 21, Del Oro 14
South Yosemite Valley League
Bakersfield Christian 34, Highland 0
Independence 42, Ridgeview 12
South Sequoia League
Wasco 55, Kennedy 54
Shafter 59, Delano 7
Taft 15, Chavez 12
East Sequoia League
Lindsay 38, Farmersville 0
Corcoran 48, Orange Cove 20
Strathmore 36, Woodlake 21
Sunset League
Righetti 31, San Luis Obispo 21
Atascadero 47, Pioneer Valley 14
Mountain League
Arroyo Grande 56, Lompoc 10
St. Joseph 55, Paso Robles 6
Ocean
Templeton 56, Morro Bay 14
Nipomo 52, Santa Maria 0
Tri-County - Kings Canyon
Central Valley Christian 21, Kingsburg 20
Kerman 49, Reedley 14
Tri-County - Sequoia
Immanuel 56, Sierra Pacific 6, final
Selma 53, Hanford West 0
Northwest Sequoia League
Liberty-Madera Ranchos 35, Minarets 10
Chowchilla 34, Fowler 31
West Sierra League
Coalinga 51, Avenal 7
Firebaugh 35, Tranquillity 3
Dos Palos 36, Mendota 14
High Desert League
Kern Valley d. Desert
Bishop Union 44, Boron 7
Rosamond 36, California City 0
Hi-Lo League
Immanuel Christian 62, Trona 22
8-Man
Fresno Christian 70, Sierra 27
Alpaugh 40, Kings Christian 13
Nonleague
Valley Oaks Charter 28, PAL Academy 22
Mammoth 38, Chadwick 33
Cabrillo 56, Central West 0
Yosemite 40, Riverdale 27
Washington Union 31, Exeter 0
Mission Prep 28, Caruthers 8
McFarland 21, Parlier 14
West 33, Foothill 32
Bakersfield 59, Centennial 7
Oct. 11
8-Man
Flintridge Prep 38, Orcutt Academy 8, final
Week 9 schedule
Thursday
Central East at Clovis West, 7 p.m.
Exeter at Hanford West, 7:15 p.m.
South at Mira Monte, 7:30 p.m.
Sanger West at McLane, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty-Bakersfield at Centennial, 7:30 p.m.
Taft at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Nipomo at Cabrillo, 4 p.m.
Bullard at Garza, 7 p.m.
Tehillah Christian Academy at Sherman Oaks CES, 7 p.m.
Central West at Sierra, 7 p.m.
Buchanan at Clovis North, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
Lompoc at Mission Prep, 7 p.m.
Valley Oaks Charter at Immanuel Christian, 7 p.m.
Cal City at Bishop Union, 7 p.m.
Arroyo Grande at St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
Dos Palos at Tranquillity, 7 p.m.
Farmersville at Woodlake, 7 p.m.
Trona at Mammoth, 7 p.m.
Atascadero at Righetti, 7 p.m.
Santa Ynez at Pioneer Valley, 7 p.m.
Clovis at Clovis East, 7 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)
Santa Maria at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.
Kern Valley at Rosamond, 7 p.m.
Chowchilla at Minarets, 7 p.m.
Boron at Desert, 7 p.m.
Liberty-Madera Ranchos at Parlier, 7 p.m.
Granite Hills at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
Lindsay at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
Orosi at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
Sunnyside at Fresno, 7:30 p.m. (McLane Stadium)
Riverdale at Fowler, 7:30 p.m.
Central Valley Christian at Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.
Torres at Hoover, 7:30 p.m.
Roosevelt at Madera South, 7:30 p.m.
Edison at Sanger, 7:30 p.m.
Sierra Pacific at Selma, 7:30 p.m.
Frontier at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
Reedley at Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
Foothill at Del Oro, 7:30 p.m.
Redwood at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
Highland at Independence, 7:30 p.m.
Dinuba at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
Yosemite at McFarland, 7:30 p.m.
Tehachapi at West, 7:30 p.m.
Mendota at Coalinga, 7:30 p.m.
Kerman at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Tulare at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
East Bakersfield at North, 7:30 p.m.
Firebaugh at Avenal, 7:30 p.m.
Shafter at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
Delano at Chavez, 7:30 p.m.
Tulare Western at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
El Diamante at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
Golden Valley-Bakersfield at Arvin, 7:30 p.m.
Monache at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m
Ridgeview at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
Bakersfield at Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Madera at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Fresno Christian at Orcutt Academy, noon
Mojave at Lone Pine, 5 p.m.
Laton at Legacy Christian Academy, 7 p.m.
This story was originally published October 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM.
