Central East and Buchanan met in a Tri-River Athletic Conference game, won by the Bengals 69-38 on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.
ANTHONY GALAVIZ
agalaviz@fresnobee.com
Buchanan High held The Fresno Bee’s No. 3 ranking for most of the season. That changed this week after the Bears suffered a 69-38 loss to top-ranked Central East.
Buchanan dropped five spots to No. 8 as several teams ranked below the Bears last week picked up wins.
The top seven remain Central East, Bakersfield Christian, St. Joseph, Kennedy, Tulare Western, Independence and Shafter.
There was plenty of other movement in The Bee’s Top 25 rankings.
Kingsburg climbed three spots to No. 11 after the Vikings defeated then-No. 12 Immanuel 21-7. The Eagles fell six spots to No. 18.
In an upset, unranked Dinuba handed Kerman its first loss of the season, winning 17-10. The Emperors entered the rankings at No. 20, while the Lions dropped eight spots from No. 13 to No. 21.
Coalinga also joined the Top 25 at No. 25 after defeating Mendota 42-19.
Foothill dropped out of the rankings following forfeits. Bullard, previously ranked No. 22, also fell out after a 62-28 loss to Madera.
The Bee’s Top 25 rankings
1. Central East (7-0)
Last week: defeated Buchanan 69-38
Pvr: No. 1
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis West, 7 p.m. (Koligian Stadium)
2. Bakersfield Christian (7-1)
Last week: defeated Ridgeview 51-12
Pvr: No. 2
Up next: Thursday at South, 7 p.m.
3. St. Joseph (8-0)
Last week: defeated Mission Prep 62-7
Pvr: No. 4
Up next: Friday at Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
4. Kennedy (7-1)
Last week: defeated Wasco 28-14
Pvr: No. 5
Up next: Friday at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
5. Tulare Western (8-0)
Last week: defeated Central Valley Christian 49-21
Pvr: No. 6
Up next: Thursday vs. Hanford, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
6. Independence (6-1)
Last week: defeated North 34-7
Pvr: No. 7
Up next: Friday vs. Tehachapi, 7:30 p.m.
7. Shafter (7-1)
Last week: defeated Delano 56-0
Pvr: No. 8
Up next: Friday vs. Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
8. Buchanan (6-2)
Last week: lost to Central East 69-38
Pvr: No. 3
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis East, 7 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)
9. Bakersfield (6-2)
Last week: defeated Centennial 31-24
Pvr: No. 10
Up next: Thursday vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
10. Arroyo Grande (6-2)
Last week: defeated Righetti 42-19
Pvr: No. 11
Up next: Friday vs. St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
11. Kingsburg (6-2)
Last week: defeated Immanuel 21-7
Pvr: No. 14
Up next: Friday vs. Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
12. Liberty-Bakersfield (6-2)
Last week: defeated Stockdale 27-0
Pvr: No. 15
Up next: Friday at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
13. San Luis Obispo (6-2)
Last week: defeated Templeton 21-13
Pvr: No. 16
Up next: Friday at Righetti, 7 p.m.
14. Clovis West (5-3)
Last week: defeated Clovis North 35-20
Pvr: No. 17
Up next: Friday at Central East, 7 p.m. (Koligian Stadium)
15. Hanford (6-2)
Last week: defeated Redwood 42-20
Pvr: No. 18
Up next: Thursday at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
16. Nipomo (8-0)
Last week: defeated Lompoc 45-7
Pvr: No. 19
Up next: Friday vs. Mission Prep, 7 p.m.
17. Redwood (6-2)
Last week: lost to Hanford 42-20
Pvr: No. 9
Up next: Friday vs. Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
18. Immanuel (7-1)
Last week: lost to Kingsburg 21-7
Pvr: No. 12
Up next: Friday at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
19. Clovis (5-3)
Last week: defeated Clovis East 24-17
Pvr: No. 21
Up next: Friday vs. Clovis North, 7 p.m.
20. Dinuba (5-3)
Last week: defeated Kerman 17-10
Pvr: Not ranked
Up next: Friday vs. Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
21. Kerman (7-1)
Last week: lost to Dinuba 17-10
Pvr: No. 13
Up next: Friday vs. Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.
22. Templeton (6-2)
Last week: lost to San Luis Obispo 21-13
Pvr: No. 20
Up next: Friday at Paso Robles, 7:30 p.m.
23. Chowchilla (8-0)
Last week: defeated Dos Palos 50-12
Pvr: No. 25
Up next: Friday vs. Coalinga, 7 p.m.
24. Lompoc (6-2)
Last week: lost to Nipomo 45-7
Pvr: No. 24
Up next: Friday vs. Atascadero, 7:30 p.m.
25. Coalinga (7-1)
Last week: defeated Mendota 42-19
Pvr: NR
Up next: Friday at Chowchilla, 7:30 p.m.
Others: Liberty-Madera Ranchos (7-1), Clovis East (4-4), Edison (4-4), San Joaquin Memorial (4-4), Sanger (4-4), Tulare Union (4-4), Madera (4-4), Bullard (4-4).
Week 8 scores
Thursday
Mammoth wins by forfeit over Lone Pine
Valley Christian Academy wins by forfeit over Coastal Christian.
Sanger West 20, Central 0
Milken 42, Valley Oaks Charter 0
McLane 19, Roosevelt 14
Hanford 42, Redwood 20
Highland 48, Tehachapi 21
Mira Monte 35, Arvin 7
Friday
Tehillah Christian Academy 38, Frazier Mountain 26
Paso Robles 37, Atascadero 12
Clovis West 35, Clovis North 20
Immanuel Christian 46, Trona 6
Rosamond wins by forfeit over California City
Legacy Christian Academy 44, Maricopa 34
Desert wins by forfeit over Mojave
Yosemite 34, Avenal 22
Central East 69, Buchanan 38
Boron 30, Bishop Union 14
St. Joseph 62, Mission Prep 7
Arroyo Grande 42, Righetti 19
South 29, Golden Valley 7
East Bakersfield vs. Foothill, suspended
Alpaugh 48, Anzar 0
Nipomo 45, Lompoc 7
Clovis 24, Clovis East 17
Santa Ynez 36, Cabrillo 32
Fresno 12, Clovis South 6
Sierra 43, Fresno Christian 24
Morro Bay 35, Santa Maria 6
San Luis Obispo 21, Templeton 13
Orosi 49, Farmersville 0
Corcoran 14, Lindsay 13
Orange Cove 35, Parlier 21
Woodlake 49, Riverdale 21
Selma 34, Fowler 28
Minarets 44, Tranquillity 31
Liberty-Bakersfield 27, Stockdale 0
Liberty-Madera Ranchos 44, Firebaugh 18
Garces 40, Frontier 7
McFarland 55, Del Oro 30
Edison 28, San Joaquin Memorial 21
Bakersfield 31, Centennial 24
Lemoore 49, Monache 6
Porterville 56, El Diamante 7
Independence 34, North 7
Tulare Western 49, Central Valley Christian 21
Sierra Pacific 41, Hanford West 6
Sanger 48, Sunnyside 8
Yosemite 34, Avenal 22
Coalinga 42, Mendota 19
Dinuba 17, Kerman 10
Bakersfield Christian 51, Ridgeview 12
Chavez 34, Taft 28
Kern Valley 33, West 7
Granite Hills 28, Strathmore 23
Exeter 30, Washington Union 20
Madera 62, Bullard 28
Caruthers 21, Reedley 19
Torres 21, Madera South 14
Chowchilla 50, Dos Palos 12
Kingsburg 21, Immanuel 7
Kennedy 28, Wasco 14
Garza 41, Hoover 22
Mission Oak 24, Mt. Whitney 10
Tulare Union 28, Golden West 13
Shafter 56, Delano 0
Saturday
Laton 37, Orcutt Academy 20
Coast 55, SLOCA 32
Week 9 schedule
Oct. 23
Mt. Whitney at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
Del Oro at West, 7:30 p.m.
Bakersfield Christian at South, 7:30 p.m.
Hanford at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m. (Bob Mathias Stadium)
Foothill at North, 7:30 p.m.
Frontier at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
Garza at Sanger West, 7:30 p.m. (Tom Flores Stadium)
Oct. 24
Mammoth at Mojave, 6 p.m.
St. Joseph at Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
Kings Christian at Laton, 7 p.m.
Cabrillo at Pioneer Valley, 7 p.m.
San Luis Obispo at Righetti, 7 p.m.
Mission College Prep at Nipomo, 7 p.m.
Tehillah Christian Academy at Valley Oaks Charter, 7 p.m.
Legacy Christian Academy at Cuyama Valley, 7 p.m.
Bishop Union at California City, 7 p.m.
Morro Bay at Santa Ynez, 7 p.m.
Lindsay at Woodlake, 7 p.m.
Clovis West at Central East, 7 p.m.
Hoover at Roosevelt, 5 p.m. (Valley Children’s Stadium)
Clovis North at Clovis, 7 p.m.
Sierra Lutheran at Immanuel Christian, 7 p.m.
Coalinga at Chowchilla, 7 p.m.
Avenal at Minarets, 7 p.m.
Clovis East at Buchanan, 7 p.m.
East Bakersfield at Golden Valley, 7 p.m.
Yosemite at Fresno Christian, 7 p.m.
Bullard at Sunnyside, 7:30 p.m. (Valley Children’s Stadium)
Farmersville at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
Parlier at Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
Orosi at Riverdale, 7:15 p.m.
Reedley at Sierra Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Lemoore at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
Mendota at Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 7:30 p.m.
McLane at Torres, 7:30 p.m.
San Joaquin Memorial at Madera, 7:30 p.m.
Wasco at Taft, 7:30 p.m.
Centennial at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
Immanuel at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
Liberty-Bakersfield at Garces, 7:30 p.m.
Atascadero at Lompoc, 7:30 p.m.
Central at Fresno, 7:30 p.m. (McLane Stadium)
Sierra at Tranquillity, 7:30 p.m.
Edison at Sanger, 7:30 p.m. (Tom Flores Stadium)
Templeton at Paso Robles, 7:30 p.m.
Tulare Union at Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Hanford West at Fowler, 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
Washington Union at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
Tehachapi at Independence, 7:30 p.m.
Arvin at McFarland, 7:30 p.m.
Dos Palos at Firebaugh, 7:30 p.m.
Chavez at Delano, 7:30 p.m.
Exeter at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Corcoran at Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
Monache at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
Kern Valley at Mira Monte, 7:30 p.m.
Highland at Ridgeview, 7:30 p.m.
Caruthers at Selma, 7:30 p.m.
Golden West at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
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