{"id":456261,"date":"2026-09-07T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456261\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:10:10","slug":"high-school-football-new-entries-and-big-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456261\/","title":{"rendered":"High school football: new entries and big drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Fresno Bee Top 25 rankings features plenty of movement after another busy week of high school football.<\/p>\n

Central East remains No. 1 after holding off Oak Ridge, while Bakersfield Christian stays at No. 2 following a convincing 28-7 win over Clovis West.<\/p>\n

Buchanan and St. Joseph also remain firmly in the top four.<\/p>\n

Garces made one of the biggest moves near the top, climbing from No. 6 to No. 5 after shutting out Tehachapi 47-0.<\/p>\n

Redwood and Kennedy also moved up two spots each, while Tulare Union rose to No. 8.<\/p>\n

Clovis West took the biggest hit among the top teams, falling from No. 5 to No. 9 after its loss to Bakersfield Christian.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hanford, Kingsburg and Shafter continued their upward climbs, with Kingsburg jumping three spots to No. 11.<\/p>\n

Further down the rankings, Independence, Liberty-Bakersfield, Templeton and Clovis all moved up after strong performances.<\/p>\n

San Luis Obispo dropped six spots to No. 16 following its loss to Independence, while Sanger suffered the biggest fall of the week, tumbling from No. 12 to No. 24 after a 40-14 loss to Clovis.<\/p>\n

Kerman is the lone new team in the Top 25, entering at No. 25 after improving to 3-0 with a dominant 38-0 victory over Madera.<\/p>\n

Bullard also cracked the top 25 last week and remains at No. 23 after improving to 3-0.<\/p>\n

Top 25 rankings<\/p>\n

1. Central East (2-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Oak Ridge 20-14<\/p>\n

Pvs: 1<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Turlock, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

2. Bakersfield Christian (1-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Clovis West 28-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 2<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

3. Buchanan (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Manteca 56-34<\/p>\n

Pvs: 3<\/p>\n

Up next: Thursday at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

4. St. Joseph (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Paso Robles 49-13<\/p>\n

Pvs: 4<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Franklin, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

5. Garces (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Tehachapi 47-0<\/p>\n

Pvs: 6<\/p>\n

Up next: Saturday at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

6. Redwood (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated El Diamante 48-0<\/p>\n

Pvs: 7<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

7. Kennedy (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Mission Oak 34-14<\/p>\n

Pvs: 8<\/p>\n

Up next: Thursday vs. Tehachapi, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

8. Tulare Union (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Lemoore 35-21<\/p>\n

Pvs: 9<\/p>\n

Up next: Sept. 18 vs. Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

9. Clovis West (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: lost to Bakersfield Christian 28-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 5<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

10. Hanford (2-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated San Joaquin Memorial 35-28<\/p>\n

Pvs: 11<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Frontier, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

11. Kingsburg (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Central Valley Christian 23-13<\/p>\n

Pvs: 14<\/p>\n

Up next: Thursday at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

12. Shafter (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Highland 31-0<\/p>\n

Pvs: 15<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Porterville, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

13. Bakersfield (2-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: did not play<\/p>\n

Pvs: 13<\/p>\n

Up next: Sept. 11 vs. Clovis West, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

14. Tulare Western (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Porterville 55-20<\/p>\n

Pvs: 16<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

15. Independence (1-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated San Luis Obispo 35-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 18<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

16. San Luis Obispo (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: lost to Independence 35-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 10<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Atascadero, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

17. Liberty-Bakersfield (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Oaks Christian 20-17<\/p>\n

Pvs: 20<\/p>\n

Up next: Thursday vs. Buchanan, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

18. Templeton (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Coalinga 41-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 22<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

19. Arroyo Grande (1-2)<\/p>\n

Last week: lost to Newbury Park 31-14<\/p>\n

Pvs: 17<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Bullard, 7:30 p.m. (Ratcliffe Stadium)<\/p>\n

20. Clovis North (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: lost to Archbishop Mitty 21-7<\/p>\n

Pvs: 19<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Madera, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

21. Immanuel (2-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: Bye<\/p>\n

Pvs: 21<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Le Grand, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

22. Clovis (2-1)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Sanger 40-14<\/p>\n

Pvs: 24<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Los Gatos, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

23. Bullard (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated McLane 23-20<\/p>\n

Pvs: 25<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Arroyo Grande, 7:30 p.m. (Ratcliffe Stadium)<\/p>\n

24. Sanger (1-2)<\/p>\n

Last week: lost to Clovis 40-14<\/p>\n

Pvs: 12<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Clovis East, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

25. Kerman (3-0)<\/p>\n

Last week: defeated Madera 38-0<\/p>\n

Pvs: NR<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Others: Washington Union (3-0), Clovis East (2-1), Madera (2-1), Golden West (2-1), Coalinga (2-1)<\/p>\n

Week 2 scores<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/p>\n

Milken 55, Mojave 26<\/p>\n

Bullard 23, McLane 20<\/p>\n

Clovis East 47, Turlock 13<\/p>\n

Boron 41, Silver Valley 6<\/p>\n

Valley Oaks CES 50, Legacy Christian Academy 20<\/p>\n

Riverdale 20, Hanford West 12<\/p>\n

Mariposa County 42, Sierra 0<\/p>\n

Sierra Pacific 22, Corcoran 9<\/p>\n

Garces 46, Tehachapi 0<\/p>\n

Chowchilla 54, West 0<\/p>\n

Kennedy 34, Mission Oak 28<\/p>\n

Tulare Western 55, Porterville 20<\/p>\n

Friday<\/p>\n

Desert 46, Desert Christian 14<\/p>\n

Mammoth 34, Chadwick 33<\/p>\n

Woodlake 59, Mendota 24<\/p>\n

Trona 38, Beatty 28<\/p>\n

Dos Palos 25, Garza 14<\/p>\n

Nipomo 31, Santa Ynez 14<\/p>\n

Northgate 42, Frontier 28<\/p>\n

Roosevelt 49, Central 7<\/p>\n

Priory 68, Fresno Christian 14<\/p>\n

Nordhoff 35, Mira Monte 7<\/p>\n

Minarets 41, Fresno 15<\/p>\n

Laton 36, Coast Union 0<\/p>\n

Immanuel Christian 78, Maricopa 0<\/p>\n

Alpaugh 28, Frazier Mountain 0<\/p>\n

Liberty-Bakersfield 20, Oaks Christian 17<\/p>\n

Independence 35, San Luis Obispo 7<\/p>\n

Washington Union 46, Torres 0<\/p>\n

Lompoc 38, Cabrillo 2<\/p>\n

Righetti 28, Pioneer Valley 6<\/p>\n

Stone Ridge Christian 44, Yosemite 40<\/p>\n

Mission Prep 21, Bishop Union 14<\/p>\n

Atascadero 21, Morro Bay 0<\/p>\n

Indian Springs 45, Lone Pine 36<\/p>\n

Kern Valley 37, Rosamond 14<\/p>\n

Buchanan 56, Manteca 34<\/p>\n

Central East 20, Oak Ridge 14<\/p>\n

Newbury Park 31, Arroyo Grande 14<\/p>\n

Templeton 41, Coalinga 7<\/p>\n

Fowler 50, Orange Cove 6<\/p>\n

Granite Hills 56, Delano 8<\/p>\n

Taft 35, Santa Monica 0<\/p>\n

California City 14, McFarland 9<\/p>\n

Selma 37, Sanger West 25<\/p>\n

Ridgeview 45, North 24<\/p>\n

Monache 49, Stockdale 20<\/p>\n

Kerman 38, Madera 0<\/p>\n

Reedley 28, Orosi 14<\/p>\n

Exeter 34, Lindsay 14<\/p>\n

Dinuba 48, Sunnyside 24<\/p>\n

Chavez 13, East Bakersfield 12<\/p>\n

Firebaugh 35, Caruthers 28<\/p>\n

Redwood 48, El Diamante 0<\/p>\n

Kingsburg 23, Central Valley Christian 13<\/p>\n

Tulare Union 35, Lemoore 21<\/p>\n

Mt. Whitney 21, Golden West 13<\/p>\n

Denair 37, Madera South 0<\/p>\n

Archbishop Mitty 21, Clovis North 7<\/p>\n

Shafter 31, Highland 0<\/p>\n

Centennial 27, Edison 6<\/p>\n

Farmersville 33, Avenal 13<\/p>\n

Liberty-Madera Ranchos 67, Hoover 42<\/p>\n

Foothill 24, Wasco 7<\/p>\n

Bakersfield Christian 28, Clovis West 7<\/p>\n

St. Joseph 28, Paso Robles 7<\/p>\n

Clovis 40, Sanger 14<\/p>\n

Hanford 35, San Joaquin Memorial 28<\/p>\n

Golden Valley 70, Arvin 21<\/p>\n

Tranquillity 24, Del Oro 0<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Malibu at Orcutt Academy, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Week 3<\/p>\n

Sept. 10<\/p>\n

Buchanan at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

PAL Academy at Valley Oaks Charter, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Woodlake at Sierra Pacific, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Kingsburg at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tehachapi at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Arvin at Taft, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sept. 11<\/p>\n

Santa Ynez at Ferndale, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tranquillity at Farmersville, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Central East at Turlock, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Cabrillo at Nipomo, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Kings Christian at Tehillah Christian Academy, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Northgate at North, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Pioneer Valley at Lompoc, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Liberty-Madera Ranchos at Minarets, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Mira Monte at Boron, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Rosamond at Knight, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Clovis at Los Gatos, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Immanuel Christian at Mojave, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Frazier Mountain at Desert, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Alpaugh at Maricopa, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Vasquez at California City, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Atascadero at San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Santa Barbara at Righetti, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

St. Joseph at Franklin, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ridgeview at Mission Prep, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fresno Christian at Cornerstone Christian, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Templeton at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Orcutt Academy at Coast Union, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sierra at Parlier, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Bishop Union at Burroughs, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Dos Palos at Pacheco, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Legacy Christian Academy at Lone Pine, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Avalon at Mammoth, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Granite Hills at McFarland, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Hanford West at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Corcoran at Chowchilla, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Central Valley Christian at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wasco at Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

South at Monache, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sanger West at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Porterville at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Stockdale at Independence, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Chavez at Golden Valley, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Exeter at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Avenal at Coalinga, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Garza at Washington Union<\/p>\n

Firebaugh at Fowler, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

East Bakersfield at West, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Le Grand at Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Redwood at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Dinuba at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Strathmore at Mendota, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Riverdale at Madera South, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Clovis West at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Madera at Clovis North, 7:30 p.m. (Veterans Memorial Stadium)<\/p>\n

Foothill at Delano, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Mission Oak at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Paso Robles at Highland, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Frontier at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Arroyo Grande at Bullard, 7:30 p.m. (Ratcliffe Stadium)<\/p>\n

Sacramento at Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Del Oro at Santa Maria, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Caruthers at Central, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sanger at Clovis East, 7:30 p.m. (Lamonica Stadium)<\/p>\n

Torres at Yosemite, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

McLane at Selma, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Hoover at Edison, 7:30 p.m. (Sunnyside Stadium)<\/p>\n

Sept. 12<\/p>\n

Garces at San Joaquin Memorial, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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