{"id":509586,"date":"2026-10-27T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509586\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:02:09","slug":"high-school-football-rankings-week-10-2026-bay-area-news-group-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509586\/","title":{"rendered":"High school football rankings Week 10, 2026: Bay Area News Group Top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three new teams entered the Bay Area News Group\u2019s high school football<\/a> rankings as the season reaches its home stretch.<\/p>\n

Benicia<\/a>, Live Oak<\/a> and Oakland<\/a> are in.<\/p>\n

San Mateo, Palo Alto and Campolindo are out.<\/p>\n

De La Salle held firm at No. 1 after overcoming a first-half scare against San Ramon Valley to win 31-14. SRV, which brought a 7-0 record into the game, stayed at No. 4, with Serra and Los Gatos holding down the Nos. 2 and 3 spots.<\/p>\n

Half Moon Bay and El Cerrito moved into the top 15 and St. Francis. coming off a 28-20 win over rival Bellarmine, climbed into the top 20.<\/p>\n

Only two weeks remain before the section playoffs.<\/p>\n

On to the rankings \u2026<\/p>\n

Bay Area News Group Top 25<\/p>\n

(Mercury News<\/a> & East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

No. 1 DE LA SALLE (8-0)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 1<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat San Ramon Valley 31-14<\/p>\n

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

No. 2 SERRA (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 2<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat St. Ignatius 38-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Saturday at Archbishop Riordan, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 3 LOS GATOS (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 3<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Menlo School 49-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Saturday at Menlo-Atherton, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 4 SAN RAMON VALLEY (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 4<\/p>\n

Last week: Lost to De La Salle 31-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Saturday vs. California, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 5 PITTSBURG (5-3)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 5<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Deer Valley 49-6<\/p>\n

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

No. 6 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 6<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Valley Christian 24-9<\/p>\n

Up next: Saturday vs. Serra, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 7 MONTE VISTA (8-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 8<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Amador Valley 34-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Nov. 6 vs. San Ramon Valley, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 8 ST. IGNATIUS (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 7<\/p>\n

Last week: Lost to Serra 38-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Valley Christian, 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 9 ACALANES (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 9<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Clayton Valley Charter 57-20<\/p>\n

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

No. 10 NORTHGATE (7-0)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 10<\/p>\n

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

Up next: Friday at Wheatland, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 11 LIBERTY (6-3)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 11<\/p>\n

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

Up next: Nov. 6 at Antioch, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 12 CALIFORNIA (5-3)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 12<\/p>\n

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

Up next: Saturday at San Ramon Valley, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 13 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (4-4)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 13<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Archbishop Mitty 3-2<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Bellarmine at San Jose City College, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 14 HALF MOON BAY (8-0)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 17<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat San Mateo 49-10<\/p>\n

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

No. 15 EL CERRITO (5-3)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 16<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Bethel 46-0<\/p>\n

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

No. 16 SANTA TERESA (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 15<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Branham 35-23<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Pioneer, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 17 SAN LEANDRO (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 19<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Moreau Catholic 25-7<\/p>\n

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

No. 18 ANTIOCH (7-1)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 20<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Freedom 52-18<\/p>\n

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

No. 19 ST. FRANCIS (3-5)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 24<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Bellarmine 28-20<\/p>\n

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

No. 20 BELLARMINE (5-3)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 14<\/p>\n

Last week: Lost to St. Francis 28-20<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral at San Jose City College, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 21 BISHOP O\u2019DOWD (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 21<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Berkeley 63-21<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Hayward, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 22 BURLINGAME (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: 23<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Woodside 28-21<\/p>\n

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

No. 23 BENICIA (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: Not ranked<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Campolindo 35-21<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Clayton Valley Charter, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 24 LIVE OAK (6-2)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: Not ranked<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Willow Glen 24-7<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday at Silver Creek, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

No. 25 OAKLAND (7-1)<\/p>\n

Previous ranking: Not ranked<\/p>\n

Last week: Beat Oakland Tech 42-14<\/p>\n

Up next: Friday vs. Fremont-Oakland, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The news organization\u2019s high school staff chooses the teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three new teams entered the Bay Area News Group\u2019s high school football rankings as the season reaches its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,184,7,390,392,332,393,2043,2044,402,23,143,145,144,395,396,397,198,200,127,399],"class_list":["post-509586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-central-contra-costa","tag-contra-costa-county","tag-east-bay","tag-east-contra-costa","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-inside-sports","tag-local-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-mateo-county","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-sports","tag-west-contra-costa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}