Here is the updated SoCal Varsity Top 20 poll for Week 2 of the football season.
For those who aren’t familiar yet with our new poll, here is a recap: Reporters for the Orange County Register, Riverside Press-Enterprise and Los Angeles Register are voting each week on the top teams in the region (not including Ventura and San Diego counties).
This week, all six of the voters gave the top spot to St. John Bosco, while Mater Dei remained at No. 2 and Long Beach Poly at No. 3.
Notable moves up in the rankings this week: Alemany jumped to No. 4, moving ahead of Servite; Chaminade rose to No. 6; Loyola, Corona del Mar and Bishop Amat all moved into the Top 20 after not being ranked last week.
We’ll have a new SoCal Varsity Top 20 each Monday afternoon for the rest of the season.
(The Register’s Orange County Top 10 and Steve Fryer’s Top 25 for Week 1 will also be available online Monday afternoon.)
SOCAL VARSITY TOP 20
School, poll points, last week
1. St. John Bosco, 120 (1)
2. Mater Dei, 113 (2)
3. Long Beach Poly, 102 (3)
4. Alemany, 101 (6)
5. Servite, 100 (4)
6. Chaminade, 89 (8)
7. Serra of Gardena, 80 (5)
8. Westlake, 78 (7)
9. Centennial of Corona, 68 (10)
10T. Upland, 64 (12)
10T. Santa Margarita, 64 (11)
12. Orange Lutheran, 48 (13)
13. JSerra, 46 (16)
14. Vista Murrieta, 44 (9)
15. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, 36 (18)
16. Crespi, 18 (19)
17. Chino Hills, 16 (15)
18. Loyola, 13 (NR)
19. Corona del Mar, 12 (NR)
20. Bishop Amat, 10 (NR)
Also receiving votes: Rancho Cucamonga 8, Mission Viejo 6, Narbonne 5, Rancho Verde 4, St. Francis 4, Tesoro 4, Chaparral 3, Valencia of Valencia 3, La Mirada 1.
The voters: Dan Albano (Orange County Register), Steve Fryer (Orange County Register), Kyle Glaser (Riverside Press-Enterprise) and Eric-Paul Johnson (Riverside Press-Enterprise), Jeremy Balan (Los Angeles Register) and Devin Ugland (Los Angeles Register).
