A new national champion

For the first time in JCGridiron history the College of San Mateo has won the JCGridiron Dirty 30 national championship. The Bulldogs captured the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) state championship last Saturday before waiting around to see what would happen in the NJCAA title game on Wednesday night.

San Mateo made a mess of the California state title game, as everything went right for the Bulldogs. CSM ran up a 55-0 win against the previous No. 2 ranked Riverside City College on a rainy, windy day in San Mateo. The Bulldogs had over 300 yards rushing in the opening half as RCC had no answers for either the elements or the Bulldog rushing attack.

San Mateo began last week as the No. 3 team in the rankings and needed some help to move into the No. 1 spot. Following a win on Saturday the Bulldogs received that help on Wednesday when Iowa Western trampled over previously top-ranked Hutchinson College, 31-0, in the NJCAA championship game. Much like the CCCAA title game, the favored squad in the NJCAA title game looked completely out of sorts in getting blown out.

San Mateo is the second straight California program to win the title and the third in the past four years. Last season’s champion, City College of San Francisco (7-4), finished 30th in the rankings for 2022. In the 18 years of JCGridiron naming a national champion, there has been three split national championships (’07, ’13, ‘16). In total, NJCAA programs have been credited with 12 national championships and CCCAA schools have now had nine.

San Mateo started the season ranked No. 14 in the Preseason Dirty 30 Rankings in July and rose to No. 4 in October before a loss to Diablo Valley College in late October dropped them back down to No. 14. San Mateo then began the climb back to the top, finishing the season with wins over No. 30 San Francisco, No. 49 Modesto, No. 23 American River and No. 4 Riverside City. In total, the Bulldogs won 10 games against programs that appeared in the Dirty 30 Rankings during the course of the season.

The rest of the Dirty 30 Rankings follow. Just a reminder, the Dirty 30 Rankings do not include games against club teams, prep schools, non-CCCAA, non-NJCAA or non-HJCAC programs in its rankings.

Congrats CSM! You are the JCGridiron Dirty 30 National Champions for 2022.

DIRTY 30 RANKINGS

JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankings (FINAL, 12/15/22)

Others on the Bubble: Diablo Valley (CA) 7-4, Copiah-Lincoln (MS) 5-4, Fresno City (CA) 7-4, Butte (CA) 7-4, Feather River (CA) 11-0, Citrus (CA) 11-0, North Dakota SCS 8-2, Garden City (KS) 4-6, Minnesota State 9-1, El Camino (CA) 5-6, Canyons (CA) 5-5, Sequoias (CA) 6-5, Santa Barbara City (CA) 10-1, East Los Angeles (CA) 5-6, Mt. San Jacinto (CA) 9-2, Tyler (TX) 4-4, Sierra (CA) 6-5, Palomar (CA) 5-5, Modesto (CA) 5-6, Allan Hancock (CA) 6-5

No	Program	City	Record

1	San Mateo	San Mateo, CA	12-1
2	Iowa Western	Council Bluffs, IA	10-2
3	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	11-1
4	Riverside City	Riverside, CA	12-1
5	Northwest	Senatobia, MS	10-2
6	Fullerton	Fullerton, CA	10-2
7	Mt. San Antonio	Walnut, CA	9-2
8	Snow	Ephraim, UT	7-2
9	East Mississippi	Scooba, MS	8-3
10	Coffeyville	Coffeyville, KS	7-3
11	New Mexico Military	Roswell, NM	9-3
12	Jones	Ellisville, MS	8-2
13	Golden West	Huntington Beach, CA	9-2
14	Pearl River	Poplarville, MS	6-3
15	Lackawanna	Scranton, PA	6-3
16	Georgia Military	Milledgeville, GA	6-2
17	Gulf Coast	Perkinston, MS	6-4
18	Cerritos	Norwalk, CA	8-3
19	Iowa Central	Fort Dodge, IA	7-4
20	Butler	El Dorado, KS	7-4
21	Kilgore	Kilgore, TX	8-4
22	Trinity Valley	Athens, TX	8-3
23	American River	Sacramento, CA	8-4
24	Laney	Oakland, CA	8-3
25	DuPage	Glen Ellyn, IL	6-2
26	Navarro	Corsicana, TX	5-4
27	San Diego Mesa	San Diego, CA	7-4
28	Northeast	Booneville, MS	5-4
29	Ventura	Ventura, CA	7-4
30	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	7-4

DIRTY 30 HISTORY

History of JCGridiron Dirty 30 Champions

* won Dirty 30 title as a result of Fullerton College having to forfeit all of their games

Year	Champion(s)

2022	San Mateo (CA)
2021	San Francisco (CA)
2020-21 (C-19)	Hutchinson (KS)
2019	Riverside City (CA)
2018	East Mississippi (MS)
2017	Iowa Western (IA) *
2016	(split) Garden City (KS) / Fullerton (CA)
2015	San Francisco (CA)
2014	East Mississippi (MS)
2013	(split) East Mississippi (MS) / Butte (CA)
2012	Iowa Western (IA)
2011	East Mississippi (MS)
2010	Mt. San Antonio (CA)
2009	Mt. San Antonio (CA)
2008	Butte (CA)
2007	(split) Gulf Coast (MS) / Butler (KS)
2006	Blinn (TX)
2005	Glendale (AZ)