CSM moving up

The cream is starting to rise to the top of the JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankings as the season heads into the final weeks of the 2021 season. College of San Mateo moved up one spot to No. 2 in the rankings after a drubbing of Laney.

San Mateo has been making a mess of teams all season long in Northern California. The latest victim was Laney, who CSM demolished 52-7 on Saturday. The Bulldogs led 38-0 at one point as quarterback Luke Bottari threw for 293 yards and four scores in the win. Right on the heels of San Mateo is City College of San Francisco, who comes in at No. 4 in the rankings after a 63-0 whitewash of San Joaquin Delta. San Mateo plays at No. 35 Diablo Valley this week while San Francisco travels to No. 54 Laney on Friday night.

East Mississippi remained in the top spot in the rankings after hammering Copiah-Lincoln, 31-7. The Lions finish the regular season on Thursday night at Itawamba, which should amount to nothing more than a light sweat on way to a perfect regular season.

The Jayhawk Conference just got real interesting after Garden City made a mess of Coffeyville on Saturday, 39-11. Independence still leads the pack and comes in at No. 6 in the rankings, but Garden City (14), Coffeyville (15), Butler (18) and Hutchinson (19) all remain in the top-20. Only Coffeyville can catch Independence because the two teams hook up on Halloween (Sunday) on the final weekend of the regular season with just one game separating them in the standings.

New Mexico Military took it on the chin against Cisco (19-38) but still leads the Southwest Junior College Football Conference by a game over Cisco, Trinity Valley and Tyler. The Broncos fell to No. 17 in the rankings and get a road trip to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M before hosting No. 32 Trinity Valley the next weekend. No. 25 Tyler travels to No. 26 Cisco, trying to stay in the race.

The Minnesota playoffs started on Sunday with North Dakota State College of Science looking like the team to beat with a 44-21 win against Mesabi Range. The No. 34 Wildcats now get Minnesota State in the semifinals while No. 48 Itasca gets Minnesota West in the other semifinal.

The Southern California ranks are up for grabs. No. 6 Ventura and No. 7 Canyons lead the pack and look like the best teams in the region, but upstart No. 20 Golden West, No. 22 Riverside City and No. 24 Fullerton all look like they have what it takes to challenge. Canyons is at No. 51 East Los Angeles this weekend while Ventura travels to No. 33 Allan Hancock before the two programs hook up the following weekend.

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.

JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankings (10/25/21)

Others on the Bubble: Mt. San Antonio (CA) 3-2, Trinity Valley (TX) 5-2, Allan Hancock (CA) 5-2, North Dakota SCS 9-0, Diablo Valley (CA) 5-2, Butte (CA) 4-3, San Diego Mesa (CA) 5-2, American River (CA) 4-3, Georgia Military 4-2, Navarro (TX) 4-4, Delta (MS) 4-4, Sierra (CA) 3-3, Contra Costa (CA) 6-0, Kilgore (TX) 3-4, Shasta (CA) 4-2, Nassau (NY) 5-1, DuPage (IL) 3-2, Itasca (MN) 8-1, Sequoias (CA) 2-3, Long Beach City (CA) 3-4, East Los Angeles (CA) 4-4, Cerritos (CA) 3-3, Feather River (CA) 6-0, Laney (CA) 3-4, Mt. San Jacinto (CA) 6-1

No	Team/Program	City	Rcd	Next

1	East Mississippi	Scooba, MS	8-0	@ Itawamba (TH)
2	San Mateo	San Mateo, CA	7-0	@ #35 Diablo Valley
3	Iowa Western	Council Bluffs, IA	6-0	v #10 IA Central
4	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	7-0	@ #54 Laney (FR)
5	Independence	Independence, KS	6-0	v #15 Coffeyville (SU)
6	Ventura	Ventura, CA	7-0	@ #33 Hancock
7	Canyons	Santa Clarita, CA	7-0	@ #51 East LA
8	Snow	Ephraim, UT	4-1	bye
9	Northwest	Senatobia, MS	6-2	@ #41 Delta (TH)
10	Iowa Central	Fort Dodge, IA	5-1	@ #3 IA Western
11	Jones	Ellisville, MS	7-1	@ Copiah-Lincoln (TH)
12	Hinds	Raymond, MS	6-2	@ Pearl River (TH)
13	Fresno City	Fresno, CA	6-1	@ #21 Modesto
14	Garden City	Garden City, KS	4-2	v #18 Butler
15	Coffeyville	Coffeyville, KS	6-1	@ #5 Independence (SU)
16	Gulf Coast	Perkinston, MS	6-2	v Southwest
17	New Mexico Military	Roswell, NM	6-1	v NEO
18	Butler	El Dorado, KS	4-2	@ #14 Garden City
19	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	4-3	bye
20	Golden West	Huntington Beach, CA	6-1	v San Bernardino
21	Modesto	Modesto, CA	5-2	v #13 Fresno City
22	Riverside City	Riverside, CA	5-2	@ #29 El Camino
23	Monroe	New Rochelle, NY	3-0	@ #46 Nassau
24	Fullerton	Fullerton, CA	5-2	@ #37 San Diego Mesa
25	Tyler	Tyler, TX	3-3	@ #26 Cisco
26	Cisco	Cisco, TX	3-3	v #25 Tyler
27	Lackawanna	Scranton, PA	2-2	v Sussex County
28	Bakersfield	Bakersfield, CA	4-3	v #50 Long Beach
29	El Camino	Torrance, CA	4-3	v #22 Riverside City
30	Blinn	Brenham, TX	3-3	v Rezolution Prep