Mississippi surprises shake up Dirty 30 Rankings

The season is heading towards the home stretch and any slip up is bound to end a lot of dreams. The Mississippi ranks had two teams win on the road, creating chaos within the top-10 of the rankings.

East Mississippi entered the week at No. 1 in the country but had a massive setback in the state semifinals when falling to Hinds, 42-41, in overtime. The Lions went for a two-point conversion to win the game in overtime, but came up short and as a result dropped all the way to No. 8 in the rankings as a result. Hinds now sits at No. 7.

The same could be said for Jones, who entered at No. 8 and fell to Northwest as the Rangers clipped the Bobcats 26-20 in the other semifinal. Northwest moved up to No. 5 in the rankings as a result while Jones drifted all the way back to No. 12.

The new No. 1 is San Mateo, who blasted Chabot 63-0 and now sits at 9-0 on the season. The Bulldogs will host No. 2 San Francisco in the Bay 6 title game this weekend. The two teams have outscored opponents a combined 825-147 for the year and have been on a crash course since the beginning of the season.

Ventura College remained undefeated in the Southern California ranks with a 19-7 win against a solid Canyons squad. The Pirates moved up to No. 4 in the rankings with one game left in the regular season. Ventura is joined in the unbeaten ranks by No. 14 Golden West, who dropped a game earlier in the season to Bakersfield (20-19) but found out this past week that they had been awarded a forfeit win in the game as a result of Bakersfield having to forfeit three games. Golden West will host No. 22 Fullerton College in what could end up being the National Southern League final this weekend. The Hornets have played one less game for the year but may end up having to play No. 36 San Diego Mesa the following weekend after their matchup was postponed on Halloween weekend as a result of COVID restrictions.

The Jayhawk Conference is a hot mess. Butler had to forfeit seven games and was relegated to the No. 8 seed for the Jayhawk playoffs. The Grizzlies then blasted top-seeded Coffeyville, 48-7, to throw a huge wrench into the Jayhawk playoffs. Butler dropped out of the top 30 as a result of all of the forfeits, but now travels to No. 16 Garden City with a chance at playing in the Jayhawk title game in two weeks. The other semifinal will feature No. 10 Independence and No. 15 Hutchinson.

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 (11/8/21)

Others on the Bubble: Butler (KS) 1-7 $, Bakersfield (CA) 2-7 @, Diablo Valley (CA) 5-4, Allan Hancock (CA) 4-3, Georgia Military 5-3, San Diego Mesa (CA) 5-3, Butte (CA) 5-4, Feather River (CA) 8-0, Sierra (CA) 5-3, Trinity Valley (TX) 5-4, American River (CA) 5-4, Blinn (TX) 3-4, Nassau (NY) 5-2, DuPage (IL) 4-2, Reedley (CA) 6-3, Itasca (MN) 9-1, Contra Costa (CA) 7-1, Delta (MS) 4-5, North Dakota SCS 9-1, Foothill (CA) 7-1 CLARIFICATIONS - $ = forfeited 6 games, @ = forfeited 3 games, & = forfeit win vs Butler, # = forfeit win vs Mt. San Jacinto, ^ = forfeit win vs Santa Ana, % = forfeit win vs Bakersfield

No	School/Program	City	Rcd	Next

1	San Mateo	San Mateo, CA	9-0	v #2 San Francisco
2	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	9-0	@ #1 San Mateo
3	Iowa Western	Council Bluffs, IA	8-0	v Air Force Prep
4	Ventura	Ventura, CA	9-0	v #29 East LA
5	Northwest	Senatobia, MS	8-2	v #7 Hinds
6	Snow	Ephraim, UT	5-1	bye
7	Hinds	Raymond, MS	8-2	@ #5 Northwest
8	East Mississippi	Scooba, MS	9-1	bye
9	Fresno City	Fresno, CA	8-1	@ #45 Reedley
10	Independence	Independence, KS	7-1	v Hutchinson
11	New Mexico Military	Roswell, NM	8-1	v SWJCFC #4-seed
12	Jones	Ellisville, MS	8-2	bye
13	Iowa Central	Fort Dodge, IA	5-2	v Ellsworth
14	Golden West	Huntington Beach, CA	9-0 %	v #22 Fullerton
15	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	6-2 &	@ #10 Independence
16	Garden City	Garden City, KS	6-2 &	v #31 Butler
17	Riverside City	Riverside, CA	7-2 #	v Chaffey
18	Gulf Coast	Perkinston, MS	7-2	Finished
19	Coffeyville	Coffeyville, KS	7-2	bye
20	Monroe	New Rochelle, NY	4-0	v Hocking
21	Canyons	Santa Clarita, CA	7-2	@ Long Beach City
22	Fullerton	Fullerton, CA	6-2 ^	@ #14 Golden West
23	Modesto	Modesto, CA	6-3	v Sequoias
24	El Camino	Torrance, CA	6-3 %	v Palomar
25	Mt. San Antonio	Walnut, CA	5-2	v Cerritos
26	Lackawanna	Scranton, PA	3-3	@ #43 Nassau
27	Kilgore	Kilgore, TX	5-4	v #28 Tyler
28	Tyler	Tyler, TX	4-4	@ #27 Kilgore
29	East Los Angeles	Monterey Park, CA	5-4	@ #4 Ventura
30	Navarro	Corsicana, TX	5-4	Unclear