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Two top-10 teams fall from unbeaten

The 2017 season has had another crazy start and every week a team or two will see their perfect season come to an end. This week two more teams fell out of the top-10 after getting dumped in big games.

The first to fall was former No. 3 Butte, who got waxed by San Mateo. The Roadrunners had just three yards passing at the half on way to getting manhandled by the Bulldogs, 51-12. San Mateo now jumps to No. 8 in the rankings while Butte falls 12 spots to No. 15.

The other that fell hard was Mt. San Antonio, who ran into top-ranked Fullerton and felt the wrath of the Hornets. Mt. SAC was down 42-7 at the break before falling 49-23. The Mounties fell 11 spots to No. 16 as a result. Fullerton did nothing to hurt their No. 1 ranking.

Maybe the most entertaining game out west was between two, top-20 programs as Saddleback hosted El Camino. The Gauchos and Warriors scored 76 points in the opening half as neither defense had any answers. The second half was completely different, as both defenses made adjustments in the locker room and played much better. Saddleback finally scored with 1:29 remaining to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat (48-45) to stay undefeated. The Gauchos moved up one spot to No. 7 after the win while the Warriors dropped two spots to No. 19.

Blinn is rolling through SWJCFC play
Blinn is rolling through SWJCFC play (buccaneersports.com)
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The folks at Blinn have a couple of tough games remaining, but have been impressive in grasping control of the Southwest Junior College Football Conference. The Bucs have beaten Navarro, Trinity Valley and Kilgore in successive weeks, all of which competed for the conference title a year ago. The latest win was over Kilgore where the Bucs held off the Rangers 27-16 in a defensive struggle. Blinn is now at No. 4 in the rankings, but has no time to rest as they host No. 17 Tyler this week.

The rest of the Dirty 30 Rankings follow.

Just a reminder, the Dirty 30 Rankings do not include games against prep schools or non-affiliated programs in the team records.

JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankings (9/25/17)
Rank Team Town Record Next

1

Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

4-0

@ Moorpark

2

East Mississippi

Scooba, MS

4-0

@ Delta (Th)

3

Arizona Western

Yuma, AZ

3-0

bye

4

Blinn

Brenham, TX

4-0

vs. #17 Tyler

5

Riverside City

Riverside, CA

4-0

@ Cerritos

6

Iowa Western

Council Bluffs, IA

4-1

bye

7

Saddleback

Mission Viejo, CA

4-0

@ #28 Ventura

8

San Mateo

San Mateo, CA

4-0

vs. #33 American River

9

Trinity Valley

Athens, TX

4-1

@ New Mexico Military

10

Independence

Independence, KS

3-1

@ #41 Dodge City

11

Gulf Coast

Perkinston, MS

3-1

@ #23 Hinds (Th)

12

Hutchinson

Hutchinson, KS

3-1

vs. Iowa Central

13

Lackawanna

Scranton, PA

2-0

vs. Erie

14

Snow

Ephraim, UT

3-0

bye

15

Butte

Oroville, CA

3-1

vs. #32 San Francisco

16

Mt. San Antonio

Walnut, CA

3-1

vs. Orange Coast

17

Tyler

Tyler, TX

3-0

@ #4 Blinn

18

Butler

El Dorado, KS

3-1

vs. #21 Garden City

19

El Camino

Torrance, CA

3-1

@ #37 Bakersfield

20

Laney

Oakland, CA

3-1

vs. Contra Costa (Fr)

21

Garden City

Garden City, KS

2-2

@ #18 Butler

22

Holmes

Goodman, MS

4-0

vs. #35 Northwest (Th)

23

Hinds

Raymond, MS

3-0

vs. #11 Gulf Coast (Th)

24

Jones County

Ellisville, MS

3-1

@ Southwest (Th)

25

Siskiyous

Weed, CA

4-0

@ Modesto

26

Georgia Military

Milledgeville, GA

2-1

vs. ASA-Miami

27

Canyons

Santa Clarita, CA

3-1

@ Grossmont

28

Ventura

Ventura, CA

2-2

vs. #7 Saddleback

29

Highland

Highland, KS

2-2

bye

30

Long Beach City

Long Beach, CA

2-2

@ Golden West

Others on the Bubble: Mesa (AZ) 3-1, San Francisco (CA) 2-2, American River (CA) 3-1, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 2-2, Copiah-Lincoln (MS) 2-2, Northwest Mississippi 2-1, Bakersfield (CA) 3-1, Scottsdale (AZ) 4-0, ASA-NY 0-1, Navarro (TX) 1-3, Dodge City (KS) 2-2, Ellsworth (IA) 2-2, Itawamba (MS) 1-3, Sacramento City (CA) 4-0, Kilgore (TX) 2-2, Pearl River (MS) 2-2, Fresno City (CA) 2-2, San Joaquin Delta (CA) 2-2, Los Angeles Valley (CA) 3-0, Central Lakes (MN) 4-0
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