California Top 25 high school football rankings by SBLive/Sports Illustrated (10/9/2023)

Top-ranked Mater Dei, No. 2 St. John Bosco set up showdown with lopsided wins; Three more games this week will pit two Top 25 teams

It's not just Mater Dei at St. John Bosco week. 

Though the annual regular-season titantic has so much on the line and features a really unfathomable number of top recruits — more than 70 players combined with FBS offers — there are three other games this week that feature two Top 25 teams. 

They are: 

• No. 20 San Clemente at No. 10 Mission Viejo

• No. 18 Santa Margarita at No. 14 JSerra Catholic

• No. 19 De La Salle at No. 25 San Ramon Valley

Check back for all the preview materials and same-day coverage of all the games this week. 

1. Mater Dei ((7-0)

Previous rank: 1. Last week: def. JSerra Catholic, 42-0 

Next game: Friday at St. John Bosco

2. St. John Bosco (6-1)

Previous rank: 2. Last week: 2

Next game: Friday vs. Mater Dei

3. Serra-San Mateo (6-0)

Previous rank: 3. Last week: def. Mitty, 42-0

Next game: Saturday vs. Bellarmine

4. Corona Centennial (5-2)

Previous rank: 4. Last week: def. Eastvale Roosevelt, 63-14

Next game: Thursday vs. Vista Murrieta

5. Sierra Canyon (7-0)

Previous rank: 5. Last week: def. Bishop Amat, 56-14

Next game: Friday at Alemany

6. Long Beach Poly (6-1)

Previous rank: 6. Last week: def. Long Beach Wilson, 46-0

Next game: Friday at Cabrillo

7. Carlsbad (7-0)

Previous rank: 7. Last week: def. Poway, 35-0

Next game: Friday at Torrey Pines

8. Lincoln-San Diego (8-0)

Previous rank: 8. Last week: def. Cathedral, 40-14

Next game: Saturday vs. St. Augustine

9. Rancho Cucamonga (7-0)

Previous rank: 9. Last week: def. Etiwanda, 35-7

Next game: Friday vs. Chino Hills

10. Mission Viejo (5-1)

Previous rank: 10. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday vs. San Clemente

11. Clovis North (7-0)

Previous rank: 11. Last week: def. Clovis, 24-7

Next game: Friday at Clovis West

12. Murrieta Valley (6-1)

Previous rank: 13. Last week: def. Norco, 48-19

Next game: Friday vs. Chaparral

13. Serra-Gardena (5-2)

Previous rank: 14. Last week: def. Notre Dame, 45-35

Next game: Friday at Bishop Amat

14. JSerra Catholic (4-3)

Previous rank: 12. Last week: lost to Mater Dei, 42-0

Next game: Friday vs. Santa Margarita

15. Orange Lutheran (4-3)

Previous rank: 17. Last week: def. Santa Margarita, 28-21

Next game: Friday vs. Servite at Cerritos College

16. Pacifica-Oxnard (8-0)

Previous rank: 16. Last week: def. Channel Islands, 59-0

Next game: Oct. 20 at Rio Mesa

17. Damien (8-0)

Previous rank: 18. Last week: def. Chino Hills, 34-7

Next game: Oct. 20 vs. Rancho Cucamonga

18. Santa Margarita (4-3)

Previous rank: 15. Last week: Lost to Orange Lutheran, 28-21

Next game: Friday at JSerra Catholic

19. De La Salle (4-2)

Previous rank: 19. Last week: idle

Next game: Friday at San Ramon Valley

20. San Clemente (7-1)

Previous rank: 20. Last week: def. Ayala, 42-13

Next game: Friday at Mission Viejo

21. Oaks Christian (5-2)

Previous rank: 21. Last week: def. Bishop Diego, 49-13

Next game: Friday at Westlake

22. Los Alamitos (5-2)

Previous rank: 22. Last week: def. Newport Harbor, 62-14

Next game: Friday vs. Corona del Mar at Veterans Stadium (Long Beach)

23. Granite Hills (7-0)

Previous rank: 23. Last week: def. West Hills, 52-0                             334

Next game: Friday at Steele Canyon

24. Helix (7-0)

Previous rank: 24. Last week: def. Grossmont, 57-8

Next game: Thursday vs. Santana

25. San Ramon Valley (6-0(

Previous rank: 25. Last week: def. Clayton Valley Charter, 35-7

Next game: Friday vs. De La Salle