Goodness this was a difficult weekend for the school rankings.
We had a series of upsets and had to make some serious decisions on where teams are at the moment. What really happened for a lot of teams is that if you're not playing, you're at risk for dropping down.
Could we make an argument for an active team like Torrey Pines or Charlotte Catholic to be #1? Sure. That argument might have been put forward this week if Jesuit had beaten Rio Americano by a wide margin.
Yes we do think that Herriman and St. Ignatius (Cleveland) will be near the top by season's end, but we do think, idle as they are for now, they are vulnerable to being overtaken.
We might well see the all-California winner get there.
Big movers! Rio Americano is one of those newer school teams we wait on before jumping on one result. In this case it was a win over St. Francis and a close loss to De La Salle. OK, fine. De La Salle beats St. Francis and we have a bit of a hierarchy with all three of those teams.
Of course, that's not how it happened. St. Francis rambles past De La Salle and we've got to wonder what's going on. Meanwhile, Rio goes on to beat what we know is a very good Jesuit team.
So who is on top? Right now we've got these Northern California teams gathered together in a relatively tight group near the top. That's key. We think they're all pretty strong AND they've been playing.
