HS FOOT: Sneak peak at Daily News top 20 rankings

1. Notre Dame (11-0) - QB Ryan Kasdorf: 3,164 yards passing, 36 TDs
2. Oaks Christian (11-0) - Star RB/LB Malcolm Jones (shoulder) is probable
3. Saugus (8-3) - Showdown vs. Thousand Oaks should be a doozy
4. Alemany (10-1) - Best defensive team in Western Division
5. Moorpark (10-1) - Only loss was 17-14 defeat to mighty Notre Dame in Week 2
6. Valencia (9-2) - Sophomore LB Trevor Smyth coming off monster game
7. Thousand Oaks (10-1) - RB John Lister (2,117 yards) has carried 30 times or more three games in row
8. Palmdale (10-1) - After 52 years without title, "We're about due," coach Jeff Williams said
9. Taft (10-1) - Must improve after wobbly 16-8 victory over lightly regarded Locke
10. Birmingham (6-5) - Has chip on its shoulder for being seeded ninth
11. Westlake (7-4) - Without injured QB Ben Conlin, knocked off undefeated Oxnard in first round
12. Crespi (6-4) - Season is over after failing to make playoffs
13. Quartz Hill (10-1) - Out to prove seven-game winning streak isn't all luck
14. San Fernando (8-3) - Hoping to upset Taft in its own house in City quarters
15. Newbury Park (7-4) - Hung tough for awhile in 38-14 loss to national power St. Bonaventure
16. Hart (5-6) - Eliminated before Thanksgiving for first time in 20 years
17. Harvard-Westlake (8-2-1) - A dangerous breakaway threat in RB TeRhon O'Neal
18. Arleta (11-0) - Looking to steamroll way through City Invitational
19. Crescenta Valley (9-2) - Faces top-seed Charter Oak in Southeast quarterfinal
20. Burbank (6-5) - Wow! First playoff win in more than 50 years

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