High School football rankings after Week 2: My ballot
A panel of four votes to determine the final Daily Bulletin prep football rankings.
A panel of one, however, determines these...
Ranking in final poll in paranthesis
1. Diamond Ranch (2)
2. Los Osos (1)
3. Colony (4)
4. Miller (3)
5. Chino Hills (6)
6. Norco (5)
7. San Dimas (7)
8. Alta Loma (9)
9. Rancho Cucamonga (10)
10. Chaffey (NR)
It doesn't help that I haven't seen all the other panelist's No. 1 team, Los Osos, play yet. I've determined with my own two eyes that Diamond Ranch is the real deal. I watched the Panthers run over a stunned Chino Hills team last week and a defending CIF-San Diego champ on Saturday. It's difficult for me to rank Los Osos No. 1 considering its defense has allowed 58 points in two games to teams with a combined record of 0-6. Los Osos has all the opportunity it needs to prove itself when it visits two-time defending CIF-SS champion Norco Friday.
No. 4 Colony may be earning some carryover points from me after winning the CIF-SS Central Division title last season. We'll discover considrably more about the Omar Bolden-less Titans this week when they host No. 9 Alta Loma in the second-most compelling matchup this week.
No. 5 Norco was the second No. 1 team to lose in as many weeks, suffering the same fate as preseason No. 1 Chino Hills in a 10-7 last-minute loss to Lawndale Leuzinger Friday. Both Chino Hills and Norco are still very much forces to be reckoned with. Had these two not matched up in the first round of the playoffs last season, many more teams would have been the worse for it.
No. 3 Miller has blown the doors off each opponent thus far and will likely continue to do so until it plays Carter Week 6 or Redlands Week 7. A meeting with REV Week 8 will be its stiffest test of the season.
No. 7 San Dimas and No. 9 Alta Loma have been solid but not spectacular. The athletes populating No. 10 Rancho Cucamonga make it a sexy pick, but the Cougars have plenty to prove.