Blinn and El Camino Neck and Neck

Seattle, Wash. - Blinn College kept its top spot in the national JC Grid-Wire rankings but lost ground to El Camino. Schedules get tougher in California with several undefeated Top 25 teams squaring off. Who's the king of Mississippi? That question may be answered on Thursday when Pearl River visits Gulf Coast and East Mississippi goes to NW Miss.

JC GRID-WIRE / JCFOOTBALL.COM

NATIONAL TOP 25

9/21/09

1. Blinn College (1) (3-0) - Bye. Next up: Kilgore.
2. El Camino (2) (3-0) - Gave Compton a goose egg, 57-0.
3. Navarro (3) (3-0) - Grabbed a W over Kilgore, 42-17.
4. City College of San Francisco (6) (3-0) - Notable win over Sierra, 35-21.
5. Mt. San Antonio (4) (3-0) - Beat Victor Valley, 32-20.
6. Butler (7) (3-1) - Beat Air Force Prep, 30-17.
7. Fullerton (9) (3-0) - Beat Moorpark, 70-17.
8. Hutchinson (10) (3-0) - Decisive win over Dodge City, 61-3.
9. Palomar (8) (3-0) - Slipped by San Diego Mesa, 27-17.
10. Pearl River (12) (4-0) - Beat Hinds, 45-3.
11. Mississippi Gulf Coast (11) (3-1) - Huge victory over East Miss., 43-26.
12. Fort Scott (13) (3-0) - Solid win over Garden City, 45-35.
13. East Mississippi (5) (3-1) - Bounced by Miss. Gulf Coast, 43-26.
14. Grossmont (14) (3-0) - Notched win over Southwestern, 59-20.
15. College of San Mateo (15) (3-0) - Soundly beat Sequoias, 55-14.
16. Saddleback (18) (3-0) - Raced to victory over San Bernardino Valley, 52-0.
17. Bakersfield (19) (3-0) - Shut out Santa Monica, 43-0.
18. Cerritos (20) (3-0) - Took it to Long Beach, 47-10.
19. NW Mississippi (21) (3-1) - Shut out Itawamba, 35-0.
20. LA Harbor (24) (3-0) - Quality victory over Santa Ana, 47-45.
21. Santa Ana (17) (2-1) - Narrow loss to LA Harbor, 47-45.
22. Arizona Western (16) (3-0) - Snuck by Mesa, 33-29.
23. Butte (NR) (3-0) - Handled Siskiyous, 41-3.
24. College of the Canyons (25) (2-1) - Convincing win at LA Valley, 59-7.
25. Santa Rosa (NR) (3-0) - Beat Modesto, 34-16.

Others to Watch - Snow (3-1), Sierra (2-1), Orange Coast (3-0), Pasadena (2-1), Trinity Valley (3-0), Tyler (3-0), Ventura (3-0), Allan Hancock (3-0), Grand Rapids (4-0), Eastern Arizona (3-0), Foothill (2-1), Laney (3-0)

Noteworthy - Glendale Calif. (3-0), Joliet (3-1), Georgia Military (2-2), Ellsworth (2-1), San Joaquin Delta (2-1), Phoenix (2-1), Iowa Central (2-1), Coahoma (3-1), Rochester (4-0), Central Lakes (4-0), Louisburg (3-0), Dean (3-0), Diablo Valley (2-1), Hudson Valley (2-1), Vermilion (3-1), American River (2-1), Fresno (1-2), Reedley (1-2), DuPage (3-1), Mendocino (2-1)