Little Separates Blinn, El Camino

Seattle, Wash. - Blinn, El Camino, and Navarro remain in the top three spots of the national JC Grid-Wire rankings. Saddleback College made a big impression with its win over Mt. San Antonio and moved up the rankings from 16 to six. For #1 Blinn and #3 Navarro to remain in the title hunt they'll need decisive wins going forward.

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NATIONAL TOP 25

9/27/09

1. Blinn College (1) (4-0) - Beat Kilgore, 31-21.
2. El Camino (2) (4-0) - Convincing victory over Bakersfield, 40-24.
3. Navarro (3) (4-0) - Got quality win over Tyler, 61-28.
4. City College of San Francisco (4) (4-0) - Dropped Laney, 28-3.
5. Butler (6) (4-1) - Knocked out Coffeyville, 30-14.
6. Saddleback (16) (4-0) - Got big W over Mt. San Antonio, 24-14.
7. Mississippi Gulf Coast (11) (4-1) - Beat Pearl River, 38-28.
8. Palomar (9) (4-0) - Slipped by Desert, 17-7.
9. Fort Scott (12) (4-0) - Tremendous shutout over Hutchinson, 31-0.
10. East Mississippi (13) (4-1) - Took big game with NW Miss., 49-42.
11. Mt. San Antonio (5) (3-1) - Dropped game to Saddleback, 24-14.
12. College of San Mateo (15) (4-0) - Got win over West Valley, 72-10.
13. Cerritos (18) (4-0) - Narrow victory over Ventura, 36-35.
14. Pearl River (10) (4-1) - Lost in dogfight with Miss. Gulf Coast, 38-28.
15. Fullerton (7) (3-1) - Stung by Canyons, 26-13.
16. Grossmont (14) (4-0) - Eeked out win over Chaffey, 28-27.
17. LA Harbor (20) (4-0) - Gutted out a win over Golden West, 35-32.
18. College of the Canyons (24) (3-1) - Came from behind to beat Fullerton, 26-13.
19. Santa Ana (21) (3-1) - Sped by Moorpark, 51-36.
20. Butte (23) (4-0) - Chopped Redwoods, 55-14.
21. Hutchinson (8) (3-1) - Dominated by Fort Scott, 31-0.
22. Arizona Western (22) (4-0) - Beat Scottsdale, 32-20.
23. Allan Hancock (NR) (4-0) - Took it to Citrus, 48-23.
24. Bakersfield (17) (3-1) - Lost to El Camino, 40-24.
25. (Tie) Foothill (NR) (3-1) - Beat Chabot, 31-0.
26. (Tie) Snow (NR) (4-1) - Beat Glendale, 47-14.

Others to Watch - Orange Coast (4-0), Eastern Arizona (4-0), Ventura (3-1), Glendale Calif. (3-1), NW Mississippi (3-2), Santa Rosa (3-1), Pasadena (3-1), Grand Rapids (5-0), Trinity Valley (3-1), Tyler (3-1), Laney (3-1), Fresno (2-2), American River (3-1), West Hills (2-2)

Noteworthy - Sierra (2-2), Georgia Military (3-2), Ellsworth (2-2), Reedley (2-2), San Joaquin Delta (3-1), Phoenix (3-1), Iowa Central (3-1), Copiah-Lincoln (3-2), Rochester (5-0), Central Lakes (4-1), Dean (4-0), Diablo Valley (2-2), Mendocino (3-1), San Jose (3-1), New Mexico Military (3-1), Mesabi Range (4-1), Nassau (3-0), Jones Co. (3-2), Louisburg (3-1)