Navarro Bulldogs Take Over Top Ranking

Seattle, Wash. - The Navarro Bulldogs (7-0) have jumped past Blinn to the #1 spot in this week's rankings. San Francisco went to Oroville and gave Butte - the defending national champions - their first loss by way of a last-second field goal. Conference strength and timing of losses are big factors considered as teams jockey for position.

NATIONAL TOP 25

10/20/09

1. Navarro (2) (7-0) - Beat Cisco, 31-8. Next: at Arkansas Baptist.
2. Blinn College (1) (7-0) - Beat NE Oklahoma A&M, 55-42. Next: Cisco.
3. City College of San Francisco (4) (6-0) - Beat Butte, 16-14. Next: Diablo Valley.
4. El Camino (3) (6-0) - Beat Desert, 42-20. Next: Bye.
5. Butler (5) (6-1) - Beat Independence, 38-0. Next: at Highland.
6. Mississippi Gulf Coast (6) (7-1) - Beat Hinds, 41-6. Next: at Jones Co.
7. East Mississippi (7) (7-1) - Beat Itawamba, 28-6. Next: Mississippi Delta.
8. College of San Mateo (9) (6-0) - Beat Santa Rosa, 35-14. Next: at Foothill.
9. Cerritos (8) (6-0) - Beat Citrus, 21-16. Next: Riverside.
10. Fort Scott (12) (7-0) - Beat Highland, 59-17. Next: at Air Force Prep.
11. Palomar (11) (6-1) - Beat Santa Ana, 41-27. Next: at Long Beach.
12. Saddleback (13) (6-1) - Beat Long Beach, 28-24. Next: Fullerton.
13. Mt. San Antonio (14) (5-1) - Beat Riverside, 45-12. Next: Desert.
14. Fullerton (15) (5-1) - Beat Grossmont, 30-17. Next: at Saddleback.
15. LA Harbor (17) (6-0) - Beat Victor Valley, 27-13. Next: San Diego Mesa.
16. Grossmont (10) (6-1) - Lost to Fullerton, 30-17. Next: Orange Coast.
17. Bakersfield (18) (6-1) - Beat Moorpark, 52-14. Next: at Glendale.
18. Butte (16) (5-1) - Lost to San Francisco, 16-14. Next: at Santa Rosa.
19. Grand Rapids (20) (7-0) - Bye. Next: Harper.
20. Allan Hancock (21) (6-1) - Beat Pasadena, 38-23. Next: at Moorpark.
21. Orange Coast (22) (5-1) - Bye. Next: at Grossmont.
22. Ventura (23) (5-1) - Bye. Next: Canyons.
23. Arizona Western (19) (5-1) - Lost to New Mexico Military, 40-33. Next: Pima.
24. Snow (NR) (7-1) - Beat Eastern Arizona, 30-24. Next: Phoenix.
25. (Tie) Foothill (NR) (5-1) - Beat Diablo Valley, 31-24. Next: San Mateo.
26. (Tie) College of the Canyons (24) (5-2) - Beat Glendale, 14-6. Next: at Ventura.

Others to Watch - Tyler (5-2), Rochester (8-0), Jones Co. (6-2), New Mexico Military (5-2), Eastern Arizona (5-2), Santa Rosa (4-2), Copiah-Lincoln (5-3), Fresno (4-2), American River (5-1)

Noteworthy - Dean (6-1), Coffeyville (4-3), Ellsworth (5-2), San Joaquin Delta (4-2), Central Lakes (7-1), Louisburg (5-1), Modesto (4-2), LA Pierce (4-2), Coahoma (5-3), Lackawanna (4-2), Pearl River (5-3), Hudson Valley (4-3), N. Dakota State (5-3), Joliet (5-3)