Here's a job for all the savants on this site:
Rank the top NorCal prep football leagues from one to ten.
Rank the top NorCal prep football leagues from one to ten.
This is a good top 20 published by Doug. But I think colhenrylives wants discussion on league rankings.NCP already posted its Top 20. Pretty spot on as a preseason ranking list.
The thing about the EBAL Mountain Division is there are no weak teams. The poorer EBAL teams are relegated to the EBAL Valley Division, and don’t play with the big boys. It is really 2 different leagues, an A & a B league.In terms of Leagues here is my take.
SFL
WCAL
EBAL (I may have messed that up but DLS, SRV, MV league)
Tri-City would move up this year with the realignment in the SJS.Top leagues in NorCal
I don't think the league rankings will be too much different than from last year. Here's Calpreps that seems pretty good for this year too.
1. Sierra Foothill - SJS
2. East Bay - Mountain - NCS
3. West Catholic - CCS
Gap and close grouping below
4. Pacific Coast - Gabilan - CCS
5. Peninsula - Bay - CCS
6. Valley Oak - SJS
7. Bay Valley - NCS
8. Tri-City - SJS
9. Diablo - Foothill - NCS
Significant gap
10 Monticello Empire
Marin Catholic plays 2 Tri-City opponents and 1 VOL. it will be interesting to see how those games turn out.Here is my Top 10. As mentioned by @FBAddict, there is the top 3 and then a big gap
1. SFL
2. WCAL
3. EBAL - Mountain
4. PCAL-Gabilan
5. Redwood Empire-Adobe
6. Valley Oak League
7. Diablo-Foothill
8. BVAL
9. PAL-Bay
10. Tri-City
That's how superleagues are designed. A super league of two or more leagues join together and each year the super league officials adjust the team membership of each sub league so there is good equity in each sub league. There is a bit of this going on in the SJS section teams only they don't identify their leagues as a part of a larger group.The thing about the EBAL Mountain Division is there are no weak teams. The poorer EBAL teams are relegated to the EBAL Valley Division, and don’t play with the big boys. It is really 2 different leagues, an A & a B league.
By the way, this season Clayton Valley moves back over to the Diablo Foothill league with Campo & Acalanes.
Something weird has happened to Calpreps' preseason ratings. McClymonds at -0.2? 45 teams rated at 0.0?Top leagues in NorCal
I don't think the league rankings will be too much different than from last year. Here's Calpreps that seems pretty good for this year too.
1. Sierra Foothill - SJS
2. East Bay - Mountain - NCS
3. West Catholic - CCS
Gap and close grouping below
4. Pacific Coast - Gabilan - CCS
5. Peninsula - Bay - CCS
6. Valley Oak - SJS
7. Bay Valley - NCS
8. Tri-City - SJS
9. Diablo - Foothill - NCS
Significant gap
10 Monticello Empire - SJS
Then there's the annual question as to whether DLS should be included in the EBAL-M.The thing about the EBAL Mountain Division is there are no weak teams. The poorer EBAL teams are relegated to the EBAL Valley Division, and don’t play with the big boys. It is really 2 different leagues, an A & a B league.
By the way, this season Clayton Valley moves back over to the Diablo Foothill league with Campo & Acalanes.
Yes, MC has a good non-league schedule.Marin Catholic plays 2 Tri-City opponents and 1 VOL. it will be interesting to see how those games turn out.
MC and Newman in league will be a great battle. Newman will be better than last year's 11-win team but I don't know if good enough to beat MC. The QB position is the spot to watch in terms of how that shakes out. Been a weakness the last few years. Defensively they are solid.Yes, MC has a good non-league schedule.
Well, they are in there whether they should be or not. They certainly need to be included in the strength of the league discussions. SRV almost knocked them off last season.Then there's the annual question as to whether DLS should be included in the EBAL-M.
They don't play a full league schedule and they can't win the league title. They have an association with the league, but they're not in the league.Well, they are in there whether they should be or not. They certainly need to be included in the strength of the league discussions. SRV almost knocked them off last season.
The DAL is crazy now with addition of CVC there will now be 3, 4 Team divisions…..The thing about the EBAL Mountain Division is there are no weak teams. The poorer EBAL teams are relegated to the EBAL Valley Division, and don’t play with the big boys. It is really 2 different leagues, an A & a B league.
By the way, this season Clayton Valley moves back over to the Diablo Foothill league with Campo & Acalanes.
That has changed several times since they were placed into the EBAL 15 years ago. They did win the EBAL last season. The first 5 or 6 years they were league champs, then they weren’t league champs and didn’t get a banner, but just got a spot in the NCS playoffs and most of the all league spots for the next 5 or 6 years. It recently changed back and they are again eligible for the league title once again.They don't play a full league schedule and they can't win the league title. They have an association with the league, but they're not in the league.
Serra did beat DLS, that didn't make them NCS champs.
I noticed that as well. Seems other teams I track have initial ratings scores have been significantly decreased. Seems they may be relying less on initial ratings but I also can't understand such large variances from final year end or historical dynasty rating scores. You would think they would tie closer to their dynasty scores over time and adjust initial up or down a reasonable amount. In McClymonds case its 5 year dynasty rating is 37 and 20 year dynasty rating is 27.5. You would think it would start somewhere in the 20-30s- and if a very talented squad closer to the 37. At least that's how I would look at it. I also looked at Salinas for example and starting at 8.5 looks low when their dynasty ratings are in the 20 range and seems like it should be in the average range to start I think. I think they could be better than that.Something weird has happened to Calpreps' preseason ratings. McClymonds at -0.2? 45 teams rated at 0.0?