SJS MaxPreps Writers Poll

[RidgeRider]

https://www.maxpreps.com/news/OGi2C...-joaquin-section-top-25-football-rankings.htm

Sac-Joaquin Section Preseason Top 25

1. Folsom
2. Central Catholic (Modesto)
3. Monterey Trail (Elk Grove)
4. Inderkum (Sacramento)
5. Del Oro (Loomis)
6. Capital Christian (Sacramento)
7. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills)
8. St. Mary's (Stockton)
9. Tracy
10. Yuba City
11. Manteca
12. Turlock
13. Vacaville
14. Jesuit (Carmichael)
15. Granite Bay
16. Placer (Auburn)
17. Rio Linda
18. Davis
19. Grant (Sacramento)
20. Oakdale
21. Elk Grove
22. Sheldon (Sacramento)
23. Antelope
24. Edison (Stockton)
25. Colfax

 

[ThunderRam]

Looking at these are fun, I get that. But, for me, preseason polls are very hard to do. A lot of these media writers are simply going off what happened last season and what the individual coaches are telling them about their team this Summer -- which isn't usually gonna be too underwhelming. Most coaches love their own players and are upbeat and positive about their teams chances. There are a few that undersell their team a la Bill Belichick, but, for the most part it's hard to take any of them too seriously IMO.

As I stated in another thread, you can usually list the top 10-15 programs year in and year out and hit on most of them. But, for me, I won't really know who is good and who is not for at least 2-3 weeks into the season. And even then it can be misleading until league play begins.