Southern California dominates the leaderboard in the USA TODAY Sports Super 25 national rankings, but Northern California high school football continues to climb the charts for consecutive weeks.
Santa Margarita High School (Rancho Santa Margarita) is the top-ranked prep football team in the country. They were No. 2 last week. The others from SoCal are No. 12 St. John Bosco, No. 14 Sierra Canyon and No. 24 Mater Dei.
De La Salle High School (Concord) still remains the only NorCal school ranked in the USAT Sports Super 25. They're coming off a bye week but managed to move up a spot in the overall rankings.
Although not nationally ranked, Folsom High School of northeastern Sacramento County, is regionally one of the top prep football programs and
continues to rise in the USA TODAY Sports Super 15 West region football rankings.
Here's where the Northern California high schools rank according to USA TODAY:
De La Salle moves up Super 25 rankings
The Spartans might be fresh from a bye week, but were were able to move up a spot to No. 19 from No. 20 since North Shore High School (Houston, Texas) dropped from No. 17 to No. 20 after their nailbiter win against Summer Creek (Texas), 28-27, to advance to 7-0.
In their Oct. 2 matchup with Cathedral Catholic, De La Salle completely obliterated the Dons in a 42-0 shutout.
De La Salle averages 42.0 points per game, led by their seniors Jaxon Loftin, Duece Jones-Drew, Bradley Facteau, Prayshawn Harang and Zion Cadet.
Jones-Drew leads the CIF-North Coast Section with 602 rushing yards and No. 4 in touchdowns with 8. Loftin has a quarterback rating of 149.2. Facteau, Harang and Cadet are among the top 15 leaders in sacks throughout the CIF-North Coast.
The Spartans' next game will be crucial for them to keep ascending in the rankings. No. 19 De La Salle (6-0) will face undefeated Monte Vista High School (Danville, California), who are also 6-0. Their game is Friday, October 16 at 7:15 p.m. PT.
Folsom Bulldogs making noise
Folsom is coming off of a 49-25 win against Whitney High School (Rocklin, California) which pushed them from a No. 10 to a No. 8-ranking in the USA TODAY Sports Super 15 West region football rankings.
The Bulldogs jumped on the shoulders of junior running back Bronson Bambino to set the tone. Bambino had 15 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Seniors Brody Rudnicki and Joseph Eyerman VI each had a rush touchdown.
Rudnick also threw 17-of-23 passes on 322 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Justice Nonoguchi notched a pick-six, taking the game's only interception thrown by Whitney senior quarterback Bradley Duncan back for an 82-yard score. Senior CJ Wallace IV turned in a punt return touchdown.
Folsom puts its undefeated record to the test in an away game against Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California). The Trojans are undefeated at 2-0 in Sierra Foothill League games, but have an overall record of 4-2 coming off of a 20-17 non-league loss to Tabor Academy (Marion, Massachusetts).
Folsom takes on Oak Ridge looking to keep climbing the Super 15 West region. Their matchup is Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. PST.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Northern California high schools continue to climb football rankings
