Mark Tennis at Cal-Hi Sports is the go-to source in California for comparing teams from different regions.

His peg for the Central Section's best hopes are in Division III, where the Nos. 4-5-6 teams in this week's South rankings are Bakersfield Christian, Corcoran and Chowchilla.

(You might ask, "Where's Kingsburg?" Kingsburg needed 53 students to go somewhere else, because the high end for D-III enrollment in the South is 1,100 students.)

Standing above the Central Section teams in D-III South are No. 1 St. Bonaventure-Ventura (a heavy favorite in tonight's Southern Section Northern Division final against Moorpark), and the teams playing in tonight's Northwest Division final: No. 2 Oaks Christian-Westlake Village vs. No. 3 Serra-Gardena.

Conclusion: A Southern Section team is going to claim that bowl berth.

And in D-II South, the result of an early championship game today has likely sunk any hopes that Tulare and El Diamante had.

Niether No. 8 Tulare nor No. 15 El Diamante stood high in the South rankings.

But only section champions can advance to bowl games -- and only three eligible teams stood above Tulare, giving at least the Redskins some hope this morning.

But this afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium, No. 1 Cathedral Catholic-San Diego pounded Valhalla-El Cajon 49-13 in the San Diego Section D-III final.

No. 2 Oceanside, a four-time defending section champion, kicks off against No. 10 Helix-La Mesa at 4:30 p.m. in its San Diego Section D-II final.

In other divisions, No. 10 Clovis West is the highest-ranking Central Section team in D-I South, and bowl-ineligible Central Valley Christian, at No. 3, is the section's only ranked team in Small Schools South.

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Here's the report from Cal-Hi (note, it's a subscription site):

State Top 25
(After games of Saturday, Dec. 6)
(Previous ranking in parentheses)
1. (1) Poly-Long Beach 13-0
(Saturday vs. Tesoro-Las Flores in the Southern Section Pac-5 Division final)

2. (2) Centennial-Corona 13-0
(Tonight vs. Chaparral-Temecula in the Southern Section Inland Division final)

3. (3) De La Salle-Concord 11-1
(Tonight vs. Pittsburg in the North Coast Section D-I final)

4. (4) St. Bonaventure-Ventura 12-1
(Tonight vs. Moorpark in the Southern Section Northern Division final)

5. (6) Tesoro-Las Flores 13-0
(Saturday vs. Poly-Long Beach in the Southern Section Pac-5 Division final)

6. (5) Grant-Sacramento 12-0
(Sac-Joaquin Section D-II champion)

7. (7) Bellarmine-San Jose 12-1
(Central Coast Section Open Division champion)

8. (12) Chaparral-Temecula 12-1
(Tonight vs. Centennial-Corona in the Southern Section Inland Division final)

9. (9) Oaks Christian-Westlake Village 13-0
(Tonight vs. Moorpark in the Southern Section Northwest Division final)

10. (11) Cathedral Catholic-San Diego 12-0
(San Diego Section D-III champion)

11. (14) Oceanside 11-0-1

12. (13) Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa 12-0

13. (18) Pittsburg 11-1

14. (8) Lutheran-Orange 10-3

15. (10) Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks 11-1

16. (15) Moorpark 12-1

17. (16) Valley Christian-San Jose 10-3

18. (17) Oak Grove-San Jose 11-1

19. (23) Rancho Cucamonga 12-0-1

20. (24) Mater Dei-Santa Ana 8-4

21. (21) Serra-San Mateo 8-4

22. (25) Narbonne-Harbor City 12-1

23. (20) Lakewood 10-3

23. (nr) St. Mary's-Stockton 11-2

24. (nr) Serra-Gardena 13-0

25. (nr) San Pedro 12-1

North and South division rankings
(putting Central Section teams in the South; normally, Cal-Hi lumps Central Section teams with the rest of Northern California for regional rankings)

**team has completed season and is bowl eligible.
*team has ended season with loss and is ineligible for bowl selection.

Northern California Overall Top 10 (CIF North Open Division)

1. (1) De La Salle-Concord 11-1
2. (2) Grant-Sacramento 12-0**
3. (3) Bellarmine-San Jose 12-1**
4. (4) Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa 12-0
5. (7) Pittsburg 11-1
6. (5) Valley Christian-San Jose 10-3*
7. (6) Oak Grove-San Jose 11-1*
8. (8) Serra-San Mateo 8-4*
9. (13) St. Mary's-Stockton 11-2
10. (11) Casa Roble-Orangevale 13-0**

Southern California Overall Top 20 (CIF South Open Division)

1. (1) Poly-Long Beach 13-0
2. (2) Centennial-Corona 13-0
3. (3) St. Bonaventure-Ventura 12-1
4. (4) Tesoro-Las Flores 13-0
5. (9) Chaparral-Temecula 12-1
6. (6) Oaks Christian-Westlake Village 13-0
7. (8) Cathedral Catholic-San Diego 12-0
8. (10) Oceanside 11-0-1
9. (5) Lutheran-Orange 10-3*
10. (7) Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks 11-1*
11. (11) Moorpark 12-1
12. (15) Mater Dei-Santa Ana 8-4*
13. (14) Rancho Cucamonga 12-0-1
14. (16) Narbonne (Harbor City) 12-1
15. (18) Serra (Gardena) 13-0
16. (nr) San Pedro 12-1
17. (13) Lakewood 10-3*
18. (nr) Servite-Anaheim 7-4*
19. (19) Clovis West 10-3**
20. (17) Mission Viejo 10-2*

Division I North
1. (1) De La Salle-Concord 11-1
2. (2) Grant-Sacramento 12-0**
3. (3) Bellarmine Prep-San Jose 12-1**
4. (5) Pittsburg 11-1
5. (4) Oak Grove-San Jose 11-1*
6. (6) Serra-San Mateo 8-4*
7. (7) Foothill-Pleasanton 9-3*
8. (nr) Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove 11-2
9. (nr) Lincoln-Stockton 10-2*
10. (9) San Ramon Valley-Danville 8-4*
Others: California-San Ramon 7-5*, Clayton Valley-Concord 12-0, Freedom-Oakley 10-2*, Granite Bay 9-2*, Laguna Creek-Elk Grove 9-4*, Merced (which lost to St. Mary's-Stockton in last week's Sac-Joaquin Section D-I semifinal) 11-2*, Monte Vista-Danville 8-3*, North Salinas 9-2*.

Division I South
1. (1) Poly-Long Beach 13-0
2. (2) Centennial-Corona 13-0
3. (3) Tesoro-Las Flores 13-0
4. (4) Chaparral-Temecula 12-1
5. (6) Rancho Cucamonga 12-0-1
6. (7) Narbonne-Harbor City 12-1
7. (11) San Pedro 12-1
8. (5) Lakewood 10-3*
9. (8) Mission Viejo 10-2*
10. (9) Clovis West 10-3**
11. (nr) La Costa Canyon-Carlsbad 10-2
12. (nr) Upland 11-2
13. (15) Esperanza-Anaheim 8-4*
14. (nr) Edison-Huntington Beach 7-3*
15. (10) Saugus 9-4*
Others: Miller-Fontana 11-1*, Buchanan 9-3*, Clovis East 9-4*, Escondido 10-2, Los Alamitos 8-3*, Loyola-L.A. 6-4*, Murrieta Valley-Murrieta 9-4*, Redlands East Valley 10-2*, San Clemente 8-3*, Taft-Woodland Hills 11-2*, Thousand Oaks 10-2*.

Division II North
1. (1) Valley Christian-San Jose 10-3*
2. (3) St. Mary's-Stockton 11-2
3. (2) Casa Roble-Orangevale 13-0**
4. (4) Whitney-Rocklin 12-0
5. (5) Novato 11-2
6. (10) Encinal-Alameda 12-0
7. (7) Inderkum-Sacramento 11-2*
8. (8) Paradise 11-1**
9. (nr) Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F. 8-5**
10. (6) Campolindo-Moraga 10-2*
Others: Escalon 11-1*, Las Lomas-Walnut Creek- 9-4*, Miramonte-Orinda 10-3*, Pioneer-San Jose 10-2*; Placer-Auburn 9-3.

Division II South
1. (3) Cathedral Catholic-San Diego 12-0 (remember, these rankings only reflect last week's games, so this hasn't been updated to include C.C.'s victory today)
2. (4) Oceanside 11-0-1
3. (1) Lutheran-Orange 10-3*
4. (2) Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks 11-1*
5. (5) Moorpark 12-1
6. (7) Mater Dei-Santa Ana 8-4*
7. (8) Servite-Anaheim 7-4*
8. (9) Tulare 12-0
9. (10) Citrus Hill-Perris 13-0
10. (11) Helix-La Mesa 10-1-1
11. (15) Charter Oak-Covina 12-0-1
12. (12) Bishop Amat-La Puente 8-3*
13. (14) Atascadero 9-3*
14. (nr) Paso Robles 9-3*
15. (nr) El Diamante 11-1
Others: Alemany-Mission Hills- 11-2*, Barstow 10-3, Crespi-Encino 6-4*, Edison 9-3*, Hanford 11-1, Laguna Hills 12-0, St. John Bosco-Bellflower 7-3*.

Division III North
1. (1) Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa 12-0
2. (7) Hilmar 12-1**
3. (2) Central Catholic-Modesto 11-2*
4. (3) Sutter 10-1**
5. (4) Palma-Salinas 8-3*
6. (5) Marin Catholic-Kentfield 9-3*
7. (6) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 11-1-1*
8. (8) West Valley-Cottonwood 9-3*
9. (9) King's Academy-Sunnyvale 10-1-1*
10. (nr) Justin-Siena (Napa) 9-4**
Others: Carmel 8-2*, Colfax 6-4, Menlo School-Atherton 6-5*, Piedmont 7-3*, Willows 10-2*.

Division III South
1. (1) St. Bonaventure-Ventura 12-1
2. (2) Oaks Christian-Westlake Village 13-0
3. (3) Serra-Gardena 13-0
4. (4) Bakersfield Christian 11-1
5. (5) Corcoran 12-0
6. (6) Chowchilla 11-1
7. (7) Paraclete-Lancaster 10-3
8. (8) Twentynine Palms 10-3
9. (9) St. Joseph-Santa Maria 10-2*
10. (10) Exeter 9-2*
Others: Bishop's-La Jolla- 7-6, Coronado 9-3*, Fowler 10-2*, Harvard-Westlake-North Hollywood 8-3-1*, Maranatha-Sierra Madre 11-2*, Morro Bay 8-5*, St. Paul-Santa Fe Springs 4-6*.

Small Schools North
1. (1) Hamilton-Hamilton City 10-2**
2. (2) Modoc-Alturas 12-0**
3. (3) St. Vincent-Petaluma 11-1**
4. (4) Ferndale 10-1*
5. (nr) Rio Vista 10-2*
Others: Bradshaw Christian-Sacramento 10-2**, Capital Christian-Sacramento 5-6*, Fall River-McArthur 10-2**, Modesto Christian 9-2*, Portola 10-2*, St. Elizabeth-Oakland 8-5*, Vacaville Christian 9-2*.

Small Schools South
1. (1) St. Margaret's-San Juan Capistrano 13-0
2. (2) Parker-San Diego 11-1
3. (4) Central Valley Christian 9-3*
4. (nr) Riverside Christian 12-1
5. (4) Christian-El Cajon 10-2*
Others: Aquinas-San Bernardino 10-2*, Brentwood-L.A. 10-2*, Linfield Christian-Temecula 10-3*, Rio Hondo Prep-Arcadia 9-3, Santa Clara-Oxnard 9-2*, Santa Fe Christian-Solana Beach 6-5*.

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Odds and ends: The selection committee is composed of the state's 10 section commissioners, including Jim Crichlow from the Central Section.

Bowl berths will be announced Sunday.