CONCORD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 2: Serra’s Joey Villaroman (28) leaps to catch a touchdown pass in the end zone during the third quarter of their game at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Serra defeated De La Salle 24-21. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Maybe Serra should have been No. 1 all along.
The Padres ended last season atop the Bay Area News Group’s Top 25 but opened this season in the No. 2 spot behind De Le Salle, which, well, always starts the season No. 1.
Serra is back on top now after rallying from 14 points behind in the fourth quarter last week on the road to defeat De La Salle 24-21.
The San Mateo powerhouse is 2-0, with road wins over De La Salle and Folsom. De La Salle fell to No. 2, followed by three public schools: Pittsburg, Menlo-Atherton and Wilcox.
Bellarmine, perhaps the best 0-2 team in Northern California, slipped two spots but remained in the Top 10 after losing on the road in overtime to McClymonds on Friday.
The only newcomer in the rankings this week is Archbishop Mitty, which followed an impressive Week 1 victory over Palma with a rout of Mountain View in Week 2.
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On to the rankings …
Bay Area News Group Top 25
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
No. 1 SERRA (2-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Last week: Beat De La Salle 24-21
Up next: Saturday vs. Central Catholic-Modesto, 1:30 p.m.
No. 2 DE LA SALLE (1-1)
Previous ranking: 1
Last week: Lost to Serra 24-21
Up next: Friday vs. St. Francis, 7 p.m.
No. 3 PITTSBURG (2-0)
Previous ranking: 4
Last week: Beat Liberty-Henderson, Nev., 30-2
Up next: Friday at California, 7 p.m.
No. 4 MENLO-ATHERTON (2-0)
Previous ranking: 5
Last week: Beat Elk Grove 40-20
Up next: Sept. 16 at Del Oro-Loomis, 7 p.m.
No. 5 WILCOX (2-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Last week: Beat Hollister 38-14
Up next: Friday at Leland, 7 p.m.
No. 6 ST. FRANCIS (1-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Last week: Lost to Monterey Trail-Elk Grove 28-7
Up next: Friday at De La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 7 MCCLYMONDS (1-0)
Previous ranking: 9
Last week: Beat Bellarmine 24-21, OT
Up next: Friday at De Anza, 7 p.m.
No. 8 SAN RAMON VALLEY (1-0)
Previous ranking: 10
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Friday vs. Elk Grove, 7 p.m.
No. 9 BELLARMINE (0-2)
Previous ranking: 7
Last week: Lost to McClymonds 24-21, OT
Up next: Friday at San Leandro (Burrell Field), 7 p.m.
No. 10 LOS GATOS (1-1)
Previous ranking: 11
Last week: Beat Liberty-Brentwood 31-0
Up next: Friday vs. Live Oak, 7 p.m.
No. 11 CAMPOLINDO (2-0)
Previous ranking: 12
Last week: Beat Aptos 30-22
Up next: Friday at Windsor, 7 p.m.
No. 12 CLAYTON VALLEY (0-2)
Previous ranking: 8
Last week: Lost Del Oro-Loomis 31-27
Up next: Friday at Canyon Springs-North Las Vegas, 7 p.m.
No. 13 EL CERRITO (2-0)
Previous ranking: 13
Last week: Beat Freedom 27-13
Up next: Friday at Bishop O’Dowd, 7 p.m.
No. 14 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (1-0)
Previous ranking: 15
Last week: Did not play
Up next: Saturday at Tamalpais, 2 p.m.
No. 15 HERITAGE (2-0)
Previous ranking: 16
Last week: Beat Granada 54-14
Up next: Friday vs. Whitney, 7 p.m.
No. 16 AMADOR VALLEY (1-1)
Previous ranking: 17
Last week: Beat Bear Creek-Stockton 28-6
Up next: Saturday at Menlo School, 2 p.m.
No. 17 ST. IGNATIUS (1-1)
Previous ranking: 14
Last week: Lost to Jesuit-Carmichael 17-7
Up next: Friday at St. Mary’s-Stockton, 7:15 p.m.
No. 18 HALF MOON BAY (2-0)
Previous ranking: 19
Last week: Beat San Mateo 36-0
Up next: Friday vs. Carlmont, 7 p.m.
No. 19 CALIFORNIA (2-0)
Previous ranking: 21
Last week: Beat Milpitas 35-6
Up next: Friday vs. Pittsburg, 7 p.m.
No. 20 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (2-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Last week: Beat Mountain View 48-7
Up next: Friday vs. Santa Teresa, 7:30 p.m.
No. 21 ANTIOCH (1-1)
Previous ranking: 18
Last week: Lost to Vintage 28-22, OT
Up next: Friday vs. Rocklin, 7 p.m.
No. 22 ACALANES (2-0)
Previous ranking: 23
Last week: Beat Bishop O’Dowd 28-7
Up next: Friday at Sheldon-Sacramento, 7:15 p.m.
No. 23 SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL (1-1)
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: Lost to Palma 21-8
Up next: Friday vs. Burlingame at Kezar Stadium, 7 p.m.
No. 24 SACRED HEART PREP (1-1)
Previous ranking: 22
Last week: Beat Homestead 42-13
Up next: Saturday vs. Mountain View, 2 p.m.
No. 25 (tied) FOOTHILL (2-0)
Previous ranking: 24
Last week: Beat College Park 28-12
Up next: Friday at Vanden-Fairfield, 7:30 p.m.
No. 25 (tied) LIVE OAK (2-0)
Previous ranking: 25
Last week: Beat Gunn 55-0
Up next: Friday at Los Gatos, 7 p.m.
Originally published at Darren Sabedra