Another one bites the dust

The 2025 JUCO football campaign is now heading down the back stretch and the next two weeks will determine a lot of conference titles while knocking others out of the national title picture.  Defending co-champion College of San Mateo was the latest to take a hit, falling to San Francisco this past weekend.

San Francisco has been gaining momentum over the past month and had its biggest win in a handful of years when they beat San Mateo, 13-6, on Saturday in front of a bias Bulldog crowd that had seen 17 straight wins.  San Francisco (6-2) jumped up to No. 22 in the rankings with the win and now have the lead in the Bay6 Conference.  The Rams face No. 43 Foothill this weekend before a showdown at No. 9 Diablo Valley the following weekend. 

The lone remaining undefeated teams out west are now No. 2 Golden West and No. 3 Ventura.  Golden West had a solid win against No. 28 Cerritos this past Saturday (27-19) and faces an undermanned Canyons squad this weekend before a showdown at No. 7 Fullerton on the final weekend of the season.  Ventura has a similar fate, facing Long Beach City before hosting No. 14 Mt. San Antonio in what will be their toughest game since week two. 

Top-ranked Hutchinson smashed a solid Coffeyville team, 31-0, on Saturday to set up a monstrous road matchup at No. 15 Butler after the Grizzlies knocked off a talented Garden City team, 26-23.  A win by Hutchinson would go a long ways towards winning the Jayhawk Conference with three weeks remaining on the schedule.

Copiah-Lincoln is the top-ranked team from the Mississippi ranks at No. 5 and improved to 7-1 with a 28-3 win against East Central on Thursday.  The Wolves secured a playoff spot in the playoffs with the win but could still finish in second place in the Southern Conference should No. 19 Hinds knock off No. 8 Gulf Coast this Thursday.  The Northern Conference has a three-way tie between No. 16 Northwest, No. 27 East Mississippi and No. 34 Itawamba.  A win by Northwest would put East Mississippi in a great position to win the conference title by virtue of beating Northwest earlier in the year.  A win by Itawamba would give Itawamba the conference title.  East Mississippi finishes against No. 48 Holmes. 

With one week remaining in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference schedule, No. 6 Tyler has one last hurdle to jump as they host No. 20 Navarro this weekend.  A win gives the Apaches the outright title.  A loss could create a three-way cluster with Navarro and No. 13 Trinity Valley.

Here is the rest of the JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankings.  Just a reminder, the Dirty 30 Rankings do not count games against unaffiliated programs or club programs in the rankings. 

• JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 Rankings (10/27/25)

Rank	School	City	Rcd	Next
1	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	7-0	@ #15 Butler
2	Golden West	Huntington Beach, CA	8-0	v Canyons
3	Ventura	Ventura, CA	8-0	@ Long Beach City
4	Iowa Western	Council Bluffs, IA	6-1	v #26 Garden City
5	Copiah-Lincoln	Wesson, MS	7-1	@ #29 Northeast (TH)
6	Tyler	Tyler, TX	8-0	v #20 Navarro
7	Fullerton	Fullerton, CA	7-1	@ #28 Cerritos
8	Gulf Coast	Perkinston, MS	7-1	@ #19 Hinds (TH)
9	Diablo Valley	Pleasant Hill, CA	7-1	@ Laney (FR)
10	Saddleback	Mission Viejo, CA	7-1	v #30 Southwestern
11	Georgia Military	Milledgeville, GA	8-1	v Central Georgia Tech
12	San Mateo	San Mateo, CA	7-1	@ San Jose City
13	Trinity Valley	Athens, TX	7-1	v NE Oklahoma A&M
14	Mt. San Antonio	Walnut, CA	7-1	v Allan Hancock
15	Butler	El Dorado, KS	5-1	v #1 Hutchinson
16	Northwest	Senatobia, MS	7-1	v #34 Itawamba (TH)
17	Sequoias	Visalia, CA	7-1	@ #35 Fresno City
18	El Camino	Torrance, CA	7-1	v #23 Riverside City
19	Hinds	Raymond, MS	6-2	v #8 Gulf Coast (TH)
20	Navarro	Corsicana, TX	4-2	@ #6 Tyler
21	Butte	Oroville, CA	7-1	v Redwoods
22	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	6-2	v #43 Foothill
23	Riverside City	Riverside, CA	6-2	@ #18 El Camino
24	Modesto	Modesto, CA	6-2	v #42 Monterey Peninsula
25	Coffeyville	Coffeyville, KS	4-3	v Ellsworth
26	Garden City	Garden City, KS	5-2	@ #4 Iowa Western
27	East Mississippi	Scooba, MS	6-2	v #49 Holmes (TH)
28	Cerritos	Norwalk, CA	6-2	v #7 Fullerton
29	Northeast	Booneville, MS	5-3	v #5 Copiah-Lincoln (TH)
30	Southwestern	Chula Vista, CA	6-2	@ #10 Saddleback

Others on the Bubble: Iowa Central 5-3, De Anza (CA) 8-0, Feather River (CA) 7-1, Itawamba (MS) 5-3, Fresno City (CA) 4-4, Snow (UT) 2-3, Lackawanna (PA) 2-2, Los Medanos (CA) 7-1, DuPage (IL) 6-2, Monroe (NY) 3-3, Cisco (TX) 3-4, Monterey Peninsula (CA) 6-2, Foothill (CA) 4-4, Southwest (MS) 3-5, Moorpark (CA) 4-4, Independence (KS) 3-5, Sacramento City (CA) 3-5, Jones (MS) 4-4, Holmes (MS) 3-5, Mt. San Jacinto (CA) 3-5