2025 title still wide open
The 2025 JUCO football season is shaping up to be one of the most entertaining of all time. With a few games left in the regular season, at least 15 programs are still in the hunt for the JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 National Title.
Hutchinson College remains at No. 1 in the rankings and cleared one of its final remaining hurdles with a 27-12 win over Butler College on Saturday. The Blue Dragons have the week off and then play unranked Highland College and No. 25 Garden City College to finish the regular season.
The Southern California ranks are shaping up to be a wild ride on the final weekend of the regular season. No. 2 Golden West College, No. 3 Ventura College and No. 9 Saddleback College will have to pass tough tests in order to hold onto the top seeds for the playoffs. Golden West will travel to an angry No. 19 Fullerton College on Saturday while Ventura will host No. 12 Mt. San Antonio College. Saddleback will host No. 14 El Camino for the Southern League title.
The Mississippi ranks will start the state playoffs this weekend and nobody made it out of the regular season unscathed. No. 5 Copiah-Lincoln College claimed the South title and will host No. 13 Northwest College this Saturday. No. 18 East Mississippi edged Northwest for the North title and will host No. 7 Gulf Coast.
The Southwest Junior College Football Conference will open the playoffs on the 15th of November. No. 6 Tyler wrapped up a perfect regular season when they narrowly escaped No. 23 Navarro, 20-14. Matchups and game times have yet to be determined.
The Northern California ranks are also a tangled mess. The Bay 6 will com down to the wire as No. 15 City College of San Francisco has gotten hot at the right time and with a win at No. 8 Diablo Valley College on Friday would claim the league title. A loss could set up a three-way tie scenario as No. 10 College of San Mateo hosts Laney College on Saturday.
The NorCal currently has four teams tied for first place in No. 30 Butte College, unranked American River College, unranked Sierra College and unranked College of the Redwoods. Butte stubbed its toes against Redwoods this past weekend and will travel to Sierra while ARC will travel to Redwoods.
The Valley took a twist this past weekend when No. 27 Fresno City College escaped with a 23-21 win against No. 28 College of the Sequoias. No. 16 Modesto Junior College controls its own destiny by leading the league but has to finish at Sequoias this weekend and a loss could set up a three-way tie.
The top independent program in the country is No. 11 Georgia Military College, who improved to 9-1 last weekend. The Bulldogs finish at No. 44 Lackawanna College this weekend and sit at No. 5 in the NJCAA Rankings.
Lets not forget to mention De Anza College out west, who remains undefeated at 9-0 in the American Division ranks after clobbering Merced 48-17 on Saturday. The Lions finish off the regular season against Cabrillo and are the favorites to win the Northern California American Division title. We here at JCGridiron still wish the 3C2A would have a playoff for the American Division schools with a state title, but they haven’t done so yet. De Anza is the first team on the bubble this week at No. 31 in the rankings.
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 Dirty 30 Rankings (11/4/25)
| Rank | School | City | Rcd | Next |
| 1 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson, KS | 8-0 | bye |
| 2 | Golden West | Huntington Beach, CA | 9-0 | @ #19 Fullerton |
| 3 | Ventura | Ventura, CA | 9-0 | v #12 Mt. SAC |
| 4 | Iowa Western | Council Bluffs, IA | 7-1 | @ #20 Butler |
| 5 | Copiah-Lincoln | Wesson, MS | 8-1 | v #13 Northwest |
| 6 | Tyler | Tyler, TX | 9-0 | TBD 11/15 |
| 7 | Gulf Coast | Perkinston, MS | 8-1 | @ #18 East Mississippi |
| 8 | Diablo Valley | Pleasant Hill, CA | 8-1 | v #15 San Francisco (FR) |
| 9 | Saddleback | Mission Viejo, CA | 8-1 | v #14 El Camino |
| 10 | San Mateo | San Mateo, CA | 8-1 | v Laney |
| 11 | Georgia Military | Milledgeville, GA | 9-1 | @ #44 Lackawanna |
| 12 | Mt. San Antonio | Walnut, CA | 8-1 | @ #3 Ventura |
| 13 | Northwest | Senatobia, MS | 8-1 | @ #5 Copiah-Lincoln |
| 14 | El Camino | Torrance, CA | 8-1 | @ #9 Saddleback |
| 15 | San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | 7-2 | @ #8 Diablo Valley (FR) |
| 16 | Modesto | Modesto, CA | 7-2 | @ #28 Sequoias |
| 17 | Cerritos | Norwalk, CA | 7-2 | @ East LA |
| 18 | East Mississippi | Scooba, MS | 7-2 | v #7 Gulf Coast |
| 19 | Fullerton | Fullerton, CA | 7-2 | v #2 Golden West |
| 20 | Butler | El Dorado, KS | 5-2 | v #4 Iowa Western |
| 21 | Coffeyville | Coffeyville, KS | 5-3 | @ Dodge City |
| 22 | Hinds | Raymond, MS | 6-3 | TBD |
| 23 | Navarro | Corsicana, TX | 4-3 | TBD 11/15 |
| 24 | Riverside City | Riverside, CA | 6-3 | v San Diego Mesa |
| 25 | Garden City | Garden City, KS | 5-3 | @ Highland |
| 26 | Trinity Valley | Athens, TX | 7-2 | TBD 11/15 |
| 27 | Fresno City | Fresno, CA | 5-4 | @ Reedley |
| 28 | Sequoias | Visalia, CA | 7-2 | v #16 Modesto |
| 29 | Iowa Central | Fort Dodge, IA | 5-3 | v #41 Independence |
| 30 | Butte | Oroville, CA | 7-2 | @ Sierra |
Others on the Bubble: De Anza (CA) 9-0, Feather River (CA) 8-1, Northeast (MS) 5-4, Snow (UT) 3-3, Monroe (NY) 4-3, Itawamba (MS) 5-4, Los Medanos (CA) 8-1, DuPage (CA) 6-2, Moorpark (CA) 5-4, Southwestern (CA) 6-3, Independence (KS) 4-5, Jones (MS) 5-4, Monterey Peninsula (CA) 6-3, Lackawanna (PA) 2-3, Foothill (CA) 4-5
