Unbeaten teams create logjam atop CCCSIA Men's Soccer Poll

Previous rankings: Sept. 2 

SAN BERNARDINO - With 12 teams still unbeaten as week five of 3C2A men’s soccer action kicks off, it would be expected that the biweekly poll of the sports information professionals from the California Community College Sports Information Association might be tight.

And it was.

Thirteen voting points separated the top four teams in this week’s poll, with the top 12 teams each receiving more than 100 points in the voting.

And atop the list this week is the team that everyone else has been chasing for more than a year – El Camino (4-0-1). The defending state champions jumped back to the top of the poll after opening the season at No. 3 in the voting, receiving four of the 12 first-place votes cast.

Squeaking into the No. 2 spot was Hartnell (5-0), which despite receiving no first-place votes, finished two points ahead of previous No. 1, Mt. San Antonio. The Mounties (5-0-2), with four first-place votes, finished a point ahead of No. 4 Long Beach City (5-0), which received one first-place vote.

Dropping in at No. 7 this week was San Joaquin Valley, which received the other three first-place votes in the poll, as the teams start to sort themselves out. It trailed No. 5 Oxnard (4-0) and No. 6 Norco (5-1-2) in the polling.

The week ahead should start to see teams separating themselves from the rest of the field. It starts Tuesday with No. 8 Santa Rosa (4-0-1) taking on No. 14 Fullerton (4-2-1) in a game in Fresno. Then Friday, Norco travels to take on No. 20 Saddleback (3-1), and Long Beach City takes on No. 13 San Bernardino Valley (3-0-2), which is coming off an unplanned week off due to health concerns brought on by the recent wildfires.

(Bill Norris, CCCSIA)