The Cerritos College Football team was ranked No. 6 in Friday’s California Community College Football Coaches Association’s top 25 preseason poll and was one of four South Coast Conference teams to make the list.
The Falcons, who finished last season ranked No. 5 after a 51-0 defeat at the hands of Mount San Antonio College in the Southern California Championship game, moved only one spot back.
The No. 1-ranked Mounties are the favorite to win the state championship after winning back-to-back state championships.
Mt. SAC received 20 of the 25 possible first-place votes from representative of the CCCFCA.
Other teams from the SCC to make the list are Los Angeles Harbor College (No.16) and El Camino College (No. 18).
The falcons will play their first game at LA Harbor on Sept. 3 at 6:00 P.M.