The Times’ top 25 high school football rankings

1. MISSION VIEJO (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Fleet-footed Tre Madden puts the Grrrrr in the wildcat formation. (1)

2. WESTLAKE (1-0, SS-Northern): Warriors might need nine lives to get through Marmonte League schedule unscathed. (2)

3. SERVITE (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Friars listen to one-hit wonder a-ha to get pumped up for La Habra. (3)

4. LAKEWOOD (2-0, SS-Pac-5): St. John Bosco quarterback Ryan Medina was cold, funky against the Lancers’ secondary. (4)

5. LOS ALAMITOS (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Race is on to see who will play more meaningless games in September, the Griffins or Angels. (6)

6. ST. BONAVENTURE (1-0, SS-Northern): Documentary on Long Beach Poly went from a drama to a comedy when Seraphs won 32-7 laugher. (7)

7. GARDENA SERRA (2-0, SS-Western): Receiver George Farmer appears wind-aided on every catch. (8)

8. CORONA CENTENNIAL (1-0, SS-Inland): When Huskies play Mater Dei, teams usually generate more yards than Miracle-Gro. (11)

9. NORCO (1-0, SS-Inland): Who needs Letterman when they can have Late Night with Kelsey Young? (12)

10. VISTA MURRIETA (1-0, SS-Inland): Broncos coaches splice in a few scenes from “Jaws” in game film preparation for Corona Santiago. (13)

11. ALEMANY (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Victory over Eastside might be more meaningful than Oaks Christian triumph if Lions flop in Marmonte League. (14)

12. CHAPARRAL (0-1, SS-Inland): Coach Tommy Leach gets our vote for The Most Interesting Man in the Inland Empire. (9)

13. LONG BEACH POLY (1-1, SS-Pac-5): Coach-probation officer Raul Lara’s passing attack was under house arrest against St. Bonaventure. (5)

14. BISHOP AMAT (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Linebacker Idilio Sanchez offered guest role on “The Closer” after making game-saving sack. (15)

15. CRENSHAW (0-2, City-Division I): Don’t be surprised if Frank McCourt tried to impose surcharge on Cougars for appearing on Prime after Dodgers. (10)

16. OAKS CHRISTIAN (0-1, SS-Northern): Second consecutive defeat would make Lions a jugger-naught. (16)

17. THOUSAND OAKS (1-0, SS-Northern): Playing Westlake after Hueneme is like eating at Ruth’s Chris after the Sizzler. (18)

18. ORANGE LUTHERAN (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Lancers must shorten postgame chats to get in any practice time for Thursday game against St. Albert. (19)

19. CARSON (2-0, City-Division I): When Colts’ coach calls a play that works, his colleagues refer to him as the prophet Elijah. (20)

20. EDISON (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Bored Chargers eagerly return to the O.C. after routing two L.A. County teams by a combined score of 107-7. (22)

21. UPLAND (2-0, SS-Inland): Phelan goes from pop. 19,000 to pop. 19 when Diamondbacks leave town to play Highlanders. (24)

22. DANA HILLS (2-0, SS-Pac-5): Beach boys wonder wouldn’t it be nice to upset Edison? (NR)

23. DORSEY (2-0, City-Division I): Coach Paul Knox looks at Crenshaw’s ranking and wonders if Dons should have dropped first two games. (NR)

24. LA HABRA (1-1, SS-Southwest): Another loss against an Orange County power and Highlanders will merely be The Little Team That Tried. (25)

25. VALENCIA (1-0, SS-Northern): Playoffs haven’t started, so Vikings are still in the thick of things. (NR)

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