Here are Steve Fryer's teams 21-25:

21. Canyon (3-4): The Comanches ran into a hot team last week. Tustin made the Comanches its fourth-consecutive victim, 42-13. Canyon has three of its past four, but those losses all were to good teams: Tustin, Laguna Hills and Foothill.

22. Corona del Mar (6-2): The Sea Kings won a close one against Irvine, 14-13. Irvine went for a two-point conversion following a fourth-quarter touchdown, but could not convert. Corona del Mar's two losses are to good teams –-- Laguna Hills and Newport Harbor.

23. Irvine (6-2): The Vaqueros have lost two games by a total of two points. They lost to Corona del Mar, 14-13, last week. Irvine was beaten by the same score, by University in the season opener. The Vaqueros actually play University again, this time in a league game, in two weeks. They have a bye this week, then play Laguna Hills on Nov. 6.

24. Valencia (5-2): A semi-educated guess here is that Valencia turned in one of its poorest performances of the year in the 15-10 loss to Cypress last week. Nothing against Cypress, which did what it had to do to win. But the Tigers probably are a lot better than that.

25. St. Margaret's (7-0): After three consecutive shutouts, the Tartans faltered. OK, not really. They beat Western Christian of Covina, 58-7, for their 35th victory in a row. The county record of 41 consecutive football victories, set by Mission Viejo a few years ago, is getting closer.

Related:

• Top 10
• Fryer's teams 11-15
• Fryer's teams 16-20
• Interactive: Compare team rankings
• All 2008 rankings

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