Cats open season at #15 in the nation
The Saddleback football program will open the Jeff Fischer era on August 30 and one national magazine is giving the Bobcats a lot of respect. JCGridiron.com has Saddleback at No. 15 in the nation heading into the season.
The Saddleback football program will open the Jeff Fischer era on August 30 and one national magazine is giving the Bobcats a lot of respect. JCGridiron.com has Saddleback at No. 15 in the nation heading into the season.
JCGridiron is part of the On3/Rivals Network and has been ranking the junior college football programs with its Dirty 30 Rankings since 2005. The Bobcats finished No. 21 in the final rankings following the 2024 campaign.
Saddleback opens the 2025 campaign on August 30 at Pasadena City College at 6:00 PM. Pasadena City enters the season as one of the teams on the bubble after finishing 11-0 last season and winning the American Division Championship Game.
Saddleback's highest finish in the JCGridiron Dirty 30 Rankins was in 2015 when the program lost in the state championship game and finished fifth in the national rankings.
Saddleback's opener on August 30 will also be the beginning of the Jeff Fischer era. Fischer took over the reigns as the head coach after the 2024 season following the retirement of Kerry Crabb.