Bigtime high school weeks tend to shake up the rankings, and this one was no exception. Big movers and shakers in both directions set the stage for Week 3, when it's all about a showdown at the top. I don't want to spoil my predictions coming tomorrow or anything, but what the heck: BHS wins this one.

(No, no, I'm not saying which one. Wait till tomorrow.)

1. Fresno-Bullard (3-0, Division I, last week: 1) — Facing three Tri-River Athletic Conference games in a row, the Knights knock off the easiest. Now for the tougher tests; if Bullard gets through the next two weeks, it should be 8-0 when it faces Fresno-Edison in November.
LAST WEEK: won vs. Clovis, 48-14. THIS WEEK: vs. No. 12 Clovis East

2. Clovis-Buchanan (2-0, Division I, last week: 2) — With all due respect to Cody Kessler and Centennial, the section's best passing attack resides here: Lance Orender and Tyler Genuser have combined for 565 yards, nine TDs and just one pick through two games. They'll need to continue that kind of prodcution against the Drillers.
LAST WEEK: won at Visalia-Redwood, 43-21. THIS WEEK: vs. No. 3 Bakersfield

3. Bakersfield (2-0, Division I, last week: 4) — At what point do we quit chalking it up to bad luck and just admit the Drillers have a turnover problem? All the credit in the world for digging out of it last week, though. It'll be fun to see Drillers try to do their thing at Memorial Stadium.
LAST WEEK: won vs. No. 7 Stockdale, 32-31. THIS WEEK: at No. 2 Clovis-Buchanan

4. Clovis West (1-1, Division I, last week: 3) — Golden Eagles drop again without playing. I wasn't so much blown away by Bakersfield as I was underwhelmed by Liberty, which is the win CW was hanging its hat on. I'll put this ranking back at No. 1 if they find a way to win this week against an absolute state power.
LAST WEEK: BYE. THIS WEEK: at Corona-Centennial

5. Tulare Union (2-0, Division II, last week: 5) — I made a mistake last week: James Guerrero hasn't graduated; the Redskins just decided Trevor Jones was a better fit at QB. That's opened up time for Guerrero at receiver and on D, where he had 12 tackles and a fumble return for a TD in a tidy victory against Lemoore.
LAST WEEK: won vs. Lemoore, 35-13. THIS WEEK: at Visalia-Mt. Whitney

6. Visalia-El Diamante (2-0, Division II, last week: 8) — No one below them really deserved this spot, so the Miners serve as a placeholder. After a couple of ho-hummers against West and Golden Valley, interesting tests come to Visalia each of the next two weeks: First Central, then Mt. Whitney.
LAST WEEK: won at Golden Valley, 50-20. THIS WEEK: vs. Fresno-Central

7. Stockdale (1-1, Division I, last week: 7) — An impressive effort from the Mustangs, but I hate to move a team up after a loss. Still, Stockdale showed at Griffith Field that it will be a factor for the long haul; unfortunately for locals, the long haul might be to the Fresno area in the playoffs.
LAST WEEK: lost at No. 4 Bakersfield, 32-31. THIS WEEK: at Clovis

8. Fresno-Edison (2-0, Division II, last week: 9) — An interesting out-of-section game this week pits the Tigers against Merced, who had an 11-2 season a year ago but lost 41-0 to Bullard in Week 0. How Edison stacks up could tell us a lot about the County-Metro race.
LAST WEEK: won at Fresno-Central, 25-17. THIS WEEK: at Merced

9. Centennial (2-0, Division I, last week: 13) — It was defense that carried the Golden Hawks to a big upset of Liberty. The question now is whether Centennial can hold offenses like Stockdale and Bakersfield at bay, and we'll find the answer in Weeks 4 and 5.
LAST WEEK: won vs. No. 6 Liberty, 10-6. THIS WEEK: at East

10. Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial (2-0, Division II, last week: 10) — The schedule ligthens up in the second half for the Panthers, so wins this week in the Holy Bowl or in the next two weeks against Fresno-Hoover or (gulp) Buchanan would go a long way towards a very nice D-II seed.
LAST WEEK: won at Sacramento-Christian Brothers, 31-6. THIS WEEK: vs. Garces (Saturday)

11. Liberty (0-2, Division I, last week: 6) — All of a sudden, my thoughts on the Patriots have turned from their great defense to their lousy offense. Coach Tony Mills preaches against mistakes and negative plays, but they keep happening. Still, against most teams Liberty ought to be able to set up its offense well enough to win.
LAST WEEK: lost at No. 13 Centennial, 10-6. THIS WEEK: vs. West

12. Clovis East (1-2, Division I, last week: 14) — Give the Timberwolves credit: After a couple of severe Southern Section tests, they came back home to pound Sanger. But minus longtime coach Tim Murphy, the rest of the schedule still looks daunting.
LAST WEEK: won vs. Sanger, 35-0. THIS WEEK: at No. 1 Fresno-Bullard

13. Kingsburg (2-0, Division IV, last week: 12) — This is the team local D-IV hopefuls Taft and Wasco likely will be chasing; the Vikings backed that up by coming back on, then holding off, Fresno-Washington Union in an important seeding battle.
LAST WEEK: won at Fresno-Washington Union, 28-21. THIS WEEK: vs. Corcoran

14. Frontier (2-0, Division II, last week: NR) — From the mountaintops, the Titans shout, and I hear. Yes, boys, you belong in the rankings. Now the coast looks clear until at least a trip to West in Week 5; a visit from Ridgeview in Week 6 will be the next litmus test.
LAST WEEK: won at No. 15 Tehachapi, 43-14. THIS WEEK: at Exeter

15. Oakhurst-Yosemite (1-1, Division III, last week: NR) — The Badgers scamper back into the rankings after crashing and burning against Memorial in Week 1. Division III looks wide, wide open, but Yosemite surely will have some seeding cred for beating Hanford.
LAST WEEK: won vs. No. 11 Hanford, 35-30. THIS WEEK: vs. Reedley-Immanuel

Dropped out: No. 11 Hanford, No. 15 Tehachapi
Waiting: Hanford, Fresno-Hoover, Ridgeview, Tehachapi, Wasco, Chowchilla, Taft, Corcoran, Tollhouse-Sierra, Dinuba, Lindsay