Congratulations to all OCFOA officials who have completed the evaluation and rankings process for playoff assignment consideration for CIF-SS Semi-Finals and Finals. Below is the final 2026 ratings that were board-approved on October 13, 2026.
Those officials considered for deeper playoff assignment consideration were evaluated based on the followong criteria:
- Deep playoff consideration application submission received on or before deadline.
- On-field observation and evaluation either in-person or via HUDL (70%)
- Testing (15%)
- HUDL Hours (10%)
- 2025 Ranking (5%)
Please Note: The four crews submitted to CIF for state playoff consideration and CIF-SS Finals assignments are listed at the bottom. Whether all crews will be assigned a CIF-SS Final will be determined by the outcomes of the playoffs.
The complete OCFOA 2026 Tackle Football Playoff Rankings can be found HERE.
| Rankings 1-5 (In Order) | ||||||||
| Rank | Referee | Umpire | Head Lines | Line Judge | Back Judge | Side Judge | Field Judge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Stickney | Chris Salio | Jim Ryan | Joel Rodgers | Dan Pulos | Dan Pulos | Michael Balourdas | |
| 2 | Troy Leonard | David Brant | Bob Biggio | John Patterson | Michael Balourdas | Jon Batarse | Chris Costlow | |
| 3 | Greg Locy | Terry Torline | Colin Nesbitt | Tony Bryant | Rich Brown | Parris Moore | Thomas Cantrell | |
| 4 | Don Douglass | Darren Gibson | Todd Summers | Theodore Hovorka | Nick Ott | Tad Buchoz | Theodore Hovorka | |
| 5 | Michael Darakjian | David Lamm | David Moreno | Duane Cave | Jon Batarse | |||
| Rankings 6-12 / 6-13 (Alphabetical) | ||||||||
| Alphabetical | Referee | Umpire | Head Lines | Line Judge | Back Judge | |||
| Don Ariosto | Michael Blanchard | Andy Bruer | Thomas Cantrell | Mike Brody | ||||
| Gary Gilman | Jay Lee | Mark Cianciola | Ted Dickenson | Tad Buchoz | ||||
| Marc Harrison | Laurence Martinez | Jess Langerud | Rodney Elliott | Corky Cloud | ||||
| Paul Hebbard | Ryan Martinez | Tony Norris | Matt Goda | Chris Costlow | ||||
| Evan Hughes | Tim McCune | Ray Rangel | Greg Kahn | Parris Moore | ||||
| Daniel Muniz | Scott Robinson | Tom Terrones | Dan Layden | Daniel Penrod | ||||
| Bob Nunez | Kim Taylor II | Marlon Wells | David Morton | Paul Schneider | ||||
| Jeff Roberts | Paul Walters | Mitch Weisel | ||||||
| State & CIF-SS Finals Crews | ||||||||
| Crew | Referee | Umpire | Head Lines | Line Judge | Back Judge | Side Judge | Field Judge | |
| State Crew | Jim Stickney | Chris Salio | Jim Ryan | Joel Rodgers | Rich Brown | Dan Pulos | Michael Balourdas | |
| CIF-SS Crew 2 | Troy Leonard | David Brant | Bob Biggio | John Patterson | Nick Ott | Jon Batarse | Chris Costlow | |
| CIF-SS Crew 3 | Greg Locy | Terry Torline | Colin Nesbitt | Tony Bryant | Paul Schneider | Parris Moore | Thomas Cantrell | |
| CIF-SS Crew 4 | Don Douglass | Darren Gibson | Todd Summers | Duane Cave | Daniel Penrod | Tad Buchoz | Theodore Hovorka | |
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