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The Orange County Football Conference, an association of all county football leagues except the Trinity, will align its top 60-rated teams into 10 six-team leagues starting for the 2026 season, committee member Ray Elliott of El Dorado confirmed Thursday.

The alignment will deliver a key change for the top-rated teams in the Alpha League.

In the current, two-year format , Orange County features 10 six-team leagues but starts with the No. 2-rated Bravo League. The top-rated Alpha League is a four-team group with Mission Viejo, Los Alamitos, Edison and San Clemente.

The four-team alignment has faced criticism from Alpha League coaches because it left seven openings for nonleague games on their sche

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