Mission Hills is at Mater Dei in this week’s top game as many clubs are idle, prepping for the beginning of league races next week.
Cathedral, 49-7 winner over a Bakersfield Liberty team that won the Central Section Division I title a year ago, is eighth in the latest Cal-Hi Sports rankings.
St. Augustine, which meets the Dons at Mesa College Oct. 28 in the  game of the regular season, jumped from 13th to ninth after a workmanlike, 26-14 victory over Eastlake.
I am one of the seven voters who have tabbed Cathedral No. 1 in the San Diego Union-Tribune poll for the last few weeks, although St. Augustine still gets most of the first place votes and the No. 1 ranking.
Mission Hills jumped from seventh to fourth after a 42-25 victory over Oceanside.  I haven’t been impressed with Oceanside since coach John Carroll’s last game, a stunning, 68-7 loss to Folsom in the 2014 state D-1 game.
Mission Hills has taken control of the rivalry with its North County neighbor but still is somewhat of an unknown quantity this season.
Mater Dei definitely has Grizzlies coach Chris Hauser’s attention, but the Crusaders probably do not have  the muscle to beat this big program.
Helix is the third San Diego Section squad to earn Cal-Hi Sports favor, moving from 21st to 17th this week.   Mission Hills, Mater Dei, and Rancho Bernardo are teams “on the bubble”.
The San Diego voting:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points awarded on basis of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
| Rank | Team | W-L | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | St. Augustine (17) | 5-0 | 256 | 1 |
| 2. | Cathedral (7) | 5-0 | 245 | 2 |
| 3. | Rancho Bernardo (1) | 5-0 | 207 | 4 |
| 4. | Mission Hills (2) | 4-0 | 184 | 7 |
| 5. | Helix | 2-2 | 144 | 5 |
| 6. | Madison | 3-1 | 140 | 6 |
| 7. | Oceanside | 4-1 | 128 | 3 |
| 8. | Poway | 5-0 | 89 | 8 |
| 9. | Mater Dei | 3-1 | 57 | 9 |
| 10T | Grossmont, Valhalla | 4-0 | 22 | NR |
NR–Not ranked.                                                             Others receiving votes: The Bishop’s (4-0), La Costa Canyon (3-2), San Marcos (2-1), 1 point each).
Twenty-seven sportswriters, sportscasters, and other representatives comprise the voting panel:
John Maffei, Union-Tribune. Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Tom Saxe, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren,  Union-Tribune contributors. Michael Bower, Pomerado News. Lisa Lane, Fox 5 News. Montell Allen, MBA Sports-SDFNL Magazine. Brandon Stone, Rick Willis, KUSI, Channel 51. Adam Clark, Ted Mendenhall, Taylor Quellman, The Mighty 1090. Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Radio 107.9 FM. Bob Petinak, 1360 Radio. Bill Dickens, Adam Paul, Chris Davis, eastcountysports.com. Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com. Drew Smith, sdcoastalsports.com. Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net. Rick Smith, partletonsports.com. Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions. Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, CIF San Diego Section. John (Coach) Kentera, Prep Talent Evaluator.
