November 23 championship game pairings at Palomar College:Â
Division I— State No. 6 Classical, the 2023 D-II champion, meets No. 37 Torrey Pines, which upset the undefeated No. 25 Otay Ranch. The Caimans topped the Falcons, 20-14, and 36-26 earlier this season.
Division II— No. 9 seed Carlsbad pushed past two higher seeds, including 5 Imperial, which had won by forfeit after losing on the field to 4 Calexico in triple overtime, and will meet 2 Westview, which earlier defeated the Lancers, 12-0.Â
Division III— No. 2 Mater Dei evened its record at 10-10 and plays Scripps Ranch, a No. 8 seed which dispatched higher seeds 1 Chula Vista Learning and 4 Escondido Charter. The Crusaders downed the Falcons 32-6 early in the season.
Division IV— No. 1 San Ysidro and 2 Olympian split in 2023 and ’24. The Cougars won 19-12 earlier this year but Olympian prevailed, 14-0, last year.
Go here for complete season game schedules and results.
The Division and Seeding selection process divides the top 48 MaxPreps/Calpreps** state-ranked local teams into 4 equal size groups. The top 12 teams become Division I, the next 12 become Division II, and so on.
The top 4 seeds in each division get a first round bye and teams 5-12 are paired into a standard structure, similar to the national collegiate tackle football 12-team playoffs. Some minor adjustments avoid first-round same-league pairings.
**The entirely computer generated and proprietary MaxPreps.com/Calpreps.com ranking algorithm, based solely on wins and losses, plus the opponents strength of schedule, is described here.
Henrik Jonson, Webmaster
