2024 Football Week 15B: Maffei’s Final ’24 Poll

John Maffei’s final The San Diego Union poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics). Previous rankings were before San Diego Section playoffs.
Bold indicates latest. NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps‘ and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings.

RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAXPREPS CALPREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS
1. Lincoln (10-2) 30* 300 (1) 12 (13) 63.3 (59.9) 12 (14) 
2. Cathedral (9-3) 264 (3) 25 (22) 52.8 (47.7) 21 (19)
3. Mission Hills (9-3) 214 (5) 37 (48) 44.4 (46.9) 32 (35)
4. Granite Hills (10-2) 210 (4) 34 (68) 46.6 (35.8) 24 (32)
5. La Costa Canyon (10-1) 209 (2) 30 (22) 48.6 31 (19)
6. San Marcos (10-3) 146 (6) 48 (56) 41.1 (38.1) 46 (45)
7. Carlsbad (8-4) 123 (7) 42 (59) 42.3 (37.8) On Bubble (NR)
8. El Camino (7-5) 57(NR) 82 32.4 On Bubble (Bubble)
9. Poway (6-7) 52 (NR) 95 30.1 NR
10. Mount Miguel (9-3) 22 (8) 110 (116) 27.8 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Torrey Pines (5-7, 16 points) Monte Vista (9-5, 11), Rancho Bernardo (9-3, 9), El Capitan (10-3, 7), St. Augustine (4-10, 5), Scripps Ranch (9-2, 2), Del Norte (7-5, 1).

VOTING PANEL

Twenty-nine sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from San Diego County, plus Max Preps.com.

  • John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
  • Don Norcross, Steve Brand, Rick Hoff, Kevin Farmer (Union-Tribune Freelance contributors).
  • Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (CIF San Diego Section).
  • Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Izidor (KUSI, Channel 51).
  • Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
  • Braden Suprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
  • Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
  • Tom Helmantoler, (Southern Conference advisor).
  • Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
  • Mike Dolan, Joe Evangelist (San Diego Coaching Legends).
  • Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net).
  • Bodie DeSilva, John Kentera, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Dennis Ackerman, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (Freelance contributors).