2024 Flag Football Week 4: Classical Shares National Top Ranking
State No. 2 Classical (12-1) bested then No. 3 San Juan Capistrano JSerra (10-3), 28-13. The Caimans’ and No. 1 Orange Lutheran (15-0) also are numbers 1 and 2 nationally, according to Max Preps.
Classical next faces Mira Mesa (9-1), whose lone loss was to a strong Our Lady of Peace (6-1) squad.
Grossmont jumped up to local #2, based on besting last year’s D-I champion Bonita Vista (5-3), and a 7-6 win over previously undefeated 6-1 Chula Vista Learning (minimum 5 games).
The anticipated ‘scoring juggernauts’ game Poway (7-1) vs. San Marcos (7-1) was a dud, as San Marcos won 8-6. Both had previously outscored their opponents by an average of over 20 points. Poway then squeaked by 5-2 Westview, 21-20.
Other successful efforts were by La Costa Canyon (6-1), San Marcos (7-1), Santana (6-1-1), and Calexico Vincent Memorial (4-1).
Complete schedules and results are here.
Top 10 San Diego Section teams per the Max Preps ranking system*, as of Sept. 19:
| TEAM | RECORD | STATE RANK/Previous | |
| 1 | Classical | 12-1 | 2/2 |
| 2 | Grossmont | 6-1 | 9/37 |
| 3 | Mira Mesa | 9-1 | 11/23 |
| 4 | La Costa Canyon | 6-1 | 15/30 |
| 5 | Cathedral | 6-2 | 34/43 |
| 6 | Bonita Vista | 5-3 | 41/42 |
| 7 | Our Lady of Peace | 6-1 | 55/45 |
| 8 | Brawley | 9-5 | 59/64 |
| 9 | Chula Vista Learning | 6-1 | 64/54 |
| 10 | Poway | 7-1 | 75/69 |
Others in Max Preps top 100: 80 Imperial (7-3), and 81 San Marcos (7-1).
* The entirely computer generated and proprietary MaxPreps.com ranking algorithm, based solely on wins and losses, plus the opponents strength of schedule, is described here.
Henrik Jonson, Web Master