2024 Football Week 17: Maffei Poll Unchanged but State Updated
John Maffei’s final The San Diego Union poll (first published after the San Diego Section playoffs) plus MaxPreps, Calpreps, and Cal-Hi Sports rankings that include end-of-season CIF state playoffs):
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) | 10 (12) | 67.5 (63.3) | 7 (12) |
| 2. | Cathedral (9-3) | 264 (3) | 23 (25) | 53 (52.8) | 23 (21) |
| 3. | Mission Hills (9-3) | 214 (5) | 39 (37) | 43.2 (44.4) | 34 (32) |
| 4. | Granite Hills (10-2) | 210 (4) | 34 (34) | 44.9 (46.6) | 32 (24) |
| 5. | La Costa Canyon (10-1) | 209 (2) | 31 (30) | 47 (48.6) | 31 (31) |
| 6. | San Marcos (10-3) | 146 (6) | 50 (48) |
49.5 (41.1) | 43 (46) |
| 7. | Carlsbad (8-4) | 123 (7) | 45 (42) | 41 (42.3) | 71 |
| 8. | El Camino (7-5) | 57(NR) | 86 (82) | 30.6 (32.4) | NR (Bubble) |
| 9. | Poway (6-7) | 52 (NR) | 109 (95) | 26.4 (30.1) | NR (NR) |
| 10. | Mount Miguel (9-3) | 22 (8) | 111 (110) | 26.2 (27.8) | NR (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).