2021 Week 15: DI-AA Matchup, Final Top 10 Poll

Cathedral has won its last two Southern California Division I-AA playoff games, 35-28 in 2016 and 24-21 in 2018, each time at home against Harbor City Narbonne.

In attempting to win a third the Dons will head 70 miles North Friday to play Orange Lutheran, a four-loss team that was fifth in its league, at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.

In this case, records lie.

The Lancers were 1-4 in the Trinity League, a miniature NFL circuit arguably the best in California, maybe the U.S.

“O-Lu”, as insiders call it, is 10-4 overall and played seven teams with Cal Preps.com ratings of at least 61.

Cathedral is 10-2 and coming off impressive wins in the San Diego Section playoffs, 38-10 over Mission Hills and 48-19 over Carlsbad.

The teams faced one common opponent. Lutheran lost, 48-0, to Corona Centennial, which beat Cathedral, 57-14.

Cathedral is ninth and Orange Lutheran 10th in Cal-Hi Sports’ weekly ratings. Max Preps says the Lancers are fifth and Cathedral ninth. Cal Preps.com gives Lutheran a 71.1 grade and Cathedral 67.4.

Next, D2-A, D3-A, DVI-AA.

RATINGS GAME, FINAL

Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1. Cathedral 10-2 240 2
2. Carlsbad 11-1 208 1
3. Mater Dei 12-0 177 3
4. Helix 9-3 171 7
5. Mission Hills 8-3 140 3
6. Lincoln 8-4 111 8
7. Torrey Pines 6-4 90 5
8. Scripps Ranch 11-1 82 10
9. Madison 9-3 50 6
10. Patrick Henry 10-2 23 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
El Camino (6-7, 10 points), Ramona (9-4, 10 points), Palo Verde Valley (11-2, 3 points), La Costa Canyon (5-6, 2 points), La Jolla (5-8, 2 points), Mt. Carmel (10-2, 1 point), Santa Fe Christian (10-1, 1 point).

VOTING PANEL
Twenty-four sportswriters and sportscasters throughout San Diego County.

  • John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
  • Steve Brand, Thomas Gutierrez, Rick Hoff, Jim Lindgren, Terry Monahan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, freelance contributors.
  • John Carroll, Nick Pollino, KUSI Ch. 51.
  • John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3-FM The Fan).
  • Adam Paul, ECPreps.com.
  • Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com.
  • Rick Smith, Partletonsports.com.
  • Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
  • Troy Hirsch, Fox 5 San Diego.
  • Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
  • Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, Mike Dolan, CIF San Diego Section.
  • Ramon Scott, Eastcountysports.com.
  • Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country, 107.9-FM.