2022 Week 14: Hornets Win Last Vote For No. 1

This is the final Union-Tribune poll, as reflected in the first three columns in the table below and coordinated by  John Maffei, but there will be a final, final poll when calpreps.com, Max Preps, and Cal-Hi Sports (columns 4, 5, and 6) weigh in with their final ratings, after the state bowl championship games in two weeks.

Three San Diego Section teams, Lincoln (No. 1), Mater Dei (No. 3), and Granite Hills (No. 5), still are competing for a championship and will try to advance  in the Southern California playoffs this week.

The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 14, Final Top 10:
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
*First-place votes. NR—Not ranked.
Last entries in columns indicate previous rank.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings.

RANK TEAM/RECORD POINTS MAX PREPS.COM CAL-PREPS.COM CAL-HI SPORTS
1 Lincoln (11-1) 30*/300/1 9/17 60/51.1 12/15
2 Carlsbad (10-2) 269/2 17/20 53.3/50 17/18
3 Mater Dei (9-4) 209/8 34/82 43.6/37.2
 33/On the  bubble
4 Madison (9-2) 207/3 38/30 42.739.8 32/29
5 Granite Hills (11-2) 164/5 45/56 39.4/37.4
 48/On the bubble
6 Poway (10-1) 141/4 78/51 33/39.8 47/43
7 Mission Hills (9-4) 137/9 58/79 37.6/33.9 On the bubble/48
8 Cathedral (6-6) 98/6 62/82 36.6/32.7 On the bubble/35
9 El Camino (9-4) 62/10 88/59 31.3/37.2 NR/On the bubble
10 Helix (7-4) 26/7 104/76 27.8/34.3 NR/NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
University City (11-2, 19 points), Blythe Palo Verde Valley (13-1, 3), Ramona (8-5, 3), Classical (10-3, 1), La Costa Canyon (7-5, 1).

  • John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
  • Steve Brand, Thomas Gutierrez, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Eric Williams, Freelance contributors.
  • Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, KUSI-Channel 51 TV.
  • Rick Smith, partletonsports.com.
  • Ramon Scott, Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com.
  • John Kentera, Braden Suprenant (97.3 FM The Fan).
  • Bodie DeSilva, scoreboardlive.com.
  • Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
  • Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
  • Troy Hirsch, Nic Pollino (Fox 5 San Diego).
  • Todd Cassen, Joe Heinz, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
  • Mike Dolan, Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee.
  • Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
  • Will Torrez, Valley Sports Network.
  • Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net.
  • Tom Helmantoler, Southern Conference Advisor.
  • MaxPreps.