The top nine positions lingered, with only Mission Hills, on a 10-game win streak, displacing San Marcos at No. 10. Olympian, the only undefeated team at 20-0, and Mission Bay with three more wins, stayed where they were.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune poll.
| # | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAX-PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1 | Carlsbad | 17-2 (11) | 164 | 1 | 7/8 | 13/13 |
| 2 | Montgomery | 18-2 (6) | 154 | 2 | 15/16 | 21/21 |
| 3 | St. Augustine | 17-3 | 139 | 3 | 14/17 | 22/22 |
| 4 | Torrey Pines | 14-5 | 119 | 4 | 44/43 | 30/31 |
| 5 | Santa Fe Christian | 14-6 | 104 | 5 | 75/75 | NR/NR |
| 6 | La Jolla Country Day | 14-5 | 82 | 6 | 64/63 | NR/NR |
| 7 | Cathedral | 14-6 | 42 | 7 | 115/101 | NR/NR |
| 8 | La Costa Canyon | 12-4 | 39 | 8 | 77/82 | NR/NR |
| 9 | Mission Bay | 13-7 | 26 | 9 | 136/157 | NR/NR |
| 10 | Mission Hills | 14-6 | 22 | NR | 95/211 | NR/NR |
Others receiving votes
San Marcos (15-4, 20 points), Olympian (20-0, 19). San Diego Southwest (18-2, 2), Hoover (13-7, 1), Rancho Buena Vista (14-6, 1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Bold entries in columns are up-to-date rankings followed by previous.
Cal-Hi Sports’ and Max Preps’ represent state rankings. NR—Not ranked.
Records as of Monday, Jan. 15.
VOTING PANEL
- John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Aaron Burgin, Fulltime Hoops
- Steve Brand, Eric Williams, Freelance writers.
- John Kentera, Freelance Contributor.
- Rick Smith, partletonsports.com.
- Adam Paul, eastcountysports.com.
- Braden Suprenant 97.3 FM The Fan.
- Bodie DeSilva, scoreboardlive.com.
- Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
- Joe Evangelist, San Diego Coaching Legends Committee.
- Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
- Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section.
- Rex Johnson, CIF Advisory Committee.
