2025 Football Week 2: Top 6 Unchanged; 5 in Cal-Hi Top 25
Brady Palmer (left) ran for one touchdown and passed for another and Parker Johnson caught a touchdown pass and returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in Cathedral’s 35-7 win at the Central Coast Section’s Mountain View St. Francis. Courtesy, Mark Tennis, Cal-Hi Sports.
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 2 poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous ranking in (italics).
NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps’ and Cal-Hi Sports’ are state rankings.
| RANK | TEAM/RECORD | POINTS | MAX PREPS | CAL PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. | Lincoln (2-0) 25* | 295 (1) | 10 (10) | 51.2 (52.4) | 10 (10) |
| 2. | Cathedral (2-0) 5* | 248 (2) | 14 (17) | 52.5 (49.6) | 11 (11) |
| 3. | Mission Hills (2-0) | 225 (3) | 36 (60) | 39.7 (34.9) | 20 (36) |
| 4. | Granite Hills (2-0) | 213 (4) | 33 (39) | 31.8 (30.6) | 25 (30) |
| 5. | La Costa Canyon (2-0) | 185 (5) | 28 (24) | 43.1 (36.7) | 14 (17) |
| 6. | Carlsbad (2-0) | 155 (6) | 27 (28) | 33.6 (32.8) | 45 (On the Bubble) |
| 7. | San Marcos (1-1) | 102 (9) | 95 (125) | 21.8 (21.0) | NR (NR) |
| 8. | Poway (2-0) | 67 (10) | 101 (113) | 17.1 (14.3) | NR (NR) |
| 9. | Mount Miguel (1-1) | 58 (7) | 161 (174) | 25.8 (28.4) | On the Bubble (On the Bubble) |
| 10. | El Camino (1-1) | 24 (8) | 94 (74) | 10.0 (15.7) | NR (NR) |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Rancho Bernardo (2-0, 21 points), Torrey Pines (2-0, 19), Santa Fe Christian (2-0, 6), The Bishop’s (2-0, 5) Point Loma (2-0, 3), Imperial (2-0), Mater Dei (1-1), 2 points each), El Centro Central (2-0), University City (2-0), 1 point each.
VOTING PANEL
Twenty-nine sportswriters, sportscasters, and administrators from the San Diego Section, plus Max Preps:
- John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (Union-Tribune correspondents)
- Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (San Diego Section)
- Brandon Stone, Allison Edwards, John Carroll, Chase Izidoro (KUSI-TV)
- Rick Smith (partletonsports.com)
- Braden Suprenant (97.3 FM “The Fan”)
- Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends)
- Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference)
- Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee)
- Raymond Brown (sandiegosports.net)
- Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association)
- Bodie DeSilva, John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance contributors).