2025 Football Week 6 Maffei Madness: Some Unbeaten Clubs Will Lose
Ranks of the undefeated, 12 strong, will begin to thin this week.
Three head-to-head games are on the schedule and a couple regarded once-beaten squads also will be in important contests.
Game of the week is Mission Hills (5-0) against La Costa Canyon (5-0), the winner positioning itself for the Avocado League stretch drive but still having to face Carlsbad (5-0) and San Marcos (4-1) . Cal Preps predicts a Mission Hills victory of 20-13.
Santa Fe Christian (6-0) and Army-Navy (5-0), far ahead in the standings, will settle Coastal League matters. Cal Preps sees Santa Fe as a 28-17 winner.
El Centro Central and Imperial, each 6-0,will try to separate in the Imperial Valley. Cal Preps likes the Central Spartans, 31-28.
Cathedral (5-0), No. 9 in Cal-Hi Sports’ latest ratings, visits North Coast Section power Concord de la Salle (5-0), Cal-Hi’s No. 7. The third of the intersectional series, the Spartans won the first, 49-21, in 2021, Cathedral the rematch, 28-20, in ’22. A common opponent this season is Mountain View St. Francis, 35-7 loser to Cathedral and 40-0 victim of the Spartans. De la Salle is liked by Cal Preps, 28-14.
Point Loma (5-0) meets San Diego (4-1) in the Eastern League and San Marcos (4-1) takes on Oceanside (2-3), former Avocado League big shot now in the Palomar.
NO CHANGE 1-7
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 6 poll:
Points awarded on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. *First-place votes. Previous rankings in (italics).
NR–Not ranked. MaxPreps, Cal Preps, and Cal-Hi Sports are state rankings. No change in Cal-Hi Sports, which did not post a top 50 this week.
| RANK | TEAM/RECORD | POINTS | MAX PREPS | CAL PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. | Lincoln (5-1) 25* | 295 (1) | 9 (8) | 55.2 (54.8) | 8 (8) |
| 2. | Cathedral (5-0) 5* | 273 (2) | 13 (13) | 56.5 (55.7) | 9 (10) |
| 3. | Mission Hills (5-0) | 238 (3) | 21 (20) | 55.1 (51.4) | 15 (16) |
| 4. | La Costa Canyon (5-0) | 214 (4) | 14 (14) | 49.9 (53.3) | 14 (14) |
| 5. | Carlsbad (5-0) | 178 (5) | 23 (25) | 44.8 (41.3) | 42 (43) |
| 6. | Granite Hills (3-3) | 139 (6) | 36 (35) | 42.9 (39.6) | 33 (28) |
| 7. | San Marcos (4-1) | 117 (7) | 64 (66) | 31 (31.1) | NR (NR) |
| 8. | Rancho Bernardo (5-0) | 84 (9) | 140 (131) | 21.4 (18.0) | NR (NR) |
| 9. | Mount Miguel (4-2) | 40 (8) | 61 (87) | 29.9 (34.5) | On Bubble (On Bubble) |
| 10. | Poway (2-3) | 18 (10) | 106 (117) | 19.8 (19.6) | NR-(NR) |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Point Loma (5-0, 13 points), Santa Fe Christian (6-0, 13), Imperial (6-0, 8), Steele Canyon (6-0, 5), Oceanside (2-3, 3), El Centro Central (6-0, 1), Mission Bay (6-0, 1), San Diego (4-1, 1), El Camino (2-3, 1).
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 (93.7 FM “The Fan”)
- Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends)
- Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference)
- Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee)
- Raymond Brown (sdsports.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).