2025 Football Week 10: 5 Teams Seek 1 of 4 Open Division Playoff Invites
Sixteen games tonight and 28 more Friday will settle the San Diego Section regular season and determine league champions not yet clinched. Playoff pairings are expected Sunday afternoon.
Coming down to the wire Cathedral, Lincoln, Mission Hills, Carlsbad, and La Costa Canyon are alive for berths in what will be a stacked, four-team Open Division bracket. One of those clubs will drop down and automatically become the favorite in Division I.
MAFFEI MADNESS
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union-Tribune Week 10 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.
| RANK | TEAM/RECORD | POINTS | MAX PREPS | CAL PREPS | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. | Mission Hills (8-1) 15* | 260 (3) | 14 (13) | 58.4 (55.6) | 14 (16) |
| 2. | Cathedral (7-2) 10* | 258 (5) | 13 (17) | 47 (44.5) | 19 (35) |
| 3. | La Costa Canyon (8-1) 5* | 252 (4) | 10 (18) | 51.5 (50.1) | 12 (17) |
| 4. | Lincoln (7-2) | 219 (1) | 11 (8) | 50.0 (52.9) | 17 (8) |
| 5. | Carlsbad (8-1) | 180 (2) | 12 (14) | 53.6 (56.9) | 24 (14) |
| 6. | Granite Hills (6-3) | 146 (6) | 29 (34) | 44.8 (43.5) | 40 (40) |
| 7. | Point Loma (9-0) | 125 (7) | 51 (59) | 48.0 (46.3) | 43 (44) |
| 8. | San Marcos (6-3) | 89(8) | 31 (40) | 42.2 (39.8) | On Bubble (On Bubble) |
| 9. | Mount Miguel (6-3) | 42 (9) | 42 (53) | 36.0 (33.6) | NR (NR) |
| 10. | Oceanside (5-4) | 37 (NR) | 50 | 34.1 | NR (NR) |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Imperial (9-0, 14 points), Santa Fe Christian (9-0, 8), Rancho Bernardo (7-2, 3) Mission Bay (9-0, 2), Holtville (8-1, 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).