2026 Football Week 5: Carlsbad No. 1 Again
TOP 10
John Maffei’s The San Diego Union Week 5 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 and Cal-Hi Sports‘ are state rankings. **Cal-Hi Sports did not publish ratings this week; two previous listed. HS-ratings.com and MaxPreps follow computer model.
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAX PREPS | HS-RATINGS.COM | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. | Carlsbad (5-0) *26 | 325 | 1 | 16 | 47.6 points | 16 (24)** |
| 2. | Cathedral (2-2) *6 | 285 | 2 | 47 | 40.4 | 19 (20) |
| 3. | Granite Hills (4-1) | 252 | 3 | 53 | 39.1 | 20 (15) |
| 4. | Mission Hills (4-1) | 231 | 4 | 19 | 40.8 | On Bubble |
| 5. | La Costa Canyon (3-2) | 175 | 5 | 39 | 28.4 | 47 (41) |
| 6. | Santa Fe Christian (5-0) | 157 | 6 | 54 | 37.7 | On Bubble |
| 7. | Rancho Bernardo (4-1) | 119 | 7 | 109 | 19.7 | NR |
| 8. | San Marcos (3-1) | 100 | 8 | 56 | 19.4 | NR |
| 9. | Torrey Pines (4-1) | 45 | 10 | 133 | 11.9 | 46 (37) |
| 10. | Helix (3-2) | 19 | NR | 70 | 23.8 | 44 (48) |
Others receiving votes: Del Norte (4-1), 17 points; Lincoln (1-4); 14; Eastlake (5-0), 9; Pot Loma (4-1), 9; Oceanside (2-3, 4; Patrick Henry (4-0), 4; Christian (4-0), 2; Imperial (4-1), 1; Valhalla (2-2), 1.
Voting panel: 32 sportswriters, sportscasters, administrators from the San Diego Section:
John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Donald Ray Norcross, Kevin Farmer, Rick Hoff, Steve Brand (The San Diego Union-Tribune independent correspondents).
Joe Heinz, Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez, Cristina Byrne (San Diego Section bosses).
Brandon Stone, Allison Edmonds, John Carroll, Chase Isidoro (KUSI-TV, Chl. 51).
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
Braden Suprenant, Frank Markese (97.3 FM The Fan).
Mike Dolan (Coaching Legends).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson, Bruce Ward (CIF Advisory Committee).
Raymond Brown (sdfootball.net).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Bodie DeSilva, John (Coach) Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Thomas Gutierrez, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (independent contributors).
Max Preps.