2025-26 Boys Basketball Week 10: Victory Christian No. 1 in final Maffei Madness Poll
The last 2025-26 “Maffei Madness”, i.e., the Union-Tribune San Diego Section poll, administrated by the very sane John Maffei:
First-place votes in parenthesis. Points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Previous ranking in italics, if changed.
Cal-Hi Sports rankings are by Mark Tennis, the newsletter’s publisher, with contribution from statewide correspondents.
Max Preps essentially relies on individual school representatives.
| TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAX-PREPS.COM | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. Victory Christian | 27-4 (18) | 180 | (2) | 15 | 23 (NR) |
| 2. Francis Parker | 21-10 | 161 | (1) | 42 | 27 (29) |
| 3. Santa Fe Christian | 26-4 | 142 | (3) | 27 | 30 (28) |
| 4. San Marcos | 23-7 | 127 | (5) | 50 | NR (NR) |
| 5. Mission Bay | 20-9 | 101 | (4) | 80 | NR (NR) |
| 6. Mira Mesa | 23-9 | 74 | (NR) | 45 | NR (NR) |
| 7. Olympian | 20-6 | 56 | 7 | 105 | NR (NR) |
| 8. Cathedral | 19-10 | 47 | (6) | 96 | NR (NR) |
| 9. La Costa Canyon | 22-7 | 41 | (8) | 92 | NR (NR) |
| 10. Christian | 22-9 | 39 | 10 | 102 | NR (NR) |
Others Receiving Votes: Poway (20-11, 10 points), Torrey Pines (10), Army-Navy (4), Pacific Ridge (1). Voting Panel: 18 sportswriters, sportscasters, and adm9inistrators from the San Diego Section: John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune), Aaron Burgin (Fulltime Hoops), Steve Brand, Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune correspondents), Todd Cassen Ron Marquez (San Diego Section office), Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com), Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference), Rex Johnson, Joe Evangelist (CIF Advisory Committee), Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association), Braden Surprenant (97.3 FM The Fan), John Kentera, Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, Eric Williams, Tom Ronco, Adam Paul (freelance correspondents), plus Max Preps.