CIF Southern Section Boys Basketball Coaches Poll

Take a look at the CIF Southern Section's top teams according to coaches in their area.

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Aug 9, 2020, 9:36am

As a farewell to the 2019-2020 basketball season and a tough Spring with no sports, MaxPreps polled coaches for their opinion on the top teams in the region.

We took the results of their polls and pitted them against our computerized rankings looking for any interesting differences. Although the math formula that produces the computerized rankings is meticulous — a carefully crafted, dissected work of science that isn't subject to traditional editorial bias — not everyone agrees with the output. This particularly goes for the coaches, who spend endless gobs of time analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own team and others.

After gathering the results here are some of the biggest takeaways from the polls:

St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) jumped ahead of 6 schools to claim a spot in the top 10.

After a long season, Hesperia (CA) deserves some recognition for jumping into the top 25 after being ranked 36th in the MaxPreps computerized rankings.

Mayfair (Lakewood, CA) also made a big leap (+26) into the top 20 after the Coaches Poll.

And without further ado, here are the results of the Coaches Poll. (Note: The number in parenthesis is the difference between the MaxPreps ranking and the Coaches Poll.)

  1. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) (0)
  2. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) (+2)
  3. Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.) (0)
  4. Centennial (Corona, Calif.) (+1)
  5. Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.) (+4)
  6. Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) (0)
  7. Ribet Academy (Los Angeles, Calif.) (-5)
  8. Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.) (-1)
  9. Santa Clarita Christian (Canyon Country, Calif.) (-1)
  10. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) (+6)
  11. St. Francis (La Canada, Calif.) (-1)
  12. Poly (Riverside, Calif.) (+7)
  13. Damien (La Verne, Calif.) (+1)
  14. Renaissance Academy (Altadena, Calif.) (-3)
  15. St. Anthony (Long Beach, Calif.) (+3)
  16. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) (-3)
  17. Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.) (-5)
  18. Mayfair (Lakewood, Calif.) (+26)
  19. Oxnard (Oxnard, Calif.) (-2)
  20. Shadow Hills (Indio, Calif.) (+6)
  21. Heritage Christian (Northridge, Calif.) (-6)
  22. Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) (+9)
  23. Fairmont Prep (Anaheim, Calif.) (+11)
  24. Oak Park (Oak Park, Calif.) (-2)
  25. Hesperia (Hesperia, Calif.) (+11)

What do you think: is the computer ranking or the coaches poll a more accurate reflection? Find us on social or send us an email to share your opinion: support@maxpreps.com.

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