CIF San Diego Section Boys Basketball Coaches Poll

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


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:

The top 5 spots remained the same between the Coaches Poll and the MaxPreps Computer Rankings.

After a long season, Fallbrook (CA) deserves some recognition for jumping into the top 25 after being ranked 50th in the MaxPreps computerized rankings.

Vista (CA) also made a big leap (+22) 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. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.) (0)
  2. Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.) (0)
  3. St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) (0)
  4. Foothills Christian (El Cajon, Calif.) (0)
  5. Francis Parker (San Diego, Calif.) (0)
  6. Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach, Calif.) (0)
  7. Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista, Calif.) (+2)
  8. Poway (Poway, Calif.) (-1)
  9. Christian (El Cajon, Calif.) (+1)
  10. San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) (+4)
  11. Carlsbad (Carlsbad, Calif.) (-3)
  12. San Diego (San Diego, Calif.) (0)
  13. El Camino (Oceanside, Calif.) (-2)
  14. San Marcos (San Marcos, Calif.) (-1)
  15. Army-Navy (Carlsbad, Calif.) (+5)
  16. Bonita Vista (Chula Vista, Calif.) (-1)
  17. Calexico (Calexico, Calif.) (+5)
  18. Vista (Vista, Calif.) (+22)
  19. Olympian (Chula Vista, Calif.) (+8)
  20. Helix (La Mesa, Calif.) (-3)
  21. Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) (0)
  22. Lincoln (San Diego, Calif.) (+10)
  23. Montgomery (San Diego, Calif.) (+22)
  24. Fallbrook (Fallbrook, Calif.) (+26)
  25. La Jolla (La Jolla, Calif.) (+24)

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