2015 Prep Football Preseason Poll

By ECS Staff
Updated: August 24, 2015

The Helix Highlanders are the preseason pick as the best team in San Diego according to the UT San Diego Sportscasters / Sportswriters prep football poll that was released on Monday morning. Other East County schools making the list include El Capitan coming off of their CIF Runners-Up finish in Division II. Receiving votes were Christian, Steele Canyon and Valhalla.

2015 UT SAN DIEGO SPORTSCASTERS / SPORTSWRITERS PREP FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL
TEAM; RECORD; POINTS; LAST WEEK
First-place votes in parenthesis
Points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis

Rank/Team/2014 Record/Points/Final 2014 Rank

Helix(19) / 10-3 / 217/ 3

Mission Hills (3)/ 9-3 / 198 / 4

Cathedral Catholic/ 10-2 / 150 / 5

St. Augustine/ 8-5 / 134 / 6

Oceanside / 14-1 / 101/ 1

Madison/9-4 /84 /9

Eastlake/ 7- 4 / 77 / 10

El Capitan/ 14-1 / 51 / 2

Torrey Pines/6-5 /43 /15

Carlsbad/5-6 /39 / —-

Others receiving votes: San Marcos (27 points, 10-2, 12th), Rancho Bernardo (22 points, 10-3, 7th), Christian (18 points, 13-1. 8th), Ramona (13 points, 8-3, 13th), Steele Canyon (10 points, 7-4. NR), Bonita Vista (5 points, 5-6, NR), Valhalla (5 points, 4-7, NR), El Camino (4 points, 7-6, 16th), La Costa Canyon (4 points, 7-6, NR), Bishop’s (3 points, 13-0, 11th), Granite Hills (1 point, 9-4, NR).

22 sportswriters, sportscasters and CIF representatives from throughout the county vote in the weekly poll. This year’s panel includes: John Maffei (U-T San Diego), Steve Brand, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Jim Lindgren, Tom Saxe and Rick Hoff (U-T San Diego stringers), Bill Dickens and Chris Davis (EastCountySports.com), Steve Dolan and Rick Hill (Mountain Country 107.9-FM), John Kentera, Ted Mendenhall and Bob Petinak (The Mighty 1090), Rick Willis and Brandon Stone (KUSI-TV), Rick Smith (Partletonsports.com), Jerry Schniepp and John Labeta (CIF San Diego Section office), Bodie DeSilva (sandiegopreps.com), Drew Smith (sdcoastalsports.com), Lisa Lane (San Diego Preps Insider).