Top 10 San Diego Section high school football rankings (10/8/2024)

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Here are the latest rankings as of Oct. 8, 2024 (rankings released every Monday)
TOP 10 CIF-SDS RANKINGS
1. Lincoln (4-2)
Last week: 1
Results: Beat Los Alamitos, 24-14
Next: Friday vs. Point Loma
2. Cathedral Catholic (5-1)
Last week: 2
Results: Beat St. Augustine, 42-0
Next: Friday at Granite Hills
3. Granite Hills (5-1)
Last week: 3
Results: Beat Steele Canyon, 39-0
Next: Friday vs. Cathedral Catholic
4. Mission Hills (5-1)
Last week: 4
Results: Beat Carlsbad, 35-28
Next: Friday vs. Torrey Pines
5. La Costa Canyon (6-0)
Last week: 5
Results: Beat Poway, 33-15
Next: Friday at El Camino
6. San Marcos (6-1)
Last week: 6
Results: Beat Fallbrook, 55-6
Next: Friday at Mt. Carmel
7. Mount Miguel (5-1)
Last week: 9
Results: Beat Grossmont, 63-26
Next: Friday at Helix
8. Carlsbad (4-2)
Last week: 7
Results: Lost to Mission Hills, 35-28
Next: Friday at Poway
9. Torrey PInes (3-3)
Last week: 10
Results: Beat El Camino, 7-6
Next: Friday at Mission Hills
10. El Camino (4-2)
Last week: 8
Results: Lost to Torrey Pines, 7-6
Next: Friday vs. La Costa Canyon
Five others to watch: Brawley (6-0), La Jolla (4-2), Poway (3-3), Oceanside (4-3), Rancho Bernardo (5-1)
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Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.
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