Southern California national heavyweights Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are in very familiar positions at the start of the 2023 high school football season.
Mater Dei starts the year No. 1 in the High School Football America Southern California Top 25 high school football rankings. St. John Bosco, High School Football America’s reigning national champ, is No. 2 in the rankings created with our proprietary algorithm.
The two are also 1-2 in our national rankings.
Related: Preseason ’23 HSFA 300
Since the start of the 2016 season, the Braves and Monarchs have ruled the SoCal rankings. Each team has finished at the top of the area rankings three times over the last six full seasons.
The last team, other than Mater Dei or Bosco, to be ranked No. 1 in Southern California is Corona Centennial. The Huskies, who start ’23 ranked No. 3, finished No. 1 in the SoCal Top 25 at the end of the 2015 season.
The Braves and Monarchs have been just as good on the national scene. Mater Dei has won three HSFA national titles since 2017. Bosco won our national crown in 2019 and last season.
Everyone is waiting for the showdown between the two on October 13 on the campus of St. John Bosco in Bellflower.
The aforementioned Corona Centennial Huskies will get shot at No. 1 when they open at home against Mater Dei.
Falling in behind the Huskies is Mission Viejo at No. 4. Orange Lutheran, at No. 5, is the third Trinity League team in the Top 5.
With JSerra at No. 8 and Santa Margarita at No. 10, the Trinity League has five of its six teams in the Top 25.
The Mission League has four ranked teams — No. 6 Sierra Canyon, No. 8 Serra, No. 9 Chaminade and No. 15 Bishop Amat.
The Baseline and Sunset leagues have three teams each:
Baseline League
- No. 16 Rancho Cucamonga
- No. 21 Upland
- No. 25 Etiwanda
Sunset League
- No. 11 Edison
- No. 12 Los Alamitos
- No. 20 Corona del Mar.
You can see the complete SoCal Top 25 below:
High School Football America SoCal Top 25
| Ranking/Team | 2022 Record | HSFA 300 National Ranking |
| No. 1 Mater Dei | (12-1) | 1 |
| No. 2 St. John Bosco | (13-1) | 2 |
| No. 3 Corona Centennial | (9-2) | 22 |
| No. 4 Mission Viejo | (10-2) | 27 |
| No. 5 Orange Lutheran | (7-5) | 57 |
| No. 6 Sierra Canyon | (10-5) | 69 |
| No. 7 Long Beach Poly | (10-1) | 85 |
| No. 8 JSerra | (6-6) | 98 |
| No. 9 Chaminade | (10-3) | 107 |
| No. 10 Santa Margarita | (6-5) | 111 |
| No. 11 Edison | (9-2) | 113 |
| No. 12 Los Alamitos | (9-3) | 120 |
| No. 13 Inglewood | (13-1) | 145 |
| No. 14 Serra | (7-5) | 155 |
| No. 15 Bishop Amat | (9-4) | 161 |
| No. 16 Rancho Cucamonga | (9-3) | 183 |
| No. 17 St. Bonaventure | (7-4) | 243 |
| No. 18 Oaks Christian | (7-4) | 245 |
| No. 19 Oak Hills | (11-1) | 269 |
| No. 20 Corona del Mar | (9-4) | 297 |
| No. 21 San Clemente | (7-4) | NR |
| No. 22 Upland | (9-5) | NR |
| No. 23 Yorba Linda | (14-1) | NR |
| No. 24 Norco | (6-5) | NR |
| No. 25 Etiwanda | (9-6) | NR |
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
