Mater Dei Defeats St. John Bosco, Takes Over Top Spot In CAC Top 25 Catholic HS Football Poll

The Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC) Catholic High School Top 25 Poll, announced this morning and presented by Siena Heights University and Global Football, has a new No. 1. For the first time this season there’s someone other than St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) at top and it’s a familiar name: the 2017 champion Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.).

Mater Dei and Bosco flip-flopped rank as the Monarchs avenged a regular season loss to the Trinity League brethren. Mater Dei defeated Bosco, 17-13, in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 final are one win from an overall state title.

This week’s Top 10 teams are:

1. Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif. (12-2)
2. St. John Bosco, Bellflower, Calif. (13-1)
3. Archbishop Hoban, Akron, Ohio (14-0)
4. De La Salle, Concord, Calif. (11-0)
5. St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (12-1)
6. St. Joseph’s Prep, Philadelphia, Pa. (11-0)
7. Saint Louis School, Honolulu, Hawaii (11-0)
8. St. Francis Academy, Baltimore, Md. (9-0)
9. Blessed Trinity, Roswell, Ga. (13-0)
10. Covington Catholic, Park Hills, Ky. (14-0)

For more information on this week’s CAC Catholic High School Football Top 25 and each team, click here.