CAC Top 25 Catholic High School Football Preseason Poll Released for 2019

For the third straight year, the top Catholic high school football teams have a special national ranking. The Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC) Top 25 Catholic High School Football Poll, presented by Siena Heights University and Global Football, is out for the 2019 season.

In 2018, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) was named the CAC Top 25 National Champions for 2018.  The Monarchs, who also won the CAC National Championship in 2017, reigned supreme throughout the season and bounced back from their one on-field loss to No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) to win the sectional title enroute to the CIF Open Division Bowl Game championship.

Check out the 2019 Top 25 preseason poll (2018 records shown):

1. St. John Bosco, Bellflower, Calif. (13-1)
2. Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif. (13-2)
3. St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, Md. (10-0)
4. St. John’s College, Washington, D.C. (9-1)
5. St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (13-2)
6. St. Joseph Regional, Montvale, N.J. (10-2)
7. Saint Louis School, Honolulu, Hawaii (11-0)
8. Eastside Catholic, Sammamish, Wash. (13-1)
9. Archbishop Hoban, Akron, Ohio (15-0)
10. St. Joseph’s Prep, Philadelphia (13-0)
11. Gonzaga, Washington, D.C (9-3)
12. Bishop Gorman, Las Vegas (11-3)
13. De La Salle, Concord, Calif. (12-1)
14. DeMatha Catholic, Hyattsville, Md. (8-3)
15. Bergen Catholic, Oradell, N.J. (10-2)
16. JSerra Catholic, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (9-3)
17. St. Peter’s Prep, Jersey City, N.J. (7-4)
18. St. Edward, Lakewood, Ohio (11-3)
19. Salpointe Catholic, Tucson, Ariz. (13-1)
20. Nazareth Academy, LaGrange Park, Ill. (12-1)
21. Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (13-2)
22. Central Catholic, Pittsburgh, Pa. (7-4)
23. Cathedral Prep, Erie, Pa. (13-3)
24. Bishop Dunne, Dallas, Texas (11-3)
25. Bishop Kelley, Tulsa, Okla. (10-3)

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