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How the SoCal Top 10 Fared, Week 5

Eight wins, one loss by a single point, and the No. 1 team has not played yet

Correction · September 13, 2026: An earlier version of this board showed Santa Margarita as still to play. The game was played Saturday night: Santa Margarita beat Inderkum 41-0 and is 4-0. The card and the table have been reissued.

  1. CorrectedAn earlier version of this board showed Santa Margarita as still to play. The game was played Saturday night: Santa Margarita beat Inderkum 41-0 and is 4-0. The card and the table have been reissued.
  2. UpdatedTable and copy updated with the Santa Margarita result.
  3. UpdatedCard reissued with the Santa Margarita result.
  4. UpdatedSanta Margarita result added, 41-0 over Inderkum.
SPIN SoCal Top 10 scoreboard card for Week 5 listing all ten ranked Southern California teams with their Week 5 results, Santa Margarita first at 4-0.

Graphic: SPIN

Ten played, nine won, and nothing from outside this region laid a hand on it.

#TeamRecResult
1Santa Margarita4-0def. Inderkum 41-0
2Sierra Canyon3-0def. Saint Louis (HI) 52-0
3Centennial (Corona)1-2lost to Mater Dei 9-10
4Mater Dei4-0def. Centennial (Corona) 10-9
5St. John Bosco3-1def. Kahuku (HI) 49-13
6Orange Lutheran3-1def. Serra (Gardena) 35-0
7Mission Viejo3-1def. Lincoln (San Diego) 56-0
8San Clemente4-0def. La Costa Canyon 31-21
9Carlsbad4-0def. Poway 35-7
10Bishop Amat4-0def. Culver City 65-13

What the board says

The only loss was to another team on this board, by one point. Mater Dei trailed 9-0, did not reach the end zone until the fourth quarter, and won when Centennial missed a 27-yard field goal with 2:30 left.

Centennial is 1-2 and both defeats are by a single point, the other to Santa Margarita. We held it third a week ago and said the record was the only argument against it.

Santa Margarita closed the week without being troubled. It beat Inderkum of Sacramento 41-0 on Saturday night and did not concede a point. It is 4-0 and second in the country, and the top of this board is where it was.

Two Hawaii programs came to Southern California this week and both left by five touchdowns or more. Sierra Canyon beat Saint Louis 52-0 on Thursday and Bosco beat Kahuku by 36 on Friday.

Six of the ten have not lost to anybody. Santa Margarita, Sierra Canyon, Mater Dei, San Clemente, Carlsbad and Bishop Amat are all unbeaten, and Centennial is the only team on this board that lost this week.

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