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Here is how I voted this week for the Orange County football Top 25 and my “Next 15” teams:
ALBANO’S TOP 40
Rank, school, record, previous ranking
1. Mater Dei 4-1 (1)
2. Mission Viejo 6-1 (2)
3. Santa Margarita 4-2 (3)
4. Orange Lutheran 3-3 (4)
5. Servite 4-2 (5)
6. Los Alamitos 7-0 (6)
7. Crean Lutheran 6-0 (7)
8. JSerra 3-3 (8)
9. Corona del Mar 6-0 (15)
10. Tustin 4-2 (9)
11. Yorba Linda 5-1 (10)
12. San Juan Hills 4-2 (11)
13. San Clemente 4-3 (12)
14. La Habra 5-1 (13)
15. Edison 5-2 (14)
16. Capistrano Valley 5-1 (16)
17. Dana Hills 6-0 (17)
18. Huntington Beach 5-1 (18)
19. Laguna Beach 6-0 (19)
20. Western 4-2 (20)
21. Villa Park 3-3 (21)
22. Tesoro 3-3 (24)
23. Troy 5-1 (25)
24. El Modena 3-3 (27)
25. Aliso Niguel 4-2 (23)
Albano’s Next 15
26. El Toro 3-3 (26)
27. Trabuco Hills 3-3 (22)
28. Newport Harbor 2-4 (28)
29. El Dorado 3-3 (29)
30. Orange 4-2 (30)
31. Cypress 3-3 (32)
32. Brea Olinda 4-2 (33)
33. Irvine 5-1 (34)
34. Sunny Hills 5-1 (not ranked)
35. Marina 4-2 (31)
36. Laguna Hills 3-3 (35)
37. Esperanza 3-3 (not ranked)
38. Segerstrom 4-2 (not ranked)
39. Canyon 2-4 (not ranked)
40. Portola 3-3 (not ranked)