Sheldon ShealerTOP STORY: A week after a massive rankings shakeup, things have calmed down as 44 of last week’s 50 ranked teams remain among the nation’s elite.
BIG MOVER: Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel, Calif.). A 4-1 win over Poway vaults Mount Carmel into this week’s rankings. The team faces St. Augustine for the North County Inland Invitational final Wednesday.
NEWCOMERS: No. 28 Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel, Calif.), No. 45 Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, Calif.), No. 46 Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii), No. 47 Lafayette (Lafayette, La.), No. 48 Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.), No. 49 Godinez (Santa Ana, Calif.).
NOTES: The winter season includes the following states: Arizona, California (winter), Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Rankings through matches played as of Dec. 16, 2012
| Rk. | School (City, State) | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Boca Raton (Boca Raton, Fla.) | 17-0-0 | 1 |
| College of Charleston goalkeeper commit Brian Kilgallon recorded his 13th shutout of the season as Boca Raton capped another perfect week with a 4-0 win over Spanish River. | |||
| 2 | Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) | 16-0-1 | 2 |
| Montverde Academy edged Auburndale 1-0 last week to remain undefeated. The team might face No. 24 Bolles in this week’s Berkeley Prep Tournament. | |||
| 3 | Brophy Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 6-0-0 | 3 |
| Brophy Prep edged Salpointe Catholic last week to remain perfect. | |||
| 4 | Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 4 |
| Alief Elsik starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 5 | Sharyland (Mission, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 6 |
| Sharyland starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 6 | Coppell (Coppell, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 7 |
| Coppell starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 7 | McKinney Boyd (McKinney, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 8 |
| Boyd starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 8 | Watsonville (Watsonville, Calif.) | 5-0-0 | 9 |
| The competition will start to ramp up this week for Watsonville as it competes in the Homestead Christmas Cup. | |||
| 9 | Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 12 |
| Marcus starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 10 | Plano (Plano, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 13 |
| Plano starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 11 | Carlsbad (Carlsbad, Calif.) | 6-0-1 | 10 |
| A victory over Top 50-ranked San Pasqual helps Carlsbad remain among the nation’s elite. | |||
| 12 | Brother Martin (New Orleans, La.) | 10-0-0 | 14 |
| Brother Martin recorded its second win this season over New Orleans Jesuit, marking the first time in nearly a decade Jesuit has lost to the same team twice in a season. | |||
| 13 | San Clemente (San Clemente, Calif.) | 10-1-0 | 15 |
| Alek Cucuk and Oscar Hernandez scored as San Clemente edged Paramount 2-1 in a battle of Top 20 teams. | |||
| 14 | Wilson (Long Beach, Calif.) | 4-0-0 | 17 |
| Wilson posted an impressive 7-2 win over perennial small school power Salesian last week. | |||
| 15 | Paramount (Paramount, Calif.) | 2-1-2 | 5 |
| Paramount’s bid for No. 1 took a giant step back in a 2-1 loss to San Clemente. | |||
| 16 | Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) | 4-1-2 | 16 |
| A one-sided win over Crescenta Valley may have sent a signal regarding the quality of the Southern Section Division I programs relative to the Division 2, 3 and 4 programs. | |||
| 17 | Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, Calif.) | 4-1-1 | 20 |
| Los Alamitos was idle last week. | |||
| 18 | Sunny Hills (Fullerton, Calif.) | 7-0-0 | 22 |
| Sunny Hills has scored 42 goals in seven matches this season. | |||
| 19 | Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.) | 8-0-2 | 23 |
| Eric West and John Schratt scored as Buchholz edged Bolles 2-1 in a battle of Top 25 teams. | |||
| 20 | Klein (Klein, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 24 |
| Klein starts regular-season play in January. | |||
| 21 | Alisal (Salinas, Calif.) | 7-0-0 | 28 |
| Alisal is undefeated in its last 27 matches. | |||
| 22 | Ventura (Ventura, Calif.) | 11-0-1 | 32 |
| Ventura has cruised through the non-league portion of the schedule. The team has two upcoming matches with nationally ranked Santa Barbara. | |||
| 23 | Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.) | 11-1-0 | 19 |
| Bolles was knocked from the undefeateds with a 2-1 loss to Buchholz. | |||
| 24 | El Rancho (Pico Rivera, Calif.) | 5-0-0 | 34 |
| El Rancho has averaged nearly six goals a match this season. | |||
| 25 | San Pasqual (Escondido, Calif.) | 3-1-0 | 27 |
| San Pasqual’s lone setback is to Carlsbad. | |||
| 26 | De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) | 3-0-1 | 11 |
| 27 | St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) | 5-0-0 | 44 |
| 28 | Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel, Calif.) | 6-0-0 | NR |
| 29 | Fleming Island (Fleming Island, Fla.) | 12-1-0 | 18 |
| 30 | Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) | 9-2-2 | 25 |
| 31 | American Heritage-Delray (Delray Beach, Fla.) | 13-1-2 | 29 |
| 32 | St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) | 7-1-2 | 33 |
| 33 | Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.) | 15-2-0 | 30 |
| 34 | Desert Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 7-1-0 | 35 |
| 35 | Jesuit College Prep (Dallas, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 36 |
| 36 | Westlake (Austin, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 37 |
| 37 | Cypress Bay (Weston, Fla.) | 7-1-3 | 39 |
| 38 | Sunset (Miami, Fla.) | 10-0-3 | 41 |
| 39 | McNeil (Austin, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 42 |
| 40 | Rivera (Brownsville, Texas) | 0-0-0 | 43 |
| 41 | Leuzinger (Lawndale, Calif.) | 6-0-3 | 45 |
| 42 | Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) | 8-1-0 | 46 |
| 43 | Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, Calif.) | 8-1-1 | 31 |
| 44 | Madison Central (Madison, Miss.) | 11-1-2 | 50 |
| 45 | Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, Calif.) | 8-1-0 | NR |
| 46 | Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii) | 0-0-0 | NR |
| 47 | Lafayette (Lafayette, La.) | 9-1-2 | NR |
| 48 | Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.) | 5-1-3 | NR |
| 49 | Godinez (Santa Ana, Calif.) | 5-0-1 | NR |
| 50 | Ocean Springs (Ocean Springs, Miss.) | 6-1-0 | 26 |
