Undefeated Mission Viejo Finishes Season Atop Poll

Mission Viejo High School finished the regular season as the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep football poll.

Mission Viejo ended the regular season 10-0, marking the second time in the school’s history the Diablos have gone undefeated. Mission Viejo was 10-0 in 1979. The Diablos earned all six first-place votes.

Fountain Valley, the preseason choice as the county’s top team, was second in the poll. Fountain Valley lost to Mission Viejo, 24-3, in the third week of the season. Servite is third and Edison is fourth.

The writers’ poll:

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 10-0 2. Fountain Valley (Sunset) 8-2 3. Servite (Angelus) 8-2 4. Edison (Sunset) 9-1 5. Valencia (Orange) 9-0-1 6. Los Alamitos (Empire) 9-0-1 7. Corona del Mar (Sea View) 8-0-2 8. Pacifica (Garden Grove) 8-1-1 9. Woodbridge (Pacific Coast) 9-1 10. Santa Ana (Century) 7-3

Others Receiving Votes: El Toro (6-4), La Habra (6-3-1) and Sunny Hills (8-2).