The Monarchs (10-0) earned two impressive top-five wins this season to claim the top spot.
In the final SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 rankings of the 2022 high school football regular season, there is a clear top team in the country:
The Mater Dei Monarchs.
Led by junior quarterback Elijah Brown, Mater Dei (10-0) is poised to win CIF Southern Section and CIF State championships over the coming weeks.
Once the football playoffs have wrapped up in every state, we will release our final end-of-season Power 25 rankings on Monday, Dec. 19.
Until then, here are our last rankings of the regular season:
SBLive/SI's national football rankings are compiled by SBLive reporter Connor Morrissette and Sports Illustrated's Director of Football Recruiting John Garcia based on observations and conversations with an extensive network of coaching and media sources across the country.