It's official. Maria Carrillo is the No. 1 team in the NSCAA year-end fall girls poll for the second straight year. 

Maria Carrillo was No. 2 behind idle Houston last week, but a strong finish helped them hop up to the top rank to end the fall campaign on a high note. Maria Carrillo defeated NSCAA-regionally ranked Montgomery 2-1 to capture another North Coast Sectional title and finish the season unbeaten for a second consecutive season. This is the only poll all fall in which Maria Carrillo has appeared as the national No. 1.

Rounding out the top two, Northern Highlands streaked to a state-record 71st straight win last week to book a place in the Group 3 title game on Saturday. If they win, it'll be their third consecutive state title.

1. Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa, Calif.) — (20-0-1)

2. Northern Highlands (Allendale, N.J.) — (21-0-1)

3. Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) — (22-0-1)

4. Newton North (Newton, Mass.) — (19-0-2)

5. Rocky River (Rocky River, Ohio) — (22-0-1)

6. Massapequa (Massapequa, N.Y.) — (17-1-1)

7. Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pa.) — (25-0-0)

8. Bow (Bow, N.H.) — (20-0-0)

9. Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.) — (16-2-1)

10. Avon (Avon, Ind.) — (18-2-3)

11. McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.) — (14-2-2)

12. Central Valley (Spokane, Wash.) — (16-1-0)

13. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) — (18-0-0)

t14. Lenape (Medford, N.J.) — (21-1-1)

t14. St. John the Baptist (West Islip, N.Y.) — (13-1-4)

16. Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.) — (24-2-3)

17. Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) — (19-0-3)

18. Brighton (Cottonwood Falls, Utah) — (16-2-1) 

19. North Rockland (Theills, N.Y.) — (19-1-0)

t20. Winfield (Winfield, W.Va.) — (22-1-0)

t20. Minnetonka (Minnetonka, Minn.) — (17-2-2)

t22. Windham (Windham, Maine) — (17-0-1)

t22. Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.) — (21-2-2) 

24. Tualatin (Tualatin, Ore.) — (14-2-3)

25. Newburyport (Newburyport, Mass.) — (21-0-2)