| 1 (1) | San Antonio LEE
									San Antonio, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| LEE starts regular season play Jan. 2 in the North Texas Elite Showcase. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 2 (2) | Alief Elsik
									Houston, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Alief Elsik starts regular season play the first week of January. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 3 (6)   | San Clemente
									San Clemente, CA | 9-0-0 | 
							
								
									| After winning the Lotto Sport Western Showcase a week earlier, San Clemente rolled off four more wins last week to reach Monday's South Torrance Holiday Invitational semifinals. Seven wins in nine days, including four of SIMA FAB 50-ranked teams, vaults this squad to No. 3 this week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 4 (3)   | St. Paul's
									Covington, LA | 14-0-0 | 
							
								
									| St. Paul's defeated Ocean Springs 4-2 last week in the first of what was supposed to be two matches at its invitational. Weather wiped out the second contest. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 5 (4)   | Central Catholic
									San Antonio, TX | 3-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Jose Gallegos netted the first goal to tie and Diego Mendez added the game-winner as Central Catholic rallied for a 2-1 win over Houston Episcopal last week. Houston Episcopal was last year's SIMA FAB 50 No. 1-ranked team for the winter, and last week's result marked the program's first loss since 2017. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 6 (5)   | Doral Academy
									Doral, FL | 10-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Doral Academy edged Fort Lauderdale 2-1 in a clash of undefeated sate powers last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 7 (7) | Grand Prairie
									Grand Prairie, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Grand Prairie starts regular season play the first week of January. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 8 (8) | Wakeland
									Frisco, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Wakeland starts regular season play the first week of January. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 9 (9) | University School
									Davie, FL | 10-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Joel Castellanos scored twice and six others added goals as University mercy-ruled Florida Atlantic University High 8-0 last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 10 (11)   | Montgomery
									Santa Rosa, CA | 7-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Montgomery is making quite a case for its ranking, beating regionally ranked Vintage 5-2 last week. Vintage previously had defeated perennial EBAL frontrunner San Ramon Valley 3-1. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 11 (12)   | Bellarmine Prep
									San Jose, CA | 2-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Bellarmine was idle last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 12 (14)   | Loyola
									Los Angeles, CA | 8-1-0 | 
							
								
									| Loyola routed Crespi and defeated St. Francis last week to jump to the top of the Mission League standings early in league play. Crespi had upset Harvard-Westlake a week earlier. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 13 (16)   | Marcus
									Flower Mound, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Marcus starts regular season play the first week of January. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 14 (17)   | Mater Dei
									Santa Ana, CA | 6-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Junior Estefan Flores netted hat tricks in both of Mater Dei's wins last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 15 (18)   | Simi Valley
									Simi Valley, CA | 5-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Jake Means scored both goals as Simi Valley edged Salesian 2-1 last week. Salesian, 4-2-1, is a league rival to SIMA FAB 50-ranked Cathedral, and those teams will soon clash giving a good point-of-reference for Simi Valley. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 16 (19)   | Tompkins
									Katy, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Tompkins starts regular season play the first week of January. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 17 (20)   | Sam Houston
									Arlington, TX | 0-0-0 | 
							
								
									| Sam Houston starts regular season play Jan. 2 at the North Texas Elite Showcase. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 18 (21)   | De La Salle
									Concord, CA | 5-0-0 | 
							
								
									| De La Salle routed Dougherty Valley 7-0 last week in the team's only outing. De La Salle's next matches are Dec. 27 and 28 against SIMA FAB 50 No. 24 Servite and No. 27 Cathedral. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 19 (22)   | Santa Barbara
									Santa Barbara, CA | 10-0-1 | 
							
								
									| Santa Barbara's four-win week allowed the Dons to advance to the semifinals of the South Torrance Holiday Invitational. Santa Barbara could clash with SIMA FAB 50 No. 3 San Clemente if both teams reach the final. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 20 (23)   | Monte Vista
									Danville, CA | 6-0-1 | 
							
								
									| Monte Vista shut out California and James Logan to remain undefeated last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 21 (24)   | Mandarin
									Jacksonville, FL | 11-0-1 | 
							
								
									| Junior Amar Mesic turned in his second three-assist outing of the season last week, with two goals and three assists, as Mandarin mercy-ruled Sandalwood 8-0. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 22 (25)   | Montverde Academy
									Montverde, FL | 8-1-0 | 
							
								
									| Montverde Academy continued its move upward with a 7-1 thrashing of former undefeated Melbourne last week. The Eagles are probably unbeatable on the high school level when it fields its top lineup. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 23 (26)   | Harvard-Westlake
									Studio City, CA | 4-1-0 | 
							
								
									| UCLA commit Pablo Greenlee scored twice as Harvard-Westlake defeated Chaminade 5-0 last week. The Wolverines next compete in two tournaments -- one in California and the other in Texas. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 24 (27)   | Servite
									Anaheim, CA | 1-2-3 | 
							
								
									| Servite was idle last week. | 
							
			         
			         		
								| 25 (28)   | Torrey Pines
									San Diego, CA | 5-0-1 | 
							
								
									| Torrey Pines used a pair of second-half goals to hold off Rancho Bernardo 3-2 last week. |