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Here is how I voted this week for the Orange County football Top 25 and my “Next 15” teams:

ALBANO’S TOP 40

1. Mission Viejo 8-1

2. Santa Margarita 6-3

3. Mater Dei 6-2

4. Servite 5-4

5. Orange Lutheran 2-7

6. Crean Lutheran 9-0

7. Corona del Mar 9-0

8. JSerra 3-6

9. Tustin 8-1

10. San Clemente 5-4

11. Los Alamitos 8-1

12. San Juan Hills 7-2

13. Yorba Linda 7-2

14. Edison 5-4

15. Huntington Beach 7-2

16. Capistrano Valley 8-1

17. La Habra 6-3

18. Laguna Beach 9-0

19. Dana Hills 8-1

20. Troy 8-1

21. El Modena 4-5

22. Western 5-4

23. Villa Park 4-5

24. Aliso Niguel 6-3

25. Tesoro 3-6

Albano’s Next 15

26. El Toro 6-3

27. Trabuco Hills 4-5

28. Orange 5-4

29. Newport Harbor 2-7

30. Foothill 3-6

31. El Dorado 4-5

32. Irvine 6-3

33. Cypress 3-6

34. Segerstrom 7-2

35. Brea Olinda 6-3

36. Laguna Hills 3-6

37. Beckman 6-3

38. Fullerton 7-2

39. Sunny Hills 6-3

40T. Marina 6-3

40T. Portola 6-3

Also considered: Calvary Chapel 9-0; Pacifica 6-3