Cedar Cliff’s upset of former No. 15 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) shuffles the bottom half of this week’s High School Football America Pennsylvania High School Football Top 25. CC pops into the rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm at No. 23, while McDevitt falls to No. 24.
Aside from Cedar Cliff’s entrance into the statewide ranking, Cocalico, which owns a 31-21 win over Cedar Cliff in Week 2, makes its debut at No. 22.
Cocalico’s Top 25 ranking will be tested this week when it faces No. 9 Manheim Central in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 showdown. In all, there are four head-to-head matchups in our Pennsylvania Top 25 this week.
Aside from Cocalico vs. Manheim Central, No. 3 Pine-Richand squares-off with No. 13 Pittsburgh Central Catholic, No. 18 Garnet Valley plays No. 20 Springfield-Delco and No. 21 Central Dauphin takes-on No. 25 Harrisburg.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (2-0), LW: #1
No. 2 Coatesville (5-0), LW: #2
No. 3 Pine-Richland (4-1), LW: #3
No. 4 Archbishop Wood (2-2), LW: #5
No. 5 Imhotep Charter (2-2), LW: #4
No. 6 North Penn (5-0), LW: #6
No. 7 North Allegheny (5-0), LW: #7
No. 8 State College (5-0), LW: #8
No. 9 Manheim Central (5-0), LW: #9
No. 10 Malvern Prep (4-0), LW: #10
No. 11 Penn Hills (5-0), LW: #11
No. 12 Gateway (5-0), LW: #12
No. 13 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (4-1), LW: #13
No. 14 Manheim Township (5-0), LW: #14
No. 15 Thomas Jefferson (4-0), LW: #16
No. 16 Freedom (Bethlehem) (5-0), LW: #17
No. 17 Downingtown East (5-0), LW: #19
No. 18 Garnet Valley (5-0), LW: #20
No. 19 Cathedral Prep (3-2), LW: #21
No. 20 Springfield-Delco (5-0), LW: #22
No. 21 Central Dauphin (4-1), LW: #23
No. 22 Cocalico (4-1), NR
No. 23 Cedar Cliff (3-2), NR
No. 24 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (4-1), LW: #15
No. 25 Harrisburg (4-1), LW: #25
Dropped-out: No. 18 Upper St. Clair, No. 24 Berks Catholic (3-2)
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
