Week 8 of the HSFA Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings

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Harrisburg moves from No. 12 to No. 11 in the High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings after a 20-0 shutout of former No. 6 State College. After losing to No. 8 Manheim Township in Week 3, the Cougars have ripped-off five straight wins. State College drops seven spots to No. 13 in our statewide rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

Pittsburgh Central Catholic is up a notch to No. 9 after knocking-off No. 14 Penn Hills 45-12. It was a quality bounce-back win after the Vikings lost to Pine-Richland last week.

Top-ranked St. Joseph’s Prep has a big interstate game this week when it plays Maryland’s Archbishop Spalding. SJP is ranked No. 9 in the HSFA 300 national rankings. Spalding is ranked No. 94 in America.

In a big Top 25 head-to-head, No. 4 Downingtown East battles No. 22 Coatesville.

High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25

Ranking/TeamRecordLast Week
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep(6-1)1
No. 2 Imhotep Charter(8-0)2
No. 3 Bishop McDevitt(8-0)3
No. 4 Downingtown East(7-0)4
No. 5 Malvern Prep(5-1)5
No. 6 Roman Catholic(6-1)7
No. 7 Central Bucks West(8-0)8
No. 8 Manheim Township (8-0)9
No. 9 Pittsburgh Central Catholic(7-1)10
No. 10 North Allegheny(7-1)11
No. 11 Harrisburg(7-1)12
No. 12 Parkland(8-0)13
No. 13 State College(5-2)6
No. 14 Penn Hills(6-2)14
No. 15 Pine-Richland(5-3)15
No. 16 La Salle College(4-3)16
No. 17 Nazareth(7-1)17
No. 18 Aliquippa(7-0)18
 No. 19 Central York(8-0)19
No. 20 Allentown Central Catholic(6-2)21
No. 21 Downingtown West(7-1)20
No. 22 Coatesville(6-2)22
 No. 23 Belle Vernon(7-1)23
No. 24 McKeesport(7-1)24
No. 25 Thomas Jefferson(7-1)25

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.