Downingtown East moves-up seven spots in the latest High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Cougars are No. 7 this week after their 28-26 win over former No. 4 State College. The Little Lions drop to No. 8.
Pittsburgh Central Catholic makes a four spot move to No. 3 after an impressive 47-6 take-down of Ohio-power St. Ignatius, which entered the game ranked No. 107 in our national rankings. The win brings the Vikings into this week’s national rankings at No. 161.
Related: HSFA 300 national rankings
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep is ranked No. 11 nationally after shutting-out New Jersey-power St. Peter’s Prep 42-0. This week, the Hawks will take-on defending Florida 4S champ Lakeland, ranked No. 92 nationally.
No. 4 Imhotep Charter has a big interstate game this week. The Panthers, ranked No. 213 in the HSFA 300, play No. 64 Archbishop Spalding from Maryland.
No. 2 Bishop McDevitt continues to climb in the national rankings. The Crusaders are up to No. 156 after beating New Jersey’s DePaul Catholic 46-42. This week, McDevitt plays No. 16 LaSalle College High School.
That game is one of two intra-Top 10 games this week. The other is No. 5 Pine-Richland taking-on No. 20 Penn Hills.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep | (1-1) | 1 |
| No. 2 Bishop McDevitt | (2-0) | 2 |
| No. 3 Pittsburgh Central Catholic | (2-0) | 7 |
| No. 4 Imhotep Charter | (2-0) | 3 |
| No. 5 Pine-Richland | (1-1) | 5 |
| No. 6 Harrisburg | (2-0) | 6 |
| No. 7 Downingtown East | (2-0) | 14 |
| No. 8 State College | (1-1) | 4 |
| No. 9 North Allegheny | (2-0) | 8 |
| No. 10 Coatesville | (2-0) | 9 |
| No. 11 Roman Catholic | (2-0) | 10 |
| No. 12 Cathedral Prep | (1-1) | 11 |
| No. 13 Central Bucks West | (2-0) | 12 |
| No. 14 Garnet Valley | (1-1) | 13 |
| No. 15 Malvern Prep | (1-0) | 15 |
| No. 16 La Salle College | (1-1) | 16 |
| No. 17 Nazareth | (2-0) | 17 |
| No. 18 Aliquippa | (1-0) | 18 |
| No. 19 Parkland | (2-0) | 19 |
| No. 20 Penn Hills | (2-0) | 20 |
| No. 21 West Chester Rustin | (1-0) | 21 |
| No. 22 Central York | (2-0) | 22 |
| No. 23 Thomas Jefferson | (2-0) | 23 |
| No. 24 Downingtown West | (2-0) | 24 |
| No. 25 Mt. Lebanon | (2-0) | 25 |
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2023 Pennsylvania Top 25’s
