North Allegheny jumps from No. 10 to No. 5 in the latest High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Tigers move up after winning the WPIAL 6A championship with a 44-41 win over No. 9 Pittsburgh Central Catholic.
WPIAL 5A champ Peters Township also makes a big move in our statewide rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm. The Indians go from No. 25 to No. 15 after beating Pine-Richland 43-17. The Rams fall from No. 13 to No. 16 this week.
Central Bucks South is the week’s biggest mover after taking-down arch-rival Central Bucks South 42-14. South moves from No. 24 to No. 10 this week. West drops from No. 7 to No. 18.
Downingtown West soars ten spots to No. 13 after handing arch-rival Downingtown East its first loss of the year. The 17-14 defeat comes just three weeks after East won 35-7 in the regular season finale. The loss drops the Cougars from No. 4 to No. 14.
This week, in the quarterfinals, Downingtown West will play CB South.
Nazareth climbs six spots from No. 17 to No. 11 after beating No. 12 Parkland 24-17. That puts the Blue Eagles into the 6A state quarterfinals against top-ranked St. Joseph’s Prep.
Harrisburg move three spots to No. 8 after beating Central York 28-21. The loss ends Central York’s season at 11-1 and drops the Panthers two spots to No. 21.
Next up for Harrisburg in the 6A quarters is a rematch with No. 7 Manheim Township. Back on September 9, MT blasted Harrisburg 38-6.
In the 4A quarterfinals, No. 20 Aliquippa plays No. 23 McKeesport this week.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep | (10-1) | 1 |
| No. 2 Imhotep Charter | (12-0) | 2 |
| No. 3 Bishop McDevitt | (12-0) | 3 |
| No. 4 Malvern Prep | (9-1) | 5 |
| No. 5 North Allegheny | (11-1) | 10 |
| No. 6 Roman Catholic | (8-3) | 6 |
| No. 7 Manheim Township | (12-0) | 8 |
| No. 8 Harrisburg | (11-1) | 11 |
| No. 9 Pittsburgh Central Catholic | (10-2) | 9 |
| No. 10 Central Bucks South | (12-1) | 24 |
| No. 11 Nazareth | (12-1) | 17 |
| No. 12 Parkland | (12-1) | 12 |
| No. 13 Downingtown West | (11-2) | 23 |
| No. 14 Downingtown East | (11-1) | 4 |
| No. 15 Peters Township | (13-0) | 25 |
| No. 16 Pine-Richland | (9-4) | 13 |
| No. 17 Penn Hills | (9-3) | 14 |
| No. 18 Central Bucks West | (12-1) | 7 |
| No. 19 La Salle College | (6-5) | 15 |
| No. 20 Aliquippa | (11-0) | 18 |
| No. 21 Central York | (11-1) | 19 |
| No. 22 Belle Vernon | (11-1) | 20 |
| No. 23 McKeesport | (11-1) | 21 |
| No. 24 Chester | (12-1) | 22 |
| No. 25 McDowell | (8-4) | NR |
Dropped-out: No. 20 State College
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2023 Pennsylvania Top 25’s
