The up-and-down season for reigning 5A champ Pine-Richland is up this week after handing Pittsburgh Central Catholic its first loss of the season. The Rams move up five spots to No. 15 in the latest High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings after their 26-19 victory.
Pine-Richland is now 4-3 after starting the season ranked No. 2 in our preseason statewide rankings. The loss drops PCC from No. 4 to No. 10 in the latest rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Pittsburgh Central Catholic will try to get back into the win column this week when it plays No. 14 Penn Hills.
In another Top 25 head-to-head this week, No. 6 State College plays No. 12 Harrisburg.
Two teams enter the rankings this week — Belle Vernon at No. 23 and McKeesport at No. 24.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep | (5-1) | 1 |
No. 2 Imhotep Charter | (7-0) | 2 |
No. 3 Bishop McDevitt | (7-0) | 3 |
No. 4 Downingtown East | (6-0) | 5 |
No. 5 Malvern Prep | (4-1) | 8 |
No. 6 State College | (5-1) | 6 |
No. 7 Roman Catholic | (6-1) | 7 |
No. 8 Central Bucks West | (7-0) | 9 |
No. 9 Manheim Township | (7-0) | 10 |
No. 10 Pittsburgh Central Catholic | (6-1) | 4 |
No. 11 North Allegheny | (6-1) | 11 |
No. 12 Harrisburg | (6-1) | 13 |
No. 13 Parkland | (7-0) | 14 |
No. 14 Penn Hills | (6-1) | 17 |
No. 15 Pine-Richland | (4-3) | 20 |
No. 16 La Salle College | (3-3) | 15 |
No. 17 Nazareth | (6-1) | 16 |
No. 18 Aliquippa | (6-0) | 18 |
No. 19 Central York | (7-0) | 19 |
No. 20 Downingtown West | (7-0) | 22 |
No. 21 Allentown Central Catholic | (5-2) | 25 |
No. 22 Coatesville | (5-2) | 23 |
No. 23 Belle Vernon | (6-1) | NR |
No. 24 McKeesport | (6-1) | NR |
No. 25 Thomas Jefferson | (6-1) | 21 |
Dropped-out: No. 12 Garnet Valley, No. 24 Perkiomen Valley
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2023 Pennsylvania Top 25’s