St. Joseph Regional (Montvale) remains No. 1 in the New Jersey Top 25 after its loss to national-power St. Frances Academy (Maryland). The Green Knights entered the game ranked No. 4 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings before being shutout 28-0 at home on Saturday. SJR dropped to No. 20 in the national rankings.
There are five new teams in the statewide rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm — Seton Hall Prep at No. 11, New Brunswick at No. 17, Shawnee at No. 21 and Toms River North at No. 22.
High School Football America New Jersey Top 25
No. 1 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale) (3-1), LW: #1
No. 2 St. Peter’s Prep (4-0), LW; #2
No. 3 Bergen Catholic (2-1), LW: #3
No. 4 Don Bosco Prep (1-3), LW: #4
No. 5 Williamstown (4-0), LW: #7
No. 6 Mater Dei (4-0), LW: #9
No. 7 Ramapo (4-0), LW: #10
No. 8 Somerville (4-0), LW: #12
No. 9 Delbarton (2-2), LW: #22
No. 10 DePaul Catholic (2-2), LW: #8
No. 11 Seton Hall Prep (3-1), LW: NR
No. 12 Paramus Catholic (3-0), LW: #5
No. 13 Union (4-0), LW: #13
No. 14 Wall Township (4-0), LW: #14
No. 15 Lenape (3-1), LW: #15
No. 16 Hillside (4-0), LW; #11
No. 17 New Brunswick (4-0), LW: NR
No. 18 Piscataway (3-1), LW: #6
No. 19 St. Joseph (Hammonton) (3-1), LW: #18
No. 20 Phillipsburg (4-0), LW: #21
No. 21 Shawnee (4-0), LW: NR
No. 22 Toms River North (4-0), LW: NR
No. 23 Ridgewood (3-0), LW: NR
No. 24 West Deptford (4-0), LW: #24
No. 25 Haddonfield (4-0), LW: #25
Dropped-out: No. 16 St. Augustine, No. 17 Camden, No. 19 St. John-Vianney, No. 20 Woodrow Wilson (Camden), No. 23 Rumson-Fair Haven
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.