The top three teams in the new High School Football America Northeast Region Top 20 are from New Jersey. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) remains No. 1 after opening the season with a win over nationally-ranked Deerfield Beach from Florida this past weekend. St. Peter’s Prep (New Jersey) held at No. 2 and this week will play No. 10 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania). Bergen Catholic moves up one spot to No. 3 after beating former No. 14 DePaul Catholic (New Jersey).
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Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) is the only new team in the rankings this week, entering at No. 18. Mentor (Ohio), which lost to No. 5 St. Ignatius (Ohio) drops out of the Top 20
High School Football America Northeast Region Top 20
No. 1 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) 1-0, LW: #1
No. 2 St. Peter’s Prep (New Jersey) 1-0, LW: #2
No. 3 Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) 1-0, LW: #4
No. 4 St. Xavier (Ohio) 2-0, LW: #3
No. 5 St. Ignatius (Ohio) 2-0, LW: #5
No. 6 St. Edward (Ohio) 2-0, LW: #6
No. 7 Paramus Catholic (New Jersey) 1-0, LW: #8
No. 8 La Salle (Ohio) 2-0, LW: #9
No. 9 Pickerington Central (Ohio), LW: #11
No. 10 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania), LW: #12
No. 11 Pine-Richland (Pennsylvania) 2-0, LW: #13
No. 12 Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) 0-1, LW: #7
No. 13 Archbishop Wood (Pennsylvania) 1-1, LW: #10
No. 14 Erie Cathedral Prep (Pennsylvania) 2-0, LW: #15
No. 15 DePaul Catholic (New Jersey) 0-1, LW: #14
No. 16 Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) 2-0, LW: #16
No. 17 Canisius (New York) 1-0, LW: #19
No. 18 Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) 1-1, LW: NR
No. 19 La Salle (Pennsylvania) 1-1, LW: #18
No. 20 Everett (Massachusetts) 0-0, LW: #20
Dropped-out: No. 17 Mentor (Ohio)
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.