It was a wire-to-wire run for the St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks in the High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 that is created with our proprietary algorithm. The 6A champs are also currently ranked No. 5 in our national rankings.
Harrisburg holds on to No. 2 in the final rankings followed by Coatesville at No. 3, Pine-Richland at No. 4 and 5A champ Penn Hills moves up three spots to No. 5.
Class 4A champ Cathedral Prep is the biggest mover this week. The Ramblers, who have won three straight state titles, climb from No. 20 to No. 8 after dominating former No. 7 Imhotep Charter
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (13-0), LW: #1
No. 2 Harrisburg (13-2), LW: #2
No. 3 Coatesville (14-1), LW: #3
No. 4 Pine-Richland (11-3), LW: #4
No. 5 Penn Hills (16-0), LW: #8
No. 6 Manheim Central (14-1), LW: #5
No. 7 Cathedral Prep (Erie) (13-3), LW: #20
No. 8 North Penn (13-1), LW: #6
No. 9 Imhotep Charter (11-3), LW: #7
No. 10 Malvern Prep (11-0), LW: #9
No. 11 Archbishop Wood (9-4), LW: #10
No. 12 State College (12-2), LW: #11
No. 13 Freedom (Bethlehem) (12-2), LW: #12
No. 14 Central Dauphin (9-5), LW: #13
No. 15 Downingtown West (11-2), LW: #14
No. 16 Garnet Valley (12-1), LW: #15
No. 17 Gateway (12-1), LW: #16
No. 18 Thomas Jefferson (11-1), LW: #17
No. 19 Seneca Valley (9-4), LW: #18
No. 20 Cedar Cliff (10-3), LW: #19
No. 21 North Allegheny (10-1), LW: #21
No. 22 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (12-2), LW: #22
No. 23 Cocalico (10-3), LW: #23
No. 24 Downingtown East (9-3), LW: #24
No. 25 Bethlehem Catholic (11-4), LW: #25
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.