It was another impressive regular season for the St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks. The reigning 6A champs, who have won seven overall state championships, finish the 2023 regular season, No. 1 in the High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Aside from a season-opening 17-14 loss to national-power IMG Academy (Florida), the Hawks rolled to eight straight wins behind a defense that allowed only 8.8 points per game. Four of those eight wins came against teams that entered the game ranked in the HSFA 300 national rankings.
In the latest national rankings, Prep is ranked No. 7. The Hawks will be trying to make it to their eighth straight state championship game this year.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep | (8-1) | 1 |
| No. 2 Bishop McDevitt | (10-0) | 2 |
| No. 3 Imhotep Charter | (9-0) | 3 |
| No. 4 Downingtown East | (9-0) | 4 |
| No. 5 Malvern Prep | (7-1) | 5 |
| No. 6 Roman Catholic | (7-2) | 6 |
| No. 7 Central Bucks West | (10-0) | 7 |
| No. 8 Manheim Township | (10-0) | 8 |
| No. 9 Pittsburgh Central Catholic | (9-1) | 9 |
| No. 10 North Allegheny | (9-1) | 10 |
| No. 11 Harrisburg | (9-1) | 11 |
| No. 12 Parkland | (10-0) | 12 |
| No. 13 Penn Hills | (8-2) | 13 |
| No. 14 Pine-Richland | (7-3) | 14 |
| No. 15 La Salle College | (5-4) | 15 |
| No. 16 State College | (6-3) | 16 |
| No. 17 Nazareth | (9-1) | 17 |
| No. 18 Aliquippa | (9-0) | 18 |
| No. 19 Central York | (10-0) | 19 |
| No. 20 Allentown Central Catholic | (8-2) | 20 |
| No. 21 Belle Vernon | (9-1) | 22 |
| No. 22 McKeesport | (9-1) | 23 |
| No. 23 Thomas Jefferson | (8-2) | 24 |
| No. 24 Chester | (9-1) | 25 |
| No. 25 Downingtown West | (8-2) | 21 |
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2023 Pennsylvania Top 25’s
