New Jersey High School Football Top 25 Rankings - Sept. 16

New Jersey high school football finished up is third week in the Northeast, with multiple powerhouses facing off against each other. The top matchup in the Garden State pitted the top-ranked Bergen Catholic Crusaders and against the Winslow Township Eagles.

Bergen Catholic dominated the contest, cruising by Winslow Township in a 41-14 rout. Who else made the cut in the third set of the Top 25 rankings out of New Jersey?

The Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule, and margin of victory.

Here is the latest New Jersey high school football Top 25 rankings, according to Massey as of Sep. 16.

1. Bergen Catholic Crusaders

The Bergen Catholic Crusaders (3-0) had themselves a doozy of a regular season opener when they defeated East St. Louis (Ill.) at the Battle at the Beach Classic in Ocean City. Bergen Catholic followed up that with another impressive win down in South Florida, defeating West Boca Raton (Fla.), 21-14. Sophomore Jackson Vaughn is just heading into his second season of playing varsity ball has established himself as the top EDGE rusher in the Northeast and is making his case for on the East Coast. Bergen Catholic last week traveled down to South Jersey and faced off against Winslow Township in a battle for the Garden State. The Crusaders throughly dominated the matchup versus the Eagles in a 41-14 rout and return home this week when they face off against Pope John XXIII.

2. Don Bosco Prep Ironmen

For the first time in New Jersey high school football history, a team from the Garden State has gone to the Lone Star State and won. The Don Bosco Prep Ironmen (3-0) pulled off a thrilling 14-10 win over the Melissa Cardinals and followed it up with another out-of-state team in Monarch (Fla.), defeating the Knights 38-21 at home. The Ironmen soundly defeated St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) last week, 28-0. Looking ahead at Don Bosco Prep’s schedule, Don Bosco Prep have teams like DePaul Catholic, St. Joseph Regional and rival Bergen Catholic. When it comes to New Jersey high school football regular season schedules, not many schools can stack up to Ironmen. Don Bosco Prep has a bye week before they take on rival No. 1 Bergen Catholic on Sep. 26.

3. St. Joseph Regional Green Knights

St. Joseph Regional (3-0) didn’t get to kickoff their season in style a few weeks ago on the field, receiving a ho hum forfeit win over Riverdale Baptist (Md.). The Green Knights got things rolling against a different DMV team when they traveled down to the nation’s capital to face St. John’s College High on Saturday afternoon coming away with a 34-19 win and then followed it up with a 48-0 victory over Cardinal Hayes (N.Y.). Green Knights feature one of the most talented secondaries around, led by Tennessee commit KJ McClain. St. Joseph Regional looks to improve to 4-0 when they take on Paramus Catholic on Friday night.

4. Hun School Raiders

Through the first two games of the season, the Hun School (2-0) has proven themselves as one of the state’s top teams with a couple impressive wins early on.

The Raiders defeated The Pennington School 48-0 and then on Sep. 5 upended one of Maryland’s top teams, Archbishop Spalding, in a 35-28 win. Hun School relies on a stout defense, led by a pair of senior defensive ends in Luke Wafle (USC commit) and Seth Clarke (Rice commit).

Next time Hun School takes the field is on Sep. 20 against Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.

5. DePaul Catholic Spartans

DePaul Catholic (2-1) came off of their 21-20 loss to Good Counsel and followed it up with 35-0 dismantling of Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.). The Spartans fell from the third to the fifth spot in the rankings as they feature one of the top offensive units in the state behind Washington commitment Derek Zammit behind center. Zammit this season has completed 48 of 74 passes for 708 yards and five touchdowns. DePaul Catholic is back in action on Saturday against Seton Hall Prep.

New Jersey High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. St. Peter’s Prep
7. St. Augustine Prep
8. Delbarton
9. Red Bank Catholic
10. Winslow Township

11. Washington Township
12. Northern Highlands
13. Phillipsburg
14. Old Tappan
15. Rancocas Valley Reg H

16. Ramapo
17. Holmdel
18. Camden
19. Paramus Catholic
20. Rumson-Fair Haven

21. West Morris Central
22. Holy Spirit
23. Pope John XXIII  
24. Atlantic City
25. Kingsway

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