Public Groups 3-4-5
October 21, 2025
I did a reshuffle near the bottom. I dropped East Orange from number-7 to also-ran after their loss to West Orange and schedule strength, and could not rank them ahead of West Orange after last week. And remember, I generally do not penalize a team for losing to the Catholics, but I dropped Rancocas Valley; I kept them in because of losing to St. Augustine.
1 – Winslow (6-2)* – lost to Bergen Catholic and IMG (Florida)
2 – Washington Township (8-0)
3 – Old Tappan (7-0)
4 – Phillipsburg (6-1)*
5 – Northern Highlands (6-1)
6 – Ramapo (6-1)
7 – West Morris (8-0)
8 – Burlington Township (8-0)
9 – Old Bridge (7-1)
10 – Cedar Creek (7-1)
11 – Atlantic City (7-1)
12 – Brick Memorial (6-2)* – lost to Donovan Catholic
13 – Mount Olive (7-0)
14 – Holmdel (5-2)* – lost to Red Bank Catholic by one point
15 – Montgomery (6-2)
16 – Kingsway (6-2)
17 – Southern (7-1)
18 – Sayreville (7-1)
19 – Woodbridge (7-1)
20 – Somerville (7-1)
21 – Hopewell Valley (6-2)
22 – Manalapan (5-3)* – lost to Donovan Catholic; three losses by combined five points
23 – Ridge (5-2)* – lost to St. Joe’s (Metuchen)
24 – West Orange (6-2)
25 – Piscataway (6-2)
26 – Rancocas Valley (4-4)*
In: Piscataway, West Orange
Out: Bridgewater-Raritan, East Orange
*Lost to a Catholic school
Also (listed in alphabetical order by record): Cherry Hill East (8-0), Central Regional (7-1), Neptune (7-1), West Milford (7-1), East Orange (6-1), Bridgeton (6-2), Bridgewater-Raritan (6-2), Colonia (6-2), Ewing (6-2), JFK, Iselin (6-2), Pennsauken (6-2), Princeton (6-2), River Dell (6-2), Seneca (6-2), Summit (6-2), Triton (6-2), Wayne Hills (6-2), Chatham (5-2), Steinert (5-2), Weequahic (5-2), Bayonne (5-3), Cumberland (5-3), Eastern (5-3), Freehold Township (5-3)*, Matawan (5-3), Northern Burlington (5-3), Passaic Tech (5-3), Pleasantville (5-3), Rahway (5-3), Roxbury (5-3), Shawnee (5-3)*, Sparta (5-3), Wayne Valley (5-3), Montville (4-3), Pascack Valley (4-3), Passaic Valley (4-3), Red Bank (4-3), Union City (4-3), West Essex (4-3), Delsea (4-4), Mainland (4-4)*, Ocean City (4-4)*, Toms River North (4-4)*, Middletown North (3-3)*, Millville (3-4)