If The Playoffs Started this Weekend: North
September 28, 2025
This is the revised edition of how the playoffs would be if they were this weekend. A North Jersey head coach reached out to me, telling me about the “northing” procedure in place for this year. It is something I forgot about, after reading it earlier in the summer.
For North Jersey, the top two seeds from each group are the top seed in each of the two sections. The team that is further north is the top seed in Section 1, and the other top seed is the top seed in Section 2. The reverse is true in South Jersey.
After that, there are the remaining fourteen seeds. The seven that are further north are in Section 1 and seeded accordingly. The other seven are in Section 2 and seeded accordingly.
The information I have was taken from gridironnewjersey.com,
Group 1:
Section 1:
8 Hawthorne (2-3) at 1 Cedar Grove (4-1)
5 Wallkill Valley (3-2) at 4 New Milford (3-2)
6 Kittatinny (4-1) at 3 Kinnelon (5-0)
7 Park Ridge (3-1) Verona (2-3) at 2 Butler (4-0)
Section 2:
8 Boonton (3-1) at 1 New Providence (4-0)
5 Wood-Ridge (5-0) at 4 Glen Ridge (2-2)
6 Verona (2-3) at 3 Mountain Lakes (3-2)
7 Bogota (3-2) at 2 Hasbrouck Heights (4-1)
On the Outside Shoulder: Brearley (2-3), Belvidere (2-3), Secaucus (2-2)
Group 2:
Section 1:
8 Newton (2-2) at 1 Bernards (5-0)
5 Glen Rock (4-1) at 4 Dumont (4-1)
6 Ramsey (4-1) at 3 High Point (5-0)
7 Lakeland (3-2) at 2 Westwood (4-1)
Section 2:
8 Cresskill/Emerson (3-1) at 1 Shabazz (3-1)
5 Madison (2-2) at 4 Hoboken (5-0)
6 Lyndhurst (4-1) at 3 Hanover Park (5-0)
7 Caldwell (1-3) at 2 Rutherford (4-0)
On the Outside Shoulder: Waldwick/Midland Park (2-3), Hackettstown (3-2), Vernon (3-2), Mahwah (2-3)
Group 3:
Section 1:
8 West Milford (4-1) at 1 Old Tappan (5-0)
5 Pascack Valley (3-2) at 4 Wayne Hills (5-0)
6 West Essex (3-2) at 3 Passaic Valley (3-1)
7 Montville (3-2) at 2 Sparta (4-1)
Section 2:
8 Snyder (3-1) at 1 Summit (5-0)
5 Mendham (3-2) at 4 Roxbury (3-2)
6 Cranford (2-3) at 3 Weequahic (4-1)
7 Warren Hills (2-3) at 2 West Morris (5-0)
On the Outside Shoulder: River Dell (3-2), South Plainfield (2-3)
**Please note Weequahic was suspended from the playoffs in the last day. I will revise things for next week.
Group 4:
Section 1:
8 Morris Knolls (2-3) at 1 Northern Highlands (5-0)
5 Chatham (3-1) at 4 Ramapo (3-1)
6 Nutley (3-2) at 3 Wayne Valley (4-1)
7 Hackensack (2-3) at 2 Mount Olive (4-0)
Section 2:
8 Colonia (3-2) at 1 Phillipsburg (4-0)
5 Newark Central (3-2) at 4 Ridge (2-2)
6 Millburn (3-2) at 3 Woodbridge (5-0)
7 Westfield (2-3) at 2 Montgomery (4-1)
On the Outside Shoulder: Garfield (3-2), Rahway (3-2), Watchung Hills (2-3), Teaneck (2-3)
Group 5:
Section 1:
8 Ridgewood (2-3) at 1 Bridgewater-Raritan (4-1)
5 Morristown (2-3) at 4 Bloomfield (4-1)
6 Passaic (2-3) at 3 East Orange (4-0)
7 Livingston (2-3) at 2 Passaic Tech (3-2)
Section 2:
8 Columbia (2-2) at 1 West Orange (4-1)
5 Irvington (3-2) at 4 Union City (1-3)
6 Bayonne (2-3) at 3 Elizabeth (2-3)
7 Linden (1-4) at 2 Piscataway (4-1)