Week 1 rankings include the team, geographic district, season record, and last week’s result. Teams listed as honorable mentions are arranged in numerical order by geographic district.
AAAA:
1. Cumberland Valley (3, 1-0), def. Red Lion 45-6
2. LaSalle College (12, 1-0), def. North Penn 27-14
3. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7, 1-0), def. Akron Buchtel 35-6
4. Woodland Hills (7, 0-1), lost to Manatee (Fla.), 39-16
5. Ridley (1, 1-0), def. Coatesville Area 27-20
6. North Penn (1, 0-1), lost to LaSalle College 27-14
7. Wilson-West Lawn (3, 1-0), def. Governor Mifflin 21-14
8. Central Dauphin (3, 1-0), def. Manheim Township 37-27
9. Mt. Lebanon (7, 1-0), def. Pine-Richland 34-22
10. Downingtown East (1, 0-1), lost to Allentown Central Catholic 30-21
HONORABLE MENTION: Downingtown West (1), Garnet Valley (1), Neshaminy (1), Pennsbury (1), Harrisburg (3), Manheim Township (3), Williamsport (4), State College Area (6), Bethel Park (7), Erie McDowell (7), Gateway (7), McKeesport Area (7), North Allegheny (7), North Hills (7), Upper St. Clair (7), Easton Area (11), Parkland (11), Whitehall (11), Father Judge (12), George Washington (12), Roman Catholic (12), St. Joseph’s Prep (12)
AAA:
1. Bishop McDevitt (3, 1-0), def. Gateway 23-0
2. West Allegheny (7, 1-0), def. South Park 41-0
3. Archbishop Wood (12, 1-0), def. Quakertown 38-23
4. Allentown Central Catholic (11, 1-0), def. Downingtown East 30-21
5. New Castle (7, 1-0), def. Butler Area 25-0
6. Cardinal O’Hara (12, 1-0), def. Archbishop Ryan 20-0
7. Pottsgrove (1, 1-0), def. Jules Mastbaum 49-6
8. Montour (7, 1-0), def. Chartiers Valley 35-28
9. Cocalico (3, 1-0), def. Schuylkill Valley 55-21
10. Chartiers Valley (7, 0-1), lost to Montour 35-28
HONORABLE MENTION: Interboro (1), Abington Heights (2), Berwick Area (2), Dallas (2), North Pocono (2), Conrad Weiser (3), Daniel Boone (3), Greencastle-Antrim (3), Manheim Central (3), Middletown Area (3), Susquehanna Township (3), West York Area (3), Selinsgrove (4), Shikellamy (4), Central Valley (7), Franklin Regional (7), Greensburg-Salem (7), Hopewell (7), Thomas Jefferson (7), Uniontown (7), Clearfield Area (9), Punxsutawney (9), Erie Cathedral Prep (10), Grove City (10), Oil City (10), Wilson Area (11), Archbishop Carroll (12), Monsignor Bonner (12)
AA:
1. Aliquippa (7, 1-0), def. Laurel 31-6
2. Lancaster Catholic (3, 1-0), def. Camp Hill Trinity 35-7
3. Greensburg Central Catholic (7, 1-0), def. Waynesburg Central 48-0
4. South Fayette (7, 1-0), def. West Mifflin 28-6
5. West Catholic (12, 0-1), lost to Roman Catholic 23-14
6. Tyrone (6, 1-0), def. Bellwood-Antis 36-13
7. Wilmington (10, 1-0), def. Slippery Rock Area 40-12
8. North Schuylkill (11, 1-0), def. Shenandoah Valley 43-0
9. Lewisburg (4, 1-0), def. Milton Area 35-3
10. Forest Hills (6, 1-0), def. Bedford Area 41-6
HONORABLE MENTION: Lakeland (2), Wyoming Area (2), Camp Hill Trinity (3), Delone Catholic (3), Wyomissing (3), Bloomsburg Area (4), Danville (4), Hughesville (4), Loyalsock Township (4), Central-Martinsburg (6), Huntingdon Area (6), Beaver Falls (7), Keystone Oaks (7), Mount Pleasant Area (7), Brockway (9), Karns City (9), General McLane (10), Sharon (10), Northern Lehigh (11), Bishop McDevitt (12)
A:
1. Clairton (7, 1-0), def. Washington 41-0
2. Southern Columbia (4, 1-0), def. Line Mountain 49-20
3. Rochester (7, 1-0), def. Serra Catholic 35-0
4. Steelton-Highspire (3, 1-0), def. Halifax 33-22
5. Farrell (10, 1-0), def. Sharon Area 24-7
6. Sto-Rox (7, 1-0), def. South Allegheny 35-14
7. Riverside (2, 1-0), def. West Scranton 32-19
8. Sharpsville (10, 1-0), def. Eisenhower 60-0
9. Dunmore (2, 0-1), lost to North Pocono 10-8
10. Curwensville (9, 1-0), def. Smethport 49-26
HONORABLE MENTION: Calvary Christian Academy (1), Northwest Area (2), Old Forge (2), Millersburg (3), Reading Holy Name (3), Line Mountain (4), Berlin-Brothersvalley (5), North Star (5), Bellwood-Antis (6), Bishop McCort (6), Penns Manor (6), Portage (6), United (6), Avonworth (7), Bethlehem-Center (7), Bishop Canevin (7), Fort Cherry (7), Pittsburgh North Catholic (7), Clarion Area (9), Port Allegany (9), Mercer Area (10), Mercyhurst Prep (10), Schuylkill Haven (11)
9 Responses
Any ranking will have to be adjusted as the games are played. I think the initial rankings are certainly decent. The monster team in the East will have to be recognized now that three weeks have passed. 43-0…..41-0….54-0
You can do it now, or do it later. It is not the Mt Carmel tornadoes, though they will have to play the monster in a few weeks.
Okay why are NO northeast Pa AAA teams in the top 10, that’s ridiculous. I can assure abington heights, the dawgs, n. pocono, and dallas are better than most of those teams in the top 10
Well i guess we’ll see how good Mount Carmel is when they play a good Lewisburg team on friday. If Lewisburg can go to the infamous Silver Bowl and beat Mount Carmel then that will speak for itself in terms of how good they are and if they truly deserve a ranking.
From what i watched — the seals were forced to use the 2nd string running backs for the Champianship game, so unless the entire 1st and 2ns string running backs who dominated against MC last year were all seniors.. aswell as the entire sideline was full of jacked players, so unless those big guys who came in every few downs to take a play were also all seniors… Seliensgrove should be returning a decent team of players who have gotten dirty and played some crucial plays last year against strong opponents.
MC i think should be an HM.
Another thing, every year pottsville improves slowly over the season – watch out because they started the season with a win – last 3 times that happened they won districts and the first 2 times no one had the, state ranked in the preseason. maybe we sill see a crimson surprise come november and december?
I believe Daniel Boone moved up to AAAA this year.
Preseason rankings mean nothing, early season rankings mean little, and end-of-season rankings mean everything. If Mount Carmel deserves a ranking (which I believe they do considering the field), they will earn it with continued wins.
I realize Selinsgrove lost a bunch of people, but you’re telling me Mount Carmel doesn’t deserve to be mentioned among the top 30 (when you include all of the honorable mentions above) AA Programs in the state? Please.
Because Selinsgrove is a completely different team from last year, losing nearly every single starter they had. Also, I was at the Milton game and they lost to Lewisburg 35-3, not 35-10.
How is it that AA Mt. Carmel beat last year’s AAA undefeated champion, Selinsgove, at Selinsgrove, and not get even an honorable mention?
And no, I’m not a Mt. Carmel fan.