Pennlive.com Pa. High School Football Week 8 Rankings (Oct. 17)

CLASS 6A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12) — 6-1 – 1
2. Parkland (11) — 8-0 – 2
3. Central Bucks West (1) — 8-0 – 3
4. Manheim Township (3) — 8-0 – 4
5. Central York (3) — 8-0 – 5
6. Pittsburgh C.C. (7) — 7-1 – 6
7. Downingtown East (1) — 7-0 – 7
8. North Allegheny (7) — 7-1 – 8
9. Nazareth (11) – 7-1 – 9
10. Harrisburg (3) — 7-1 – NR

Teams to watch: Central Bucks South (1) 8-0, Northampton (11) 7-1, Souderton (1) 8-0, Spring-Ford (1) 7-1.

CLASS 5A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Imhotep Charter (12) — 8-0 – 1
2. Peters Township (7) — 8-0 – 2
3. Exeter Township (3) — 8-0 – 3
4. Roman Catholic (12) – 6-1 – 4
5. Southern Lehigh (11) — 8-0 – 6
6. Cocalico (3) — 7-1 – 8
7. West Chester Rustin (1) — 6-1 – 9
8. Springfield-Delco (1) — 7-1 – 10
9. Chester (1) — 7-1 – NR
10. Cedar Cliff (3) — 7-1 – NR

Teams to watch: Cathedral Prep (10) 4-3, Ephrata (3) 7-1, Marple-Newtown (1) 7-1, Penn Hills (7) 6-2, Pine-Richland (7) 5-3, Strath Haven (1) 7-1.

CLASS 4A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Bishop McDevitt (3) – 8-0 – 1
2. Aliquippa (7) – 7-0 – 2
3. Pope John Paul II (1) – 8-0 – 3
4. Jersey Shore (4) – 7-0-1 – 4
5. Selinsgrove (4) – 7-0-1 – 5
6. Allentown C.C. (11) – 6-2 – 6
7. McKeesport (7) – 7-1 – 7
8. Manheim Central (3) — 7-1 – 8
9. Thomas Jefferson (7) – 7-1 – 9
10. Lampeter-Strasburg (3) — 7-1 – NR

Teams to watch: Dallas (2) 8-0, East Pennsboro (3) 7-1, Montour (7) 7-1, Twin Valley (3) 7-1, Wyoming Area (2) 8-0.

CLASS 3A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Belle Vernon (7) – 6-1 – 1
2. Wyomissing (3) – 7-1 – 2
3. Avonworth (7) – 8-0 – 3
4. Neumann-Goretti (12) – 6-1 – 4
5. West Perry (3) — 8-0 – 6
6. Danville (4) — 7-1 – 7
7. Northwestern Lehigh (11) — 8-0 – 8
8. Palmerton (11) — 8-0 – NR
9. Central (6) — 8-0 – 9
10. Elizabeth-Forward (7) — 8-0 – 10

Teams to watch: Knoch (7) 7-1, Loyalsock (4) 6-2, North Schuylkill (11) 6-2, Schuylkill Valley (3) 7-1, Scranton Prep (2) 7-1.

CLASS 2A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Farrell (10) – 8-0 – 2
2. Westinghouse (8) – 7-0 – 3
3. Richland (6) – 8-0 – 4
4. Central Clarion (9) — 8-0 – 5
5. Washington (7) — 8-0 – 6
6. Southern Columbia (4) – 7-1 – 1
7. Mount Carmel (4) — 6-2 – NR
8. Troy (4) — 8-0 – 7
9. Trinity (3) – 6-2 – 8
10. Mercyhurst Prep (10) — 8-0 – 9

Teams to watch: Bald Eagle Area (6) 7-1, Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 7-1, Chestnut Ridge (5) 7-1, Steel Valley (7) 6-1, United Valley (6) 8-0.

CLASS 1A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Steelton-Highspire (3) — 8-0 – 1
2. Canton (4) — 8-0 – 2
3. Northern Bedford (5) — 8-0 – 3
4. Lackawanna Trail (2) – 8-0 – 4
5. Fort Cherry (7) — 8-0 – 5
6. Bishop Canevin (7) — 6-1 – 6
7. Redbank Valley (9) — 8-0 – 7
8. South Side (7) — 8-0 – 9
9. Muncy (4) — 7-1 – 10
10. Union Area (7) — 7-1 – NR

Teams to watch: Clairton (7) 6-2, Lakeview (10) 7-1, Minersville (11) 7-1, Northern Cambria (6) 7-1, South Williamsport (4) 6-2.