Pennlive.com Pennsylvania High School Football Week 6 Rankings (Oct. 3, 2023)

CLASS 6A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

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

Teams to watch: Central Bucks South (1) 6-0, Garnet Valley (1) 5-1, Harrisburg (3) 5-1, Spring-Ford (1) 5-1, State College (6) 4-1.

CLASS 5A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

1. Imhotep Charter (12) — 6-0 – 1
2. Peters Township (7) — 6-0 – 5
3. Exeter Township (3) — 6-0 – 3
4. Roman Catholic (12) – 5-1 – 4
5. Strath Haven (1) – 6-0 – 6
6. Southern Lehigh (11) — 6-0 – 8
7. Penn Hills (7) – 5-1 – 9
8. Cocalico (3) — 5-1 – 10
9. West Chester Rustin (1) — 4-1 – 2
10. Upper St. Clair (7) — 5-1 – NR

Teams to watch: Cedar Cliff (3) 5-1, Garden Spot (3) 6-0, Springfield-Delco (1) 5-1, Whitehall (11) 4-2.

CLASS 4A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

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

Teams to watch: Bethlehem Catholic (11) 5-1, Bonner-Prendergast (12) 4-1, Central Valley (7) 5-1, Lampeter-Strasburg (3) 5-1, Meadville (10) 5-1.

CLASS 3A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

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

Teams to watch: Lancaster Catholic (3) 6-0, Loyalsock (4) 4-2, Mt. Pleasant (7) 5-1, Palmerton (11) 6-0, Scranton Prep (2) 5-1, Sharon (10) 5-1.

CLASS 2A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

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

Teams to watch: Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 5-1, Chestnut Ridge (5) 6-0, Mount Carmel (4) 4-2, Sharpsville (10) 5-1, Steel Valley (7) 4-1.

CLASS 1A 

Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 

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

Teams to watch: Minersville (11) 5-1, Muncy (4) 5-1, Northern Cambria (6) 5-1, South Williamsport (4) 5-1, Union Area (7) 5-1.