Which NJIC schools will rise to the top? (By Sean Farrell / Record Sports Department)
The small-school conference has seven teams in the preseason Top 25 and even more that will contend in the state tournament.
Lyndhurst leads the pack at No. 13 with Northeastern-bound scorer Kaydee Yallo. Saddle Brook will look to run the table again in the Meadowlands with 100-goal scorer Ashley Georgevich.
The Patriot Division may have the most interesting race with Emerson hoping to keep distance over Waldwick and Midland Park, a returning sectional champion.
Preseason Top 25 rankings
- Ramapo 16-3
- Northern Highlands 22-1
- DePaul 16-2
- NV/Demarest 15-3-3
- Wayne Valley 17-5-1
- Ramsey 19-3-1
- Immaculate Heart 11-5-1
- Westwood 13-6-2
- NV/Old Tappan 11-6-2
- Wayne Hills 10-7-2
- Pascack Hills 13-7
- Ridgewood 10-9-3
- Lyndhurst 18-4
- Pascack Valley 12-6-1
- Emerson 15-5-1
- Fair Lawn 9-8-1
- Clifton 7-10
- Bergen Tech 11-4-4
- Lakeland 12-7-1
- Rutherford 16-4-1
- Hawthorne 15-4-2
- Waldwick 12-4-2
- Saddle Brook 17-3
- Pompton Lakes 14-6-1
- West Milford 10-10
