Football: NorthJersey.com’s Preseason North Jersey Public Top 20 and Non-Public Top 6 rankings

by | Aug 26, 2019

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Public Top 20 rankings

1. NV/Old Tappan

Last year: 8-3

Next game: vs. Northern Highlands, Sept. 6

2. River Dell

Last year: 8-3

Next game: at Westwood, Sept. 6

3. Ridgewood

Last year: 9-3, Group 5 sectional champion

Next game: vs. NV/Old Tappan, Sept. 13

4. Ramapo

Last year: 13-0, Group 3 bowl champion

Next game: vs. Sparta, Sept. 6

5. Wayne Hills

Last year: 11-2, Group 4 bowl champion

Next game: at Ridge View (S.C.), Aug. 30

6. Paramus

Last year: 10-1

Next game: at Parsippany Hills, Sept. 6

7. Hasbrouck Heights

Last year: 12-0, Group 1 bowl champion

Next game: at Cresskill, Sept. 5

8. Hackensack

Last year: 5-5

Next game: vs. Eastside, Sept. 6

9. Rutherford

Last year: 11-1, Group 2 bowl champion

Next game: at Manchester, Sept. 7

10. Lyndhurst

Last year: 9-2

Next game: at Hawthorne, Sept. 6

11. Westwood

Last year: 7-3

Next game: vs. River Dell, Sept. 6

12. Wayne Valley

Last year: 6-5

Next game: at Andover (Mass.), Sept. 6

13. Park Ridge

Last year: 9-2

Next game: vs. Wood-Ridge, Sept. 6

13. Clifton

Last year: 8-3

Next game: at Mount Olive, Sept. 6

15. Mahwah

Last year: 5-4

Next game: at Paramus, Sept. 13

16. Kennedy

Last year: 6-4

Next game: at West Orange, Sept. 13

17. Waldwick/Midland Park

Last year: 4-5

Next game: at Glen Rock, Sept. 6

18. Northern Highlands

Last year: 4-6

Next game: at NV/Old Tappan, Sept. 6

19. New Milford 

Last year: 6-3

Next game: at Pompton Lakes, Sept. 7

20. Pompton Lakes

Last year: 4-5

Next game: vs. New Milford, Sept. 7

Non-Public Top 6 rankings

1. St. Joseph

Last year: 10-2, Non-Public 4 champion

Next game: vs. JSerra Catholic, at San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Aug. 31

2. Bergen Catholic

Last year: 10-2

Next game: at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.), Aug. 31

3. DePaul

Last year: 7-4

Next game: vs. Pope John, Aug. 30

4. Don Bosco

Last year: 6-5

Next game: at St. John Bosco (Calif.), Aug. 30

5. Paramus Catholic

Last year: 2-8

Next game: vs. West Catholic Prep (Pa.), Aug. 29

6. St. Mary (4-5)

Last year: 4-5

Next game: vs. Emerson, Sept. 7