We are through Week 4 of the N.J. high school football season, which means the postseason is right around the corner and the NJSIAA UPR rankings become more and more important.

The UPR is determined by combining teams’ power points and Opponents Strength Index. The top 16 teams through games of Oct. 22 in each group will qualify for the postseason.

Once the 16-team brackets are compiled in the public school groups they will be split into eight-team sections, meaning there will be four sections which will each crown a champion. The winners of the four sections will advance to the state semifinals and the semifinal winners will play in the first New Jersey public-school state championship games

North 1

Rank School Win Loss Tie Power Points OSI UPR
1 Mountain Lakes 4 0 0 13.00 61.46 1.4
2 Wood-Ridge 4 0 0 12.25 56.65 2.4
3 Cedar Grove 4 1 0 10.00 55.35 4.2
4 Park Ridge 3 1 0 10.00 51.58 4.8
5 Waldwick/MP 4 0 0 10.75 50.19 5
6 Brearley 4 0 0 15.75 46.3 5.8
7 Weequahic 4 0 0 11.50 49.46 5.8
8 Hasbrouck Heights 3 1 0 8.75 50.02 7.2
9 Wallkill Valley 2 2 0 9.50 43 9.8
10 Butler 2 2 0 7.50 46.66 10
11 North Arlington 3 1 0 7.75 43.8 10.8
12 Secaucus 3 1 0 8.50 40.66 12.4
13 Boonton 2 2 0 7.50 41.9 12.4
14 Glen Ridge 1 2 0 6.67 40.79 14.6
15 Cresskill 2 2 0 7.00 39.09 15.6
16 Shabazz 2 2 0 8.00 35.8 16.4
17 North Warren 2 2 0 6.00 39.26 16.6
18 Kinnelon 2 2 0 7.00 36.92 16.8
19 Hawthorne 1 3 0 3.75 37.3 19.4
20 Verona 1 4 0 4.20 36.46 19.8
21 Hoboken 2 2 0 6.50 32.39 21
22 New Milford 1 3 0 4.25 33.61 21.2
23 Kittatinny 0 4 2.75 34.29 22.2
24 Roselle Park 1 3 4.00 25.69 24.4
25 Saddle Brook 0 4 0 2.25 30.97 24.8
26 Whippany Park 0 4 0 2.25 27.65 25.4
27 Belvidere 0 0 2.75 24.17 25.8

North 2

Rank School Win Loss Tie Power Points OSI UPR
1 Westwood 4 0 0 14.75 59.93 1.6
2 Caldwell 4 0 0 11.50 60.27 3
3 Bernards 4 1 0 12.80 53.52 3.6
4 Ramsey 4 0 0 11.75 57.03 3.8
5 Rutherford 4 0 0 12.00 51.29 5.8
6 Madison 3 1 10.50 52.8 6.2
7 West Side 4 0 0 13.00 49.32 6.8
8 Newton 4 0 0 11.50 50.64 7.2
9 Dumont 3 1 0 9.75 52.29 8.8
10 High Point 3 1 0 10.50 48.95 9.8
11 Jefferson 3 1 10.00 49.9 10.2
12 Ridgefield Park 3 1 0 10.50 48.23 10.4
13 Glen Rock 4 0 0 10.50 47.36 11
14 Pequannock 2 2 0 6.75 45.96 14.4
15 Lyndhurst 2 2 0 8.50 44 14.6
16 Pompton Lakes 2 2 5.50 41.98 17.2
17 Sussex Tech 2 3 6.60 39.77 17.6
18 Hanover Park 2 2 6.75 37.95 18.6
19 Lakeland 1 3 0 4.50 39.94 19.4
20 Mahwah 1 3 0 5.50 38.3 19.6
21 Becton 1 3 0 5.25 38.91 19.8
22 Lodi 2 3 0 5.60 36.72 20.4
23 Lenape Valley 1 3 0 4.25 36.68 23.4
24 Newark Central 1 3 0 4.75 30.75 23.8
25 Parsippany 1 3 0 3.25 30.84 24.4
26 Manchester Regional 0 5 0 2.80 29.42 26
27 Newark Collegiate 1 4 2.60 22.78 27