{"id":275592,"date":"2026-08-31T05:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275592\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:35:53","slug":"2026-pfn-preseason-pennsylvania-high-school-football-rankings-pa-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275592\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 PFN Preseason Pennsylvania high school football rankings!! \u2013 PA Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tagged under: News<\/a>, Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n

Billy Splain<\/a> | August 17, 2026<\/p>\n

The 2026 season is upon us and so in its time. Time for the PFN ranking so take their best shot at what they think is going to happen this year. The rankings were debated for hours and hours and hours, I\u2019m not even kidding. What you\u2019ll find below sometimes looks the same and sometimes doesn\u2019t.
Making it especially difficult this year were champions moving around in classification, as well as playoff teams. There are some familiar faces and some teams the staff believes are going to make a lot of noise.
All the rankings are based on returning players, the skill those players have and showed last year, as well as coaching staffs and their abilities they\u2019ve shown in the past to lead their teams. None of these rankings are based on last year\u2019s records.<\/p>\n

Rank
\n6A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nPittsburgh Central Catholic
\n7
\n13-2
\n2<\/p>\n

2
\nLaSalle College
\n12
\n13-1
\n1<\/p>\n

3
\nHarrisburg
\n3
\n13-1
\n3<\/p>\n

4
\nSt. Joseph\u2019s Prep
\n12
\n5-5
\n8<\/p>\n

5
\nBishop McDevitt
\n3
\n12-3
\n2 5A<\/p>\n

6
\nParkland
\n11
\n12-1
\n9<\/p>\n

7
\nState College
\n6
\n10-3
\n5<\/p>\n

8
\nRoman Catholic
\n12
\n12-3
\n1 5A<\/p>\n

9
\nNorth Allegheny
\n7
\n8-4
\nNR<\/p>\n

10
\nCoatesville
\n1
\n10-3
\nHM<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Central York
\n3<\/p>\n

Downingtown East
\n1<\/p>\n

Downingtown West
\n1<\/p>\n

North Penn
\n1<\/p>\n

Wilson WL
\n3<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rank
\n5A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nPine-Richland
\n7
\n11-2
\n4<\/p>\n

2
\nImhotep
\n12
\n8-5
\nHM 6A<\/p>\n

3
\nSouthern Lehigh
\n11
\n14-2
\n1 4A<\/p>\n

4
\nUpper St. Clair
\n7
\n10-3
\nHM<\/p>\n

5
\nSpringfield-Delco
\n1
\n14-1
\n5<\/p>\n

6
\nWest Chester Rustin
\n1
\n10-3
\n10<\/p>\n

7
\nExeter Twp
\n3
\n10-3
\nHM<\/p>\n

8
\nTwin Valley
\n3
\n14-1
\n4 4A<\/p>\n

9
\nStrath Haven
\n1
\n10-3
\nHM<\/p>\n

10
\nPeters Twp
\n7
\n14-1
\n3<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Chester
\n1<\/p>\n

Garnet Valley
\n1<\/p>\n

Hollidaysburg
\n6<\/p>\n

Moon
\n7<\/p>\n

Penn-Trafford
\n7<\/p>\n

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Rank
\n4A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nBonner Prendie
\n12
\n6-2
\nNR<\/p>\n

2
\nShamokin
\n4
\n13-1
\n5<\/p>\n

3
\nMcKeesport
\n7
\n9-4
\n8<\/p>\n

4
\nNorth Pocono
\n2
\n13-1
\n7<\/p>\n

5
\nNew Castle
\n7
\n9-3
\nNR<\/p>\n

6
\nSouth Fayette
\n7
\n5-5
\nNR<\/p>\n

7
\nWest York
\n3
\n10-2
\nHM<\/p>\n

8
\nGeneral McLane
\n10
\n8-2
\nNR<\/p>\n

9
\nDallas
\n2
\n6-6
\nNR<\/p>\n

10
\nJersey Shore
\n4
\n8-4
\nNR<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Berwick
\n2<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Catholic
\n11<\/p>\n

Montour
\n7<\/p>\n

Simon Gratz
\n12<\/p>\n

Susquehanna Twp
\n3<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rank
\n3A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nAvonworth
\n7
\n15-0
\n1<\/p>\n

2
\nAliquippa
\n7
\n10-4
\n3<\/p>\n

3
\nHickory
\n10
\n10-2
\n9<\/p>\n

4
\nPropel Braddock Hills
\n7
\n12-1
\n6<\/p>\n

5
\nNW Lehigh
\n11
\n15-1
\n2<\/p>\n

6
\nNDGP
\n11
\n12-1
\n5<\/p>\n

7
\nWyomissing
\n3
\n10-2<\/p>\n

8
\nScranton Prep
\n2
\n8-6
\n7<\/p>\n

9
\nTrinity
\n3
\n11-4
\n3<\/p>\n

10
\nAudenried Charter
\n12
\n6-4
\nNR<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Annville-Cleona
\n3<\/p>\n

Berks Catholic
\n3<\/p>\n

Hopewell
\n7<\/p>\n

Mifflinburg
\n4<\/p>\n

Penn Cambria
\n6<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rank
\n2A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nSouthern Columbia
\n4
\n15-1
\n1<\/p>\n

2
\nFarrell
\n10
\n13-3
\n2<\/p>\n

3
\nSeton LaSalle
\n7
\n12-2
\n4<\/p>\n

4
\nRichland
\n6
\n12-2
\n8<\/p>\n

5
\nWestinghouse
\n8
\n7-5
\n10<\/p>\n

6
\nSchuylkill Haven
\n11
\n12-1
\n7<\/p>\n

7
\nSouth Allegheny
\n7
\n10-2
\nNR<\/p>\n

8
\nWestern Beaver
\n7
\n10-2
\nNR<\/p>\n

9
\nDunmore
\n2
\n8-4
\nNR<\/p>\n

10
\nGreenville
\n10
\n12-2
\n8 1A<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Bishop Canevin
\n7<\/p>\n

Lakeland
\n2<\/p>\n

Karns City
\n9<\/p>\n

Steel Valley
\n7<\/p>\n

Troy
\n4<\/p>\n

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Rank
\n1A
\nDist
\n2025 Record
\n2025 rank<\/p>\n

1
\nClairton
\n7
\n15-1
\n1<\/p>\n

2
\nBishop Guilfoyle
\n6
\n13-3
\n2<\/p>\n

3
\nBelmont Charter
\n12
\n10-2
\n3<\/p>\n

4
\nBrockway
\n9
\n7-5
\n1A NR<\/p>\n

5
\nLackawanna Trail
\n2
\n12-2
\n6<\/p>\n

6
\nFort Cherry
\n7
\n12-1
\n5<\/p>\n

7
\nSteelton-Highspire
\n3
\n11-3
\nHM<\/p>\n

8
\nMontgomery
\n4
\n10-2
\nHM<\/p>\n

9
\nLine Mountain
\n4
\n11-1
\n9<\/p>\n

10
\nMercyhurst Prep
\n10
\n6-6
\nNR<\/p>\n

HM (alphabetical)<\/p>\n

Bishop McCort
\n6<\/p>\n

Jeannette
\n7<\/p>\n

Washington
\n7<\/p>\n

Williams Valley
\n11<\/p>\n

Wilmington
\n10<\/p>\n

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