{"id":305368,"date":"2026-10-12T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305368\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T23:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:46:10","slug":"big-ticket-top-25-poll-for-october-12-2026-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305368\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ticket Top 25 Poll for October 12, 2026 | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennridge remains at the top spot of our new Top 25 Poll after their victory over North Penn, who got bumped from 4th to 7th.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Lehigh and Twin Valley remain undefeated, while Whitehall&#8217;s last-minute win over Emmaus holds things steady midway through the large-school ranks.<\/p>\n<p>In the small school standings, Bethlehem Catholic entered the top five following their impressive 49-17 win over Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Pottsgrove, Palmerton and Weiser all drop in the rankings after losses.<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill Valley enters the rankings for the first time after their sixth straight win.<\/p>\n<p>Check below for the rest of the standings:<\/p>\n<p>Large Schools Top 15<\/p>\n<p>Updated: October 12,\u00a02026<\/p>\n<p>RANK<\/p>\n<p>TEAM<\/p>\n<p>RECORD<\/p>\n<p>LAST<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>PENNRIDGE<\/p>\n<p>7-0<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>PARKLAND<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>CB WEST<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>WILSON WEST LAWN<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>PHILLIPSBURG<\/p>\n<p>4-2<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>EXETER<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>NORTH PENN<\/p>\n<p>4-2<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>SOUTHERN LEHIGH<\/p>\n<p>7-0<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>TWIN VALLEY<\/p>\n<p>7-0<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>NAZARETH<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>11<\/p>\n<p>WHITEHALL<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>11<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>DOWNINGTOWN EAST<\/p>\n<p>6-0<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>13<\/p>\n<p>SPRING FORD<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>13<\/p>\n<p>14<\/p>\n<p>PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH<\/p>\n<p>6-0<\/p>\n<p>14<\/p>\n<p>15<\/p>\n<p>UPPER PERKIOMEN<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>15<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Small Schools Top 10<\/p>\n<p>RANK<\/p>\n<p>TEAM<\/p>\n<p>RECORD<\/p>\n<p>LAST<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>NORTHWESTERN<\/p>\n<p>7-0<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>NOTRE DAME GP<\/p>\n<p>7-0<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>POPE JOHN PAUL II<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>BLUE MOUNTAIN<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>POTTSGROVE<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC<\/p>\n<p>5-2<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>PALMERTON<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>CONRAD WEISER<\/p>\n<p>5-2<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>SCHUYLKILL VALLEY<\/p>\n<p>6-1<\/p>\n<p>NR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennridge remains at the top spot of our new Top 25 Poll after their victory over North Penn,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4773,153,155,154,117535,303,6704,726],"class_list":["post-305368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_sports_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-big-ticket-top-25-poll","tag-football","tag-high-school","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}