{"id":315497,"date":"2026-10-27T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315497\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:34:42","slug":"pennsylvania-high-school-football-rankings-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315497\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania high school football rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parkland\u2019s last-second 45-42 loss to Whitehall last Friday night knocked the Trojans out of the District 11 6A rankings after the Trojans had been ranked No. 5 in 6A for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>But while Parkland is out, Bethlehem Catholic is back in.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Hawks won the Christmas City title with a 42-28 win over Liberty on Saturday and have moved back into the 10th spot in Class 4A after a one-week absence.<\/p>\n<p>Becahi could be on a collision course with Blue Mountain in District 11 4A. The Eagles moved up three spots and are ranked sixth after a big win over previous No. 1 Shamokin.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Lehigh, which has won two consecutive battles of the unbeatens with the latest being a 17-14 victory over Northwestern Lehigh, holdd steady at No. 4 in Class 5A.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers, who had been No. 1 in 4A for most of the season, have dropped to No. 4 in 4A while Notre Dame-Green Pond is one spot behind at No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete look at the state rankings compiled by Eric Epler of Pennlive.com:<\/p>\n<p>Class 6A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. Pittsburgh C.C. (7); 8-0; 1<\/p>\n<p>2. State College (6); 9-0; 3<\/p>\n<p>3. St. Joseph\u2019s Prep (12); 6-1; 4<\/p>\n<p>4. Bishop McDevitt (3); 8-1; 6<\/p>\n<p>5. Downingtown East (1); 8-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>6. Pennridge (1); 9-0; 10<\/p>\n<p>7. Central Bucks West (1); 8-1; NR<\/p>\n<p>8. Roman Catholic (12); 6-2; NR<\/p>\n<p>9. Manheim Township (3); 8-1; NR<\/p>\n<p>10. Central York (3); 7-2; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Harrisburg (3) 8-1, Nazareth (11) 8-1, Spring-Ford (1) 8-1, Whitehall (11) 8-1, Wilson-West Lawn (3) 7-2.<\/p>\n<p>Class 5A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. Pine-Richland (7); 8-1; 1<\/p>\n<p>2. Imhotep Charter (12); 8-1; 2<\/p>\n<p>3. Springfield-Delco (1); 9-0; 3<\/p>\n<p>4. Southern Lehigh (11); 9-0; 4<\/p>\n<p>5. Twin Valley (3); 9-0; 5<\/p>\n<p>6. Penn-Trafford (7); 9-0; 6<\/p>\n<p>7. Upper St. Clair (7); 9-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Chester (1); 9-0; 8<\/p>\n<p>9. Great Valley (1); 9-0; NR<\/p>\n<p>10. Garnet Valley (1); 7-1; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Conestoga Valley (3) 8-1, Northern York (3) 8-1, Solanco (3) 8-1, Strath Haven (1) 7-2, Thomas Jefferson (7) 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Class 4A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. West York (3); 9-0; 2<\/p>\n<p>2. South Fayette (7); 8-1; 3<\/p>\n<p>3. North Pocono (2); 8-1; 4<\/p>\n<p>4. Dallas (2); 9-0; 5<\/p>\n<p>5. Montour (7); 7-2; 6<\/p>\n<p>6. Blue Mountain (11); 8-1; 9<\/p>\n<p>7. General McLane (10); 9-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Pottsgrove (1); 8-1; 8<\/p>\n<p>9. Shamokin (4); 8-1; 1<\/p>\n<p>10. Bethlehem Catholic (11); 7-2; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Cardinal O\u2019Hara (12) 5-4, Cathedral Prep (10) 7-2, Hanover (3) 9-0, Pope John Paul II (1) 7-2, Shikellamy (4) 8-1, Susquehanna Township (3) 7-2.<\/p>\n<p>Class 3A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. Avonworth (7); 8-1; 2<\/p>\n<p>2. Scranton Prep (2); 8-1; 3<\/p>\n<p>3. Propel Braddock Hills (7); 7-2; 4<\/p>\n<p>4. Northwestern Lehigh (11); 8-1; 1<\/p>\n<p>5. Notre Dame-Green Pond (11); 8-1; 5<\/p>\n<p>6. Hopewell (7); 8-1; 6<\/p>\n<p>7. Mount Carmel (4); 9-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Hickory (10); 8-1; 8<\/p>\n<p>9. Cambria Heights (6); 9-0; 10<\/p>\n<p>10. Wyomissing (3); 6-2; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Athens (4) 8-1, Belle Vernon (7) 8-1, Central-Martinsburg (6) 8-1, Elizabeth-Forward (7) 8-1.<\/p>\n<p>Class 2A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. Bishop Canevin (7); 9-0; 1<\/p>\n<p>2. Southern Columbia (4); 8-1; 2<\/p>\n<p>3. Seton LaSalle (7); 9-0; 3<\/p>\n<p>4. Dunmore (2); 9-0; 4<\/p>\n<p>5. Farrell (10); 7-1; 5<\/p>\n<p>6. Westinghouse (8); 8-0; 6<\/p>\n<p>7. Bloomsburg (4); 9-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Mount Union (6); 9-0; 9<\/p>\n<p>9. West Catholic (12); 8-1; 10<\/p>\n<p>10. Richland (6); 8-1; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Apollo-Ridge (7) 8-1, Bellwood-Antis (6) 7-2, Greenville (10) 7-2, Karns City (9) 8-1, Troy (4) 8-1.<\/p>\n<p>Class 1A<\/p>\n<p>Rank \u2013 Team \u2013 District \u2013 Record \u2013 Previous<\/p>\n<p>1. Bishop Guilfoyle (6); 8-1; 1<\/p>\n<p>2. Clairton (7); 7-2; 2<\/p>\n<p>3. Washington (7); 8-1; 3<\/p>\n<p>4. Steelton-Highspire (3); 7-1; 4<\/p>\n<p>5. Wilmington (10); 8-1; 5<\/p>\n<p>6. Williams Valley (11); 8-1; 6<\/p>\n<p>7. Shenango (7); 8-0; 7<\/p>\n<p>8. Fort Cherry (7); 8-1; 8<\/p>\n<p>9. Montgomery (4); 8-1; 10<\/p>\n<p>10. Mercyhurst Prep (10); 7-2; NR<\/p>\n<p>Teams to watch: Cambridge Springs (10)\u00a0\u00a0 8-1, Homer-Center (6) 7-2, Keystone (9) 8-1, Laurel (7) 7-2, Line Mountain (4) 8-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parkland\u2019s last-second 45-42 loss to Whitehall last Friday night knocked the Trojans out of the District 11 6A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,304,305,726,432],"class_list":["post-315497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-sports","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315497","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=315497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}