2021 PFN PRE-SEASON RANKINGS ARE IN!
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Billy Splain | August 16, 2021
The 2021 PAFootballNews.com rankings to begin the 2021 season are in! Rankings are compiled and reviewed by a panel of 16 PFN reporters from around the state. (DNP = Did Not Play in the fall. Though several teams played football in the spring, there were no rankings kept.)
| rk | 6A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | St. Joseph’s Prep (12) | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Archbishop Wood (12) | 3-4 | NR |
| 3 | PCC (7) | 6-2 | 6 |
| 4 | Central York (3) | 10-1 | 2 |
| 5 | Emmaus (11) | 5-1 | NR |
| 6 | North Allegheny (7) | 6-1 | 8 |
| 7 | Downingtown West (1) | 2-2 | NR |
| 8 | North Penn (1) | 4-1 | NR |
| 9 | Wilson West Lawn (3) | 6-1 | NR |
| 10 | Garnet Valley (1) | 6-0 | 9 |
| HM | |||
| Spring-Ford (1) | 6-1 | NR | |
| Delaware Valley (2) | 5-2 | HM | |
| State College (6) | 4-3 | NR | |
| Lasalle (12) | 5-1 | 4 | |
| Pennridge (1) | 7-1 | 10 | |
| Coatesville (1) | 4-1 | NR |
| rk | 5A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | Imhotep (12) | 4-0 | DNP |
| 2 | Governor Mifflin (3) | 8-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Upper Dublin (1) | 6-2 | 8 |
| 4 | Gateway (7) | 5-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Cathedral Prep (10) | 7-3 | 3 |
| 6 | Whitehall (11) | 5-3 | NR |
| 7 | Pine-Richland (7) | 11-0 | 1 |
| 8 | W. C. Rustin (1) | 4-2 | HM |
| 9 | Moon (7) | 4-3 | NR |
| 10 | Malvern Prep (IND) | 4-0 | DNP |
| HM | |||
| Academy Park (1) | 4-1 | DNP | |
| Marple-Newtown(1) | 5-1 | NR | |
| Manheim Central (3) | 3-5 | NR | |
| Chester (1) | 5-1 | DNP | |
| Penn Trafford (7) | 6-2 | HM |
| rk | 4A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson (7) | 10-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Bishop McDevitt (3) | 6-0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jersey Shore (4) | 10-1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bethlehem Catholic (11) | 4-4 | NR |
| 5 | Belle Vernon (7) | 6-2 | HM |
| 6 | Berks Catholic (3) | 5-3 | NR |
| 7 | Valley View (2) | 3-3 | NR |
| 8 | Pottsville (11) | 6-2 | NR |
| 9 | Aliquippa (7) | 9-1 | 4 |
| 10 | Bishop Shanahan (1) | 4-0 | 10 |
| HM | |||
| Allentown CC (11) | 6-2 | 9 | |
| Cocalico (3) | 4-4 | NR | |
| Northwestern Lehigh (11) | 8-2 | HM | |
| Pope John Paul II (1) | 3-0 | NR | |
| Bonner & Prendie (12) | 4-0 | 7 |
| rk | 3A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | North Schuylkill (11) | 8-0 | 5 |
| 2 | Wyomissing (3) | 9-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Central Valley (7) | 12-0 | 1 |
| 4 | ND Green Pond (11) | 7-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Bedford (5) | 10-1 | NR |
| 6 | Central (6) | 8-1 | HM |
| 7 | Scranton Prep (2) | 4-1 | NR |
| 8 | Newmann Goretti (12) | 2-1 | DNP |
| 9 | Elizabeth Forward (7) | 8-1 | 10 |
| 10 | Hickory (2) | 8-1 | 8 |
| HM | |||
| Danville (4) | 8-2 | 4 | |
| North Catholic (7) | 8-1 | HM | |
| St. Mary’s (9) | 5-1 | NR | |
| Western Wayne (2) | 4-1 | NR | |
| Grove City (10) | 4-4 | NR |
| rk | 2A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | Southern Columbia (4) | 12-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Farrell (10) | 5-3 | NR |
| 3 | Sto-Rox (7) | 8-2 | 7 |
| 4 | Richland (6) | 8-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Neshannock (7) | 4-3 | NR |
| 6 | Windber (5) | 6-2 | NR |
| 7 | McGuffey (7) | 6-2 | NR |
| 8 | Bellwood-Antis (6) | 7-1 | HM |
| 9 | Wilmington (10) | 10-1 | 2 |
| 10 | South Williamsport (4) | 5-2 | NR |
| HM | |||
| Beaver Falls (7) | 10-1 | 3 | |
| Karns City (9) | 6-3 | NR | |
| Bald Eagle Area (6) | 2-6 | NR | |
| Serra Catholic (7) | 5-1 | NR | |
| Northern Lehigh (11) | 6-4 | NR |
| rk | 1A | 2020 | Pvs |
| 1 | Muncy (4) | 7-2 | 6 |
| 2 | Steelton-Highspire (3) | 10-0 | 1 |
| 3 | Old Forge (2) | 5-1 | 5 |
| 4 | Clairton (7) | 8-1 | 8 |
| 5 | Redbank Valley (9) | 7-1 | 9 |
| 6 | Tri-Valley (11) | 5-1 | 10 |
| 7 | Williams Valley (11) | 8-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Bishop Guilfoyle (6) | 7-3 | 3 |
| 9 | Shenango (7) | 7-2 | HM |
| 10 | Northern Bedford (5) | 7-2 | HM |
| HM | |||
| California (7) | 5-1 | NR | |
| Delone Catholic (3) | 6-1 | NR | |
| Canton (4) | 4-1 | HM | |
| Juniata Valley (6) | 6-3 | NR | |
| Rochester (7) | 7-2 | NR |
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