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PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 10: Head to Head
November 2, 2026 | Billy Splain
It’s playoff time, but before that we discuss week 10 and there were some changes as the football Gods created many head to head games between ranked opponents. For the most part, the top teams stayed at the top (except one). Roman Catholic took down SJP, State College thumped Harrisburg and Pennridge lost to shake […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Nine Rankings
October 30, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (8-0)- Won against (2) Hempfield 45-0 2- Hempfield (6-3)- Lost to (1) Central Catholic 45-0 3- Canon Mac (4-5)- @ (6) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 4- Norwin (5-4)- (5) North Allegheny 7pm 5- North Allegheny (4-5)- @ (4) Norwin 7pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (1-7)- (3) Canon Mac 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (3-6)- […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 9: Big moves in 4A
October 26, 2026 | Billy Splain
The storm has finally landed, and it dropped squarely on Shamokin. We’ve been waiting for Blue Mountain to get a big win, and they delivered taking out #1 4A Shamokin. Welcome to the rankings! Another big wave came from McDevitt who destroyed Harrisburg. The rest? Pretty calm at the top.
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Eight Rankings
October 21, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (7-0)- @ (3) Canon Mac 7pm 2- Hempfield (5-3)- @ (7) Latrobe 7pm 3- Canon Mac (4-4)- (1) Central Catholic 7pm 4- Norwin (4-4)- @ (7) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- North Allegheny (3-5)- @ (6) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (1-6)- (5) North Allegheny 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (3-5)- (4) […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 8: Storm never came, maybe this week?
October 19, 2026 | Billy Splain
Steady as she goes, again. Just a couple of what you might call upsets. Maybe that storm we talked about happens this week, only two more weeks for playoff positioning. Teams are getting desperate.
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Seven Rankings
October 14, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (7-0)- Bye Week 2- Hempfield (4-3)- (6) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 3- Norwin (4-3)- @ (4) Canon Mac 7pm 4- Canon Mac (3-4)- (3) Norwin 7pm 5- North Allegheny (2-5)- (7) Seneca Valley 7:30pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (1-5)- @ (2) Hempfield 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (3-4)- @ (5) North Allegheny 7:30pm 5A: […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 7: And HERE WE GO!!
October 12, 2026 | Billy Splain
There weren’t many changes and very few of what we would call upsets again, but that storm we told you about last week? It arrived Sunday. The new week begins and with it, a plethora of ranked teams meeting each other this coming weekend. Take a good look, these won’t look the same next week.
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Six Rankings
October 7, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (6-0)- (5) North Allegheny 7pm 2- Norwin (4-2)- (3) Hempfield 7pm 3- Hempfield (3-3)- @ (2) Norwin 7pm 4- Canon Mac (3-3)- (5) Woodland Hills 7pm 5- North Allegheny (2-4)- @ (1) Central Catholic 7pm 6- Seneca Valley (3-3)- (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-5)- @ (6) Seneca Valley […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 6: Calm before the storm
October 5, 2026 | Billy Splain
There weren’t many changes and very few of what we would call upsets. Most ranked team losses came to higher ranked or larger teams, such as 3A #8 Mt. Carmel Area taking down #1 2A Southern Columbia. That’s all about to change. Conference play has many of the teams below playing each other. Strap up, […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Five Rankings
October 2, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (5-0)- @ (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 2- Norwin (3-2)- @ (5) North Hills 7pm 3- North Allegheny (2-3)- (5) Canon Mac 7:30pm 4- Hempfield (2-3)- (6) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- Canon Mac (2-3)- @ (3) North Allegheny 7:30pm 6- Seneca Valley (3-2)- @ (4) Hempfield 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-4)- (1) […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 5: Cream rising
September 28, 2026 | Billy Splain
Not many changes at the top…the cream of the crop is rising above the liquid.
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Four Rankings
September 23, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (4-0)- @ (3) Seneca Valley 7pm 2- Canon Mac (2-2)- @ (6) Hempfield 7pm 3- Seneca Valley (3-1)- (1) Central Catholic 7pm 4- Norwin (2-2)- (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 5- North Allegheny (2-2)- @ (1) Pine Richland 7pm 6- Hempfield (1-3)- (2) Canon Mac 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-3)- @ (4) […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 4: Top heavy
September 21, 2026 | Billy Splain
Strange week to say the least. We’re starting to see the top teams separate. Yes, Propel lost and remained atop. That loss came to a pretty good 4A team. Jersey Shore lost to a darn good Shamokin team….but for the most part the top 5 in each class did as expected.
WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Three Rankings
September 16, 2026 | Andrew Schaffer
6A: 1- Central Catholic (3-0)- (3) Norwin 7pm 2- Seneca Valley (2-0)- @ (4) Canon Mac 7pm 3- Norwin (2-1)- @ (1) Central Catholic 7pm 4- Canon Mac (1-2)- (2) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- Hempfield (1-2)- @ (6) North Allegheny 7:30pm 6- North Allegheny (0-3)- (5) Hempfield 7:30pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-2)- (1) Pine Richland […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 3: The poker run
September 14, 2026 | Billy Splain
If you thought you had a grasp on things, so did our rankings experts. Football seasons can be a lot like the game of texas hold’em. Sometimes the first hand (week one) isn’t in your favor, so you wait for the flop. Then, odds improve but your team is still behind (week 2). Then comes […]
PFN Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Week 2: Unproven
September 7, 2026 | Billy Splain
Week 2 is in the books and we’re starting to see the cream rise to the top already. There’s still a lot of sediment in the middle of the tank in most classes. Note: The rankers tend to not punish PA teams for taking on national powers, someone asked)
PFN Pennsylvania HS Football rankings Week 1, 2026
September 1, 2026 | Billy Splain
Week one is in the books. We love stirring it up, but goodness this was a cement mixer of a week!! Well, the team debated. Opponents were considered. Here’s what they came up with:
LHAC East Division 1: Travis’s 2026 Predictions
August 28, 2026 | Travis Snyder Jr.
With the 2026 football season getting closer, it is time to start looking at how the LHAC divisions could play out this year. The East Division 1 has several teams that could make a run at the top, but there are also plenty of questions surrounding some of these teams after losing key players from […]
2026 PFN Preseason Pennsylvania high school football rankings!!
August 17, 2026 | Billy Splain
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’m not even kidding. What you’ll find below sometimes looks the same and sometimes […]
The final 2025 PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings: Our picks
December 9, 2025 | Billy Splain
There’s a saying among some media members: “sometimes the title game is played the week before the title game”. Our rankings staff felt that way Sunday night. Simply said, sometimes the better teams in the eyes of the beholder are on the same side of the bracket. And believe me, we have eyes. Around 60-70 […]
PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings: Week 15-on the field
December 2, 2025 | Billy Splain
Here we go. We made a few adjustments based on the eye test, now it’s up to the last 12 teams to decide who gets a top spot. Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 LaSalle College 12 12-1 2 2 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 7 13-1 3 3 Harrisburg 3 13-1 1 4 Easton 11 […]
2025 PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings, Week 14: old is new, new is old,
November 25, 2025 | Billy Splain
The old guard has returned. SCA and Clairton back in the #1 spot after an absence (albiet the Bears have been gone a bit longer) and yes, the Quips are reclaiming their spot in the tops. Harrisburg, Twin Valley, Roman Catholic and Avonworth are new to #1 heading into the semis. Not new this year, […]
PFN Pennsylvania High School Football Rankings: Week 13…..Almost Home
November 18, 2025 | Billy Splain
It’s that time of year that the creme rises to the top, the pretenders get out the way and we start to see who has been serious all season. We also get to see, via the eye test, who was over ranked, who was under ranked and who shouldn’t have been ranked. This weeks rankings […]
PFN Pennsylvania HS Football rankings week 12, 2025. Not much movement
November 11, 2025 | Billy Splain
Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 Harrisburg 3 11-0 1 2 LaSalle College 12 9-1 2 3 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 7 10-1 3 4 Parkland 11 12-0 5 5 St. Joseph’s Prep 12 5-5 4 6 Easton 11 12-0 6 7 Manheim Twp 3 10-1 7 8 Central York 3 10-1 8 9 State […]
PFN Pennsylvania HS Football Rankings week 11 2025
November 4, 2025 | Billy Splain
Yeah we know, it’s all about the brackets now….But sometimes you can say the brackets are kinda skewed. Sometimes you can have 3 of the best 4 teams in the state on one side of the bracket. So yes, we’ll keep ranking them according to the eye test. Rank 6A Dist Record Pvs rank 1 […]
