10/19/08

Subject to proof-reading – please let me know of my typos

Alphabetical by record

I will update my rankings later.

Glassboro (6-0) beats Gloucester 35-12; last year they won 34-7; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 275-24; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 215-25 compared to 207-33 last year against the same teams; 18 game win streak (longest in South Jersey) – last loss in 2006 to Paulsboro – record indicates about equal to last year; probable 3rd seed in South Group 1

Palmyra (6-0) beats Riverside 42-0; last year they won 21-0; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 196-12; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 174-6 compared to 119-42 last year against the same teams; 8 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to New Egypt – record indicates significant improvement from last year; probable top seed in South Group 1

Buena (5-0) beats Penns Grove 13-6; last year they did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 148-60; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 135-54 compared to being outscored 109-71 last year against the same teams; 3 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to St. Augustine – record indicates significant improvement from last year

Camden Catholic (5-0) beats Willingboro 28-7; last year they did not play; they have outscored their 5 opponents 143-30; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 88-16 compared to 90-33 last year against the same teams; 6 game win streak – last lost in 2007 to St. Peter’s Prep – record indicates significant improvement from last year

Gloucester Catholic (5-0) beats Woodstown 42-7; last year they did not play; they have outscored their 4 opponents 183-110; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 141-103 compared to 63-32 last year against the same teams; 4 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Holy Cross – record indicate similar scoring margins (but more scoring) than last year

It is hard to know where to rank GC. I rank them above some of the other undefeated team based on level of competition, but that is debatable.

Haddonfield (5-0) beats Haddon Twp. 21-18; last year they won 30-0 they have outscored their 5 opponents 156-57; they have outscored their returning 4 opponents 122-50 compared to 86-35 last year against the same teams; 7 game win streak - last loss in 2007 to West Deptford – record indicates some improvement from last year

Paulsboro (5-0) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 177-40; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 132-33 compared to 104-14 last year against the same teams; 5 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Glassboro – record indicates slightly, but not significantly better than last year; probable 3rd seed in South Group 1

Paulsboro and Haddonfield have common opponents Woodbury and Overbrook. Paulsboro beat them 72-20 and Haddonfield beat them 62-19. Very slight edge to Paulsboro, but Paulsboro is ranked ahead of Haddonfield based on last meeting between the two.

West Deptford (5-0) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 220-48; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 130-28 compared to 69-46 last year against the same teams; 6 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Paulsboro – record indicates significant improvement over last year

Paulsboro and West Deptford have common opponents Lindenwold, Audubon and Overbrook. Paulsboro has outscored them 110-33. WD has outscored them 132-27. I keep Paulsboro ahead of WD in my rankings based on the last meeting between the 2, but there is a logical argument for WD. So, consider them even.

West Deptford and Haddonfield have common opponents Overbrook and Sterling. WD beat them 94-37 and Haddonfield beat them 72-21. Very slight edge to WD.

So, Paulsboro, WD and Haddonfield get ranked closely together. And they will play to decide it.

Williamstown (5-0) beat Clearview 41-21; last year they won 8-7; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 176-36; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 108-21 compared to 59-20 last year against the same teams; 6 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Eastern – record indicates significant improvement from last year

Cumberland (4-1) beats Kingsway 23-14; last year they won 34-22; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 147-75; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 114-75 compared to 90-59 last year against the same teams; 4 game win streak – last loss in 2008 to Delsea – record indicates similar to last year in scoring margin, but one more loss than last year to same opponents

Florence (4-1) beats New Egypt 27-7; last year they won 57-28; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 131-63; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 85-29 compared to 145-28 last year against the same teams; 2 game win streak – last loss in 2008 to Woodrow Wilson in OT – record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Holy Cross (4-1) beats Burlington City 27-6; last year they did not play; they outscored their first 5 opponents 89-59; they have been outscored by their 2 returning opponents 41-21 compared to outscoring 55-13 last year against the same teams; 4 game win streak ends – last previous loss in 2007 to Moorestown – record indicates significantly down from last year

Florence and Holy Cross have common opponent Burlington City. Florence beat them 37-8 and Holy Cross beat them 27-6. Florence lost in OT and Holy Cross lost by 27. So, Florence gets the slight edge, but I suspect that Holy Cross is probably the better team.

Holy Spirit (4-1) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 187-39 compared to 233-34 last year against the same teams; 17 game win streak ends – previous last loss in 2006 to Immaculata – record indicates a lower ranking than last year, but you can’t fault them for the big loss to Mainland after the way Mainland beat Hammonton this week – they deserve to be ranked higher than some of the undefeated teams and I will adjust my rankings to reflect that!

New Egypt (4-1) loses to Florence 27-7; Last year they did not lost 57-28; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 99-91 they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 69-67 compared to 117-83 last year against the same teams; 1 game losing streak – last win in 2008 over Woodrow Wilson – record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

New Egypt and Holy Cross have common opponent Burlington City. New Egypt beat them 24-6 and Holy Cross beat them 27-6. New Egypt lost their one game by 20 and Holy Cross lost their one game by 27. So, it is a tough call.

Penns Grove (4-1) loses to Buena 13-6; last year they did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 136-25; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 130-12 compared to 145-22 last year against the same teams; 5 game win streak - last loss in 2007 to Paulsboro – record indicates one more win against returning opponents, but similar to last year in scoring

Pennsville (4-1) beats Pitman 36-14; last year they won 48-0; they have outscored their first 4 opponents 143-105; they are been outscored by their first 3 returning opponents 76-69 compared to outscoring 89-34 last year against the same teams; 4 game win streak – last loss in 2008 to Glassboro – record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Pennsville and Penns Grove have common opponent Pitman. PV won 36-14 and PG won 40-0. So, PG gets the edge. PG won their last meeting. See comparison of PV to Gloucester below.

Washington Twp. (4-1) loses to Cherokee 21-0; last year they lost 24-14 they have outscored their first 5 opponents 138-72; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 105-65 compared to 97-110 last year against the same teams; record indicates significant improvement from last year

WT and Holy Spirit each have one loss to highly regard teams. They both get ranked above some undefeated teams. It is hard to judge which is better, but Holy Spirit gets the edge based on last year’s rankings.

Burlington Twp. (4-2) lost to Pemberton 20-14; last year they lost 32-24 OT; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 123-82; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 40-34 compared to outscoring 99-68 last year against the same teams – record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Clearview (3-2) loses to Williamstown 41-21; last year they lost 8-7; they have outscored their first 4 opponents 165-151; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 111-90 compared to 53-28 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year

Delran (3-2) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 96-62; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 71-45 compared to 90-66 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar scoring margins as last year

Delsea (3-2) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 141-121; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 120-109 compared to 84-75 last year against the same teams (also 2-2); record indicates similar scoring margins (but more scoring) as last year

Delsea lost to Clearview. They have common opponent Gloucester Catholic. Delsea lost to GC 54-26 and Clearview lost 45-42. It is easy to rank Clearview ahead of Delsea.

Gloucester (3-2) lost to Glassboro 35-13; last year they lost 34-7; they have outscored their 4 opponents 158-68 compared to 128-80 last year against the same teams; record indicates significant improvement from last year

Gloucester and Pennsville have common opponents Glassboro, Pitman and Salem. Gloucester outscored them 83-43 and Pennsville was outscored by them 75-69. No problem ranking Gloucester above PV.

I have watched both Gloucester and Florence and based on observation only, I have to rank Gloucester above Florence. Gloucester lost to teams with a combined record of 10-2 and Florence lost to a team with a record of 3-3.

Haddon Heights (3-2) beats Gateway 42-25; last year they did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 99-91; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 60-32 compared to 55-24 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year in scoring

Schalick (3-2) beats Clayton 56-14; last year they won 66-8; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 110-95; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 95-70 compared to outscoring 100-61 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

St. Joe's (3-2) did not play; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 119-53; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 119-29 compared to 68-69 last year against the same teams– record indicates significant improvement from last year despite more losses at this stage of the season

St. Joe’s and undefeated Buena have common opponents Bridgeton, Middle Twp. and Pleasantville. St. Joe’s beat them 110-6 and Buena beat them 114-39. So, St. Joe’s gets the edge over undefeated Buena.

Woodbury (3-2) beat Overbrook 41-7; last year they did not play; they have outscored by their first 5 opponents 121-99; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 78-45 compared to outscoring the same teams 39-33 last year; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Haddon Heights and Woodbury have common opponent Paulsboro. HH lost 33-0 and Woodbury lost 38-13. Woodbury beat Haddon Heights 20-12 So, Woodbury gets the edge.

Bridgeton (3-3) beats Pleasantville 35-14; last year they won 26-15; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 131-83; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 131-83 compared to outscoring 156-65 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down from last year

Bridgeton/Schalick/Delran – none of them has beaten a winning team. I could rank them in any order so I will go with they left off last year (Bridgeton #11, Delran #13 and Schalick #17).

Haddon Twp. (3-3) loses to Haddonfield 21-18; last year they won 18-16; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 86-72; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 67-52 compared to 90-63 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year

Haddon Twp. lost to Woodbury.
They have common opponents with Haddon Heights of Woodbury, Collingswood and Gateway. HT has outscored them 54-31 and HH has outscored them 74-52.
So it is too close to call.
By the end of the season, they will have 3 more common opponents.

Woodrow Wilson (3-3) beats Maple Shade 30-7; last year they did not play; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 115-99; they have been outscored by their 2 returning opponents 26-20 compared to being outscored 48-12 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Bishop Eustace (2-3) lost to Paul VI 21-14; last year they lost 26-7; they have outscored their first 4 opponents 84-72; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 66-56 compared to 96-54 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement in scoring margin from last year

Collingswood (2-3) beats Audubon 37-23; last year they lost 28-26; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 124-67; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 111-47 compared to 83-47 last year; record indicates some improvement over last year

Pemberton (2-3) beats Burlington Twp. 20-14; last year they won 32-24 OT; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 88-82; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 75-67 compared to 91-83 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last yearSterling (2-3) beats Lindenwold 27-14; last year they won 21-18; they have been outscored by their first 4 opponents 110-82 compared to outscoring 80-68 last year against the same teams; they reversed a win and loss; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Audubon (2-4) loses to Collingswood 37-23; last year they won 28-26; they have been by outscored their first 6 opponents 168-92; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 168-58 compared to 122-105 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Maple Shade (2-4) loses to Woodrow Wilson 30-7; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 126-50; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 96-43 compared to 137-20 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Woodstown (2-4) beats Highland 38-19; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 172-72 compared to being outscored by their first 6 opponents 122-75 last year against different teams in a different division; record indicates nothing as the level of competition is vastly different than last year

Ranking the 2 win teams:
Bishop Eustace played Holy Cross to OT.
Woodstown has clearly faced the toughest schedule.
Pemberton showed something when they beat Burlington Twp.
Sterling’s loss to Gateway hurts them.
Audubon has lost to good teams, but has not won big against the weaker opponents.
Sterling and Audubon have common opponents Gateway, Lindenwold and West Deptford. Sterling has been outscored by them 72-48 and Audubon has been outscored 96-41.
Maple Shade has lost to good teams, but has not won big against the weaker opponents.
I can put some 1 win teams above them based on level of competition.

Bordentown (1-4) loses to Cinnaminson 35-0; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 139-41; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 66-45 compared to 80-42 last year against the same teams; record indicates a small amount of improvement over last year

Cinnaminson (1-4) beats Bordentown 35-0; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 89-78; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 63-21 compared to outscoring 54-37 last year against the same teams – record indicates down from last year based on wins and losses

Gateway (1-4) loses to Haddon Heights 42-25; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 132-77; they have been outscored by their first 4 returning opponents 90-52 compared to 130-70 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Pitman (1-4) loses to Pennsville 36-14; last year they lost 48-0; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 171-54; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 124-42 compared to 189-19 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Riverside (1-4) loses to Palmyra 42-0; last year they lost 21-0; they have been outscored by their 5 opponents 116-54 compared to 138-72 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year

Riverside beat Bordentown 25-15.
Cinnaminson beat Bordentown 35-0.
Willingboro beat Cinnaminson 26-23

Wildwood (1-4) loses to Salem 36-0; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their 5 opponents 201-27; they have outscored their 1 returning opponent 24-18 compared to being outscored 14-0 last year – record indicates some improvement over last year

Wildwood’s only win was to bottom ranked Clayton.
Wildwood lost to Salem 36-0
Salem lost to Pitman 28-14
So, I rank them Pitman, Salem, Wildwood, Clayton

Camden (1-5) beats Northern Burlington 20-14 OT; last year they lost 22-14; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 102-47; they have outscored by their 3 returning opponents 61-34 compared to 91-26 last year against the same teams; record indicates improvement over last year

Camden plays a tough schedule and has not lost by more than 16. They deserve to be ranked the highest of the one win teams.

Deptford (1-5) loses to Gloucester Catholic 30-0; last year they lost 14-0; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 108-43; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 101-37 compared to 78-34 last year against the same teams; record indicates down in scoring margin to last year

Highland (1-5) loses to Woodstown 38-19; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 197-48; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 138-29 compared to 80-55 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down from last year

Kingsway (1-5) loses to Cumberland 23-14; last year they lost 34-22; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 165-116; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 129-100 compared to 80-62 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year in scoring, but down in wins

Deptford, Highland and Kingsway took turns beating each other. They have common opponent Cumberland. Deptford lost 23-14. Kingsway lost 23-14. Highland lost 42-13.
Deptford and Kingsway both played GC. Kingsway lost 42-35. Deptford lost 30-0.
Deptford and Highland both played Williamstown. Deptford lost 26-0. Highland lost 41-0.
Deptford and Highland both lost to Woodstown. Deptford lost 7-6 OT. Highland lost 38-19.So, I rank them: Kingsway, Deptford, Highland

Lindenwold (1-5) loses to Sterling 27-14; last year they lost 21-18; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 142-100; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 79-65 compared to 73-69 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar inscoring margin, but down in wins from last year

Gateway/Collingswood/Lindenwold:
Collingswood beat Lindenwold 16-13.
They have all played Audubon. Lindenwold won 26-0. Collingswood won 37-23. Gateway lost 34-28.
They have all played Haddon Twp. Lindenwold lost 14-6. Collingswood won 26-0. Gateway lost 14-6.
Collingswood and Gateway both played Haddon Heights. Collingswood lost 20-7. Gateway lost 42-25.
Lindenwold and Collingswood both played West Deptford. Lindenwold lost 48-20. Collingswood lost 42-7.
I rank them Collingswood, Lindenwold, Gateway.

Middle Twp. (1-5) loses to St. Augustine 49-13; last year they lost 28-14; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 199-62 (they won their first game by forfeit to a team that they did not play last year); they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 172-36 compared to 122-41 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Middle Twp. and Pitman both played Pennsville. Middle Twp. lost 27-26. Pitman lost 36-14.

Salem (1-5) beats Wildwood 36-0; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 196-41; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 160-41 compared to 143-51 last year against the same teams; record indicates somewhat down from last year

Willingboro (1-5) loses to Camden Catholic 28-6; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 133-44; they have been outscored by their 1 returning opponent 35-6 compared to 36-12 last year against the same opponent; record indicates similar to last year, but not enough to really compare

Burlington City (0-5) loses to Holy Cross 27-6; last year they di not play; they have been outscored by their 5 opponents 143-36; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 75-22 compared to 107-22 last year against the same teams; record indicates better defense than last year

Lower Cape May (0-5) loses to Allentown 28-13; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their 4 opponents 160-26; they have been outscored by their 3 returning opponents 134-19 compared to 181-34 last year against the same teams; 14 game losing streak– last won in 2006 over Middle Twp. – record indicates slightly down from last year

Pleasantville (0-5) loses to Bridgeton 35-14; last year they lost 26-15; they have been outscored by their first 5 opponents 211-57; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 170-30 compared to 125-54 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down from last year

Pleasantville and LCM have common opponents Holy Spirit and Bridgeton. Pleasantville has been outscored by them 91-14. LCM has been outscored 92-19. They play next week, but for now a slight edge to LCM.

Pleasantville scored on Clearview which Overbrook could not do last year.

Clayton (0-6) loses to Schalick 56-14; last year they lost 66-8; they have been outscored by their 5 opponents (they forfeited their first game to a team that they did not play last year) 217-44 compared to 208-35 last year against the same teams; record indicates slightly down from last year based on loss to Wildwood

Overbrook (0-6) loses to Woodbury 41-7; they did not play last year; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 204-27 compared to 203-14 last year against different teams in a different conference; record indicates nothing as the level of competition is vastly different than last year