10/26/08

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Alphabetical by record

Glassboro (7-0) beats Penns Grove 35-6; last year they won 33-0; they have outscored their first 7 opponents 310-31; they have outscored their 6 returning opponents 250-31 compared to 240-33 last year against the same teams; 19 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 (7-0) beats New Egypt 28-3; last year they lost 7-0; they have outscored their first 7 opponents 204-15; they have outscored their 6 returning opponents 174-9 compared to 120-49 last year against the same teams; 10 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 (6-0) beats Lower Cape May 41-6; last year they won 34-14; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 189-66; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 176-60 compared to being outscored 143-85 last year against the same teams; 7 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to St. Augustine – record indicates significant improvement from last year

Buena beat PG 13-6 and Glassboro beat PG 35-6. Buena had the closest margin of victory against winless Millville. They get ranked last amongst the undefeated teams

Gloucester Catholic (6-0) beats Cumberland 28-14; last year they lost 16-13; they have outscored their 6 opponents 211-124; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 169-117 compared to 90-48 last year against the same teams; 6 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Holy Cross – record indicates improvement over last year

It is hard to know where to rank GC. I rank them above some of the other undefeated teams based on level of competition.

Paulsboro (6-0) beats Haddon Twp.20-0; last year they won 26-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 197-40; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 152-33 compared to 130-14 last year against the same teams; 6 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Glassboro – record indicates about equal to last year; probable 3rd seed in South Group 1

West Deptford (6-0) beats Haddonfield 43-0; last year they won 14-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 263-48; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 173-28 compared to 83-46 last year against the same teams; 7 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.

So, Paulsboro and WD get ranked closely together. And they will play to decide it. Paulsboro will probably play Glassboro in round 2 and then the 3 can be reasonably compared. I will rank WD and Glassboro based on their scoring margin vs. Paulsboro and Paulsboro will be ranked based on their victories or losses to those teams. Right now they are ranked based on last year against each other. They would be 1, 2, 3 in Small School rankings, but GC looks really good and has a strong argument to be ranked closer to Glassboro. I can only rank Glassboro above them based on scrimmage, but they have greatly improved since then. Glassboro has more speed and more options on offense. WD may be better but must avenge their defeat last year to Paulsboro to move up.

Williamstown (6-0) beats Kingsway 35-13; last year they won 41-8; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 211-49; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 143-34 compared to 110-28 last year against the same teams; 7 game win streak – last loss in 2007 to Eastern – record indicates some improvement from last year

Williamstown and Gloucester Catholic have 5 common opponents. Williamstown has outscored them 185-34 and GC has outscored those teams 183-110. GC won their last meeting. They play next week. I would normally rank GC ahead based on their last meeting, but there is a very strong argument for Williamstown based on scoring margin against common opponents, so Williamstown is highly ranked and is #2 amongst undefeated teams that I rank.

Camden Catholic (5-1) loses to powerful Shawnee 42-13; last year they did not play; they have outscored their 5 opponents 156-72; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 88-16 compared to 90-33 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement from last year

Camden Catholic beat Delran 42-14 compared to Palmyra beating Delran 22-6 and they get ranked above Palmyra.

Haddonfield (5-1) loses to West Deptford 43-0; last year lost 14-0; they have outscored their 6 opponents 156-100; they have outscored their returning 5 opponents 122-93 compared to 86-49 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement from last year

Florence (5-1) beats Bordentown 25-6; last year they won 37-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 156-69; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 110-35 compared to 182-28 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Holy Cross (5-1) beats Cinnaminson 22-0; last year they won 24-0; they outscored their first 6 opponents 111-59; they have outscored their 3 returning opponents 43-41 compared to 79-13 last year against the same teams; – 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 a a game in OT and Holy Cross lost a game by 27. So, Florence gets the edge.

Holy Spirit (5-1) beats Bridgeton 28-9; last year they won 55-7; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 215-48 compared to 288-41 last year against the same teams; 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.

Holy Spirit and Buena have common opponents Bridgeton, Pleasantville, LCM, Middle Twp. and LCM. HS has outscored them 182-15 and Buena has outscored them 155-45. HS gets ranked above Buena.

Holy Spirit has the closest margin of loss to very powerful Mainland. They get ranked above Palmyra and it is debatable whether they should be above CC. I’ll list CC ahead, but it is an even call.

Pennsville (5-1) beats Clayton 48-18; last year they won 48-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 191-123; they are been outscored by their first 4 returning opponents 124-93 compared to outscoring 137-34 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Washington Twp. (5-1) beats Lenape 35-14; last year they won 28-27 they have outscored their first 6 opponents 173-84; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 140-74 compared to 132-124 last year against the same teams; record indicates significant improvement from last year

Township gets ranked above all of the undefeated teams but Glassboro. They play a tough schedule and lost to a very good team. With one loss I can’t make them my top team, but I will give them the respect of making them my second ranked team.

Burlington Twp. (5-2) beats Camden 13-12; last year they won 26-14; they have outscored their first 7 opponents 136-82; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 52-47 compared to outscoring 125-82 last year against the same teams – record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Clearview (4-2) beats Highland 47-7; last year they won 26-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 212-158; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 137-118 compared to 54-53 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year, but games are more high scoring

Cumberland (4-2) loses to Gloucester Catholic 28-14; last year they lost 16-13; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 161-103; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 128-103 compared to 103-76 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year in scoring margin, but one more loss than last year to same opponents

Delran (4-2) beats Maple Shade 33-27; last year they won 34-6; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 129-89; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 98-78 compared to 96-100 last year against the same teams; record some improvement compared to last year

Delsea (4-2) beats Deptford 48-12; last year they won 21-20; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 189-133; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 168-121 compared to 105-95 last year against the same teams (also 3-2); record indicates some improvement in scoring margins (but more scoring) as compared to 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 (4-2) beats Schalick 32-14; last year they lost 10-7; they have outscored their 6 opponents 190-82 compared to 138-87 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.

PG beat Gloucester by 1 at Gloucester after losing by 1 last year at PG. They are fairly even. They have 4 common opponents. PG has outscored them 123-35 and Gloucester has outscored them 128-57. PG gets ranked ahead based on head-to-head.

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 11-2 and Florence lost to a team with a record of 3-3.

Haddon Heights (4-2) beats Sterling 17-6; last year they won 7-0; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 116-97; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 66-49 compared to 55-31 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year in scoring

New Egypt (4-2) loses to Palmyra 28-3; Last year they did won 7-0; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 119-102 they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 95-72 compared to outscoring 124-83 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Penns Grove (4-2) loses to Glassboro 35-6; last year they lost 33-0; they have outscored their first 5 opponents 141-60; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 136-47 compared to 145-55 last year against the same teams; record indicates one more win against returning opponents, but similar to last year in scoring

Pennsville and Penns Grove have common opponents Pitman and Clayton. PV won by a combined score of 84-32. PG won by 76-0. So, PG gets the edge. PG won their last meeting. PG lost to Buena 13-6 and Pennsville beat Middle Twp. 27-26. Buena beat Middle Twp. 47-17, so PG is ranked above PV as I doubt that PV could have beat Buena. See comparison of PV and PG to Gloucester above.

Woodbury (4-2) beats Audubon 27-13; last year they won 40-18; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 148-112; they have outscored by their 4 returning opponents 91-72 compared to outscoring the same teams 119-69 last year; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Haddon Heights and Woodbury have common opponents Paulsboro and Overbrook. HH lost 33-0 and won 25-6. Woodbury lost 38-13 and won 41-7. Woodbury beat Haddon Heights 20-12 (and also beat Haddon Twp.). So, Woodbury gets the edge.


Bishop Eustace (3-3) beat Wiilingboro 13-7; last year they did not play; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 97-79; 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 (3-3) beats Overbrook 13-12; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 136-80; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 111-47 compared to 83-47 last year; record indicates some improvement over last year

Schalick (3-3) loses to Gloucester 32-18; last year they won 10-7; they have outscored their first 6 opponents 142-113; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 127-84 compared to outscoring 107-71 last year against the same teams; record about equal in scoring margin compared to last year, but they have one more loss

St. Joe's (3-3) loses to St. Augustine 14-6; last year they won 22-14 they have outscored their first 6 opponents 125-57; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 125-33 compared to 90-83 last year against the same teams– record indicates significant improvement in scoring margin compared to last year but more losses at this stage of the season

Woodrow Wilson (3-3) 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

Bridgeton (3-4) loses to Holy Spirit 28-9; last year they lost 55-7; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 159-102; they have been outscored by their 6 returning opponents 159-81 compared to outscoring 163-120 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down from last year

Haddon Twp. (3-4) loses to Paulsboro 20-0; last year they lost 26-0; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 92-86; they have been outscored by their 6 returning opponents 73-72 compared to 94-79 last year against the same teams; record less defense compare to last year

Bridgeton/Schalick/Haddon Twp./Bishop Eustace – 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, Schalick #17, Haddon Twp. #24 and BE #28).

Woodrow Wilson is better than any of them and beat a winning team. St. Joe’s gets the highest ranking of the 3 win teams. Collingswood barely beat Overbrook and gets the lowest ranking.

Gateway (2-4) beats Lindenwold 24-6; last year they lost 27-7; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 138-101; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 96-76 compared to 157-77 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Pemberton (2-4) loses to Timber Creek 20-15; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 108-97; they have outscored their 4 returning opponents 75-67 compared to 91-83 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year

Sterling (2-4) loses to Haddon Heights 27-14; last year they lost 7-0; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 137-96 compared to outscoring 80-75 last year against the same teams; they reversed a win and loss; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Woodstown (2-4) 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

Audubon (2-5) loses to Woodbury 27-13; last year they lost 40-19; they have been by outscored
their first 7 opponents 195-105; they have been outscored by their 6 returning opponents 195-77 compared to 162-124 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Maple Shade (2-5) loses to Delran 33-27; last year they lost 34-6; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 159-77; they have been outscored by their first 6 returning opponents 129-70 compared to 171-26 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Middle Twp. (2-5) beats Pleasantville 41-26; last year they won 21-20; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 240-88 (they won their first game by forfeit to a team that they did not play last year); they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 198-77 compared to 142-62 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in scoring margin from last year

Pitman (2-4) beats Wildwood 34-14; last year they won 21-20; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 185-88; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 138-76 compared to 209-40 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement over last year

Riverside (2-4) beats Burlington City 27-16; last year they lost 30-22; they have been outscored by their 6 opponents 132-81 compared to 168-94 last year against the same teams; record indicates some improvement compared to last year

Ranking the 2 win teams:
Woodstown has clearly faced the toughest schedule.
Pemberton showed something when they beat Burlington Twp.
Audubon has lost to good teams, but has not won big against the weaker opponents.
Gateway beat Sterling, but lost to Audubon :
Middle Twp. and Pitman both played Pennsville. Middle Twp. lost 27-26. Pitman lost 36-14.
Maple Shade & Pitman have lost to good teams, but have not won big against the weaker opponents.
Maple Shade’s 7 point loss to Florence puts them ahead of Pitman.
Riverside lost to Maple Shade.

Bordentown (1-5) loses to Florence 25-6; last year they lost 37-0; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 164-47; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 91-51 compared to 117-42 last year against the same teams; record indicates a small amount of improvement over last year

Cinnaminson (1-5) loses to Holy Cross 22-0; last year they lost 24-0; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 111-78; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 85-21 compared to outscoring 78-37 last year against the same teams – record indicates down from last year based on wins and losses

Cinnaminson beat Bordentown 35-0.
Willingboro beat Cinnaminson 26-23

Salem (1-5) 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

Wildwood (1-5) loses to Pitman 34-14; last year they lost 21-20; they have been outscored by their 6 opponents 235-41; they have been outscored by their 2 returning opponents 52-38 compared to being outscored 35-20 last year – record indicates some improvement over last year as they have a win

Wildwood lost to Salem 36-0
Wildwood’s win came against Clayton whom Salem plays next.

Willingboro (1-5) loses to Bishop Eustace 13-7; last year they did not play; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 146-51; 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

Camden (1-6) loses to Burlington Township 13-12; last year they lost 26-14; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 115-59; they have outscored by their 4 returning opponents 74-46 compared to 117-40 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 (1-6) loses to Delsea 48-12; last year they lost 21-20; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 156-55; they have been outscored by their 6 returning opponents 149-49 compared to 99-55 last year against the same teams; record indicates down in scoring margin compared to last year

Highland (1-6) loses to Clearview 47-7; last year they lost 26-0; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 244-55; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 185-36 compared to 106-55 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down from last year

Kingsway (1-6) loses to Williamstown 35-13; last year they lost 41-8; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 200-129; they have been outscored by their 6 returning opponents 164-113 compared to 121-70 last year against the same teams; record indicates similar to last year in scoring margin, 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 (1-6) loses to Gateway 22-6; last year they won 27-7; they have been outscored by their first 7 opponents 164-106; they have outscored their 5 returning opponents 101-71 compared to outscoring 96-80 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down in compared to last year

Burlington City (0-6) loses to Riverside 27-16; last year they won 30-22; they have been outscored by their 6 opponents 170-52; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 105-38 compared to 129-52 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down compared to last year

Lower Cape May (0-6) loses to Buena 41-6; last year they lost 34-14; they have been outscored by their 6 opponents 201-32; they have been outscored by their 4 returning opponents 175-26 compared to 215-48 last year against the same teams; record indicates somewhat down from last year

Pleasantville (0-6) loses to Middle Twp. 41-26; last year they lost 21-20; they have been outscored by their first 6 opponents 252-83; they have been outscored by their 5 returning opponents 216-56 compared to 146-44 last year against the same teams; record indicates significantly down compared to last year

Pleasantville and LCM have common opponents Holy Spirit, Bridgeton and Buena. Pleasantville has been outscored by them 130-30. LCM has been outscored 133-26. They play in two weeks, but for now I’ll rank Pleasantville ahead based on their last meeting.

Pleasantville scored on Clearview which Overbrook could not do last year.
Clayton (0-7) loses to Pennsville 48-18; last year they lost 48-0; they have been outscored by their 6 opponents (they forfeited their first game to a team that they did not play last year) 265-62 compared to 256-35 last year against the same teams; record indicates slightly down from last year based on loss to Wildwood

Overbrook (0-7) loses to Collingswood 13-12; 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