Playoff Picture · Bracket · Through Week 7· Locks after the Oct 24 cutoff · 2025 season
North Group 5
If the season ended today: the top 16 split into two sections of eight, all the way to the Group 5 state final. Find your team to see where it lands.
East Orange is in the North Group 5 bracket as the #3 seed in Section B, playing #6 Perth Amboy in the first round (Lock to make the playoffs).
If it ended today
Through Week 7 · higher seed hosts · % = chance to make the playoffs, odds updated Sun 8:30 PM
West Orange
Livingston
Bridgewater-Raritan
Irvington
Phillipsburg
Union
Piscataway
Ridgewood
Elizabeth
Bloomfield
Passaic Tech
Bayonne
East Orange
Perth Amboy
Ramapo
Union CityThe road to the title
Could crash the bracket: Franklin 3-5 (28%) · Plainfield 2-6 (37%) · Linden 3-4 (19%)
2026 seeding snakes the top 16 between the two sections. Section names come with the NJSIAA alignment lists. "By" under a first-round game is the favourite's edge in Strength Index points, the margin the NJSIAA formula expects.
The top 16 eligible teams, snaked into two sections of eight: 1, 4, 5, 8… on one side and 2, 3, 6, 7… on the other. The higher seed hosts.
How qualifying works →“Ridge by 11” is the gap in Strength Index points, the margin the NJSIAA's own formula expects. A toss-up means the two are within half a point.
How the ratings work →The Playoff Picture, the Standings and every team page use these seeds, so they never disagree.
North Group 5 playoff picture →