Playoff Picture · Bracket · Through Week 7· Locks after the Oct 24 cutoff · 2025 season
South Group 2
If the season ended today: the top 16 split into two sections of eight, all the way to the Group 2 state final. Find your team to see where it lands.
Rumson-Fair Haven is in the South Group 2 bracket as the #1 seed in Section B, playing #8 Overbrook 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 PMThe road to the title
Could crash the bracket: Bordentown 6-1 (69%) · Governor Livingston 4-4 (10%) · Haddon Heights 4-3 (Eliminated)
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.
South Group 2 playoff picture →