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Playoff Picture · Through Week 3 · Non-public· 2025 season

Non-Public B

22 schools, statewide. A committee seeds non-public groups, so there are no playoff odds here: this is how we would seed it today, with our proposed formula.

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Everyone who enters is in

The fieldNo cut line. A committee seeds the bracket; this is how we would seed it today. Our bracket assumes 16 teams, so 6 schools sit outside it.
Top seeds1 Notre Dame · 2 St. Thomas Aquinas · 3 Immaculata · 4 Holy Spirit
How we seedHead-to-head first, then common opponents, then Strength Index.
EliminatedNone. There is no cut line.
What changedHoly Spirit climbed 7 to No. 4. Donovan Catholic fell 8 to No. 9. Since Week 2.

Projected bracket

First round · higher seed hosts · the number is the Strength Index
Top half
1Notre Dame4-074.8
16Morristown-Beard1-250.4
8Red Bank Catholic3-190.4
9Donovan Catholic4-091.0
5Paul VI2-170.3
12St. Mary1-356.6
4Holy Spirit1-370.8
13Hudson Catholic2-256.3
Bottom half
3Immaculata2-274.6
14Pingry2-155.1
6Paramus Catholic1-367.8
11St. John Vianney1-364.2
7DePaul2-274.5
10Pope John1-367.6
2St. Thomas Aquinas3-174.8
15St. Joseph-Hammonton1-355.0

First round, higher seed hosts. The number is the Strength Index. Assumes a 16-team field; 6 schools fall outside it today. Schools that choose not to enter come out and everyone below moves up.

Projected seeds

Strength Index, then head-to-head
SeedTeamStrength Index
1Notre Dame 4-0Ahead of St. Thomas Aquinas on Strength Index, 74.84 to 74.75; they haven't met.74.84
2St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1Ahead of Immaculata on Strength Index, 74.75 to 74.6; they haven't met.74.75
3Immaculata 2-2Ahead of Holy Spirit on common opponents (glassboro-glassboro): Immaculata went 0-1 against them, Holy Spirit 0-1.74.60
4Holy Spirit 1-3Ahead of Paul VI on Strength Index, 70.75 to 70.32; they haven't met.70.75
5Paul VI 2-1Ahead of Paramus Catholic on Strength Index, 70.32 to 67.81; they haven't met.70.32
6Paramus Catholic 1-3Ahead of DePaul: beat them 21-7 on Oct 23.67.81
7DePaul 2-2Ahead of Red Bank Catholic: beat them 35-28 on Aug 27.74.46
8Red Bank Catholic 3-1Ahead of Donovan Catholic: beat them 24-10 on Oct 16.90.39
9Donovan Catholic 4-0Ahead of Pope John on Strength Index, 91.04 to 67.59; they haven't met.91.04
10Pope John 1-3Ahead of St. John Vianney on Strength Index, 67.59 to 64.24; they haven't met.67.59
11St. John Vianney 1-3Ahead of St. Mary on Strength Index, 64.24 to 56.57; they haven't met.64.24
12St. Mary 1-3Ahead of Hudson Catholic: beat them 27-20 on Oct 3.56.57
13Hudson Catholic 2-2Ahead of Pingry on Strength Index, 56.26 to 55.07; they haven't met.56.26
14Pingry 2-1Ahead of St. Joseph-Hammonton on Strength Index, 55.07 to 54.99; they haven't met.55.07
15St. Joseph-Hammonton 1-3Ahead of Morristown-Beard on Strength Index, 54.99 to 50.43; they haven't met.54.99
16Morristown-Beard 1-2Ahead of Bishop Eustace on Strength Index, 50.43 to 50.08; they haven't met.50.43
Outside a 16-team field
17Bishop Eustace 2-2Ahead of Camden Catholic: beat them 30-22 on Sep 11.50.08
18Camden Catholic 2-2Ahead of Morris Catholic on Strength Index, 49.26 to 49.2; they haven't met.49.26
19Morris Catholic 1-3Ahead of Montclair-Kimberley on Strength Index, 49.2 to 48.22; they haven't met.49.20
20Montclair-Kimberley 2-0Ahead of Holy Cross on Strength Index, 48.22 to 41.29; they haven't met.48.22
21Holy Cross 2-1Ahead of Gloucester Catholic on common opponents (florence-burlington, west-windsor-plainsboro-west-windsor): Holy Cross went 2-0 against them, Gloucester Catholic 0-2.41.29
22Gloucester Catholic 0-312.37

Games that matter

Week 4

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How we seed

Head-to-head first: a team sits above every team it beat. Then common opponents. Then Strength Index, the rating the NJSIAA publishes. A committee makes the real call.

How the seeding works →
A proposal, not the NJSIAA's method

A committee makes the real call. This is our proposal for it, and the Standings and team pages use the same projection.

Non-Public B standings →
Checked every week

Our Strength Index is checked against the official NJSIAA list each week.

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