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Playoff Picture · Through Week 4 · 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 Immaculata · 2 Paul VI · 3 St. Thomas Aquinas · 4 Notre Dame
How we seedHead-to-head first, then common opponents, then Strength Index.
EliminatedNone. There is no cut line.
What changedPaul VI climbed 6 to No. 2. Donovan Catholic fell 7 to No. 8. Since Week 3.

Projected bracket

First round · higher seed hosts · the number is the Strength Index
Top half
1Immaculata3-280.9
16Morristown-Beard2-253.0
8Donovan Catholic5-094.6
9Pope John2-370.1
5Paramus Catholic2-370.4
12Pingry3-163.3
4Notre Dame5-071.4
13St. Joseph-Hammonton2-359.9
Bottom half
3St. Thomas Aquinas3-271.5
14St. Mary2-357.9
6DePaul3-275.8
11St. John Vianney2-366.2
7Red Bank Catholic4-194.2
10Holy Spirit1-467.2
2Paul VI3-173.2
15Hudson Catholic3-256.4

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
1Immaculata 3-2Ahead of Paul VI on Strength Index, 80.86 to 73.23; they haven't met.80.86
2Paul VI 3-1Ahead of St. Thomas Aquinas on Strength Index, 73.23 to 71.49; they haven't met.73.23
3St. Thomas Aquinas 3-2Ahead of Notre Dame on Strength Index, 71.49 to 71.36; they haven't met.71.49
4Notre Dame 5-0Ahead of Paramus Catholic on Strength Index, 71.36 to 70.43; they haven't met.71.36
5Paramus Catholic 2-3Ahead of DePaul: beat them 21-7 on Oct 23.70.43
6DePaul 3-2Ahead of Red Bank Catholic: beat them 35-28 on Aug 27.75.80
7Red Bank Catholic 4-1Ahead of Donovan Catholic: beat them 24-10 on Oct 16.94.16
8Donovan Catholic 5-0Ahead of Pope John on Strength Index, 94.61 to 70.15; they haven't met.94.61
9Pope John 2-3Ahead of Holy Spirit on Strength Index, 70.15 to 67.16; they haven't met.70.15
10Holy Spirit 1-4Ahead of St. John Vianney on common opponents (cedar-creek-egg-harbor-city): Holy Spirit went 1-0 against them, St. John Vianney 1-0.67.16
11St. John Vianney 2-3Ahead of Pingry on Strength Index, 66.17 to 63.33; they haven't met.66.17
12Pingry 3-1Ahead of St. Joseph-Hammonton on Strength Index, 63.33 to 59.87; they haven't met.63.33
13St. Joseph-Hammonton 2-3Ahead of St. Mary on Strength Index, 59.87 to 57.93; they haven't met.59.87
14St. Mary 2-3Ahead of Hudson Catholic: beat them 27-20 on Oct 3.57.93
15Hudson Catholic 3-2Ahead of Morristown-Beard on common opponents (newark-west-side-newark): Hudson Catholic went 1-0 against them, Morristown-Beard 0-1.56.37
16Morristown-Beard 2-2Ahead of Morris Catholic on Strength Index, 53 to 48.72; they haven't met.53.00
Outside a 16-team field
17Morris Catholic 2-3Ahead of Montclair-Kimberley on Strength Index, 48.72 to 47.41; they haven't met.48.72
18Montclair-Kimberley 3-0Ahead of Bishop Eustace on Strength Index, 47.41 to 46.27; they haven't met.47.41
19Bishop Eustace 2-3Ahead of Camden Catholic: beat them 30-22 on Sep 11.46.27
20Camden Catholic 3-2Ahead of Holy Cross on common opponents (Bishop Eustace, florence-burlington, riverside-riverside): Camden Catholic went 2-1 against them, Holy Cross 2-1.49.72
21Holy Cross 2-2Ahead of Gloucester Catholic on common opponents (florence-burlington, west-windsor-plainsboro-west-windsor): Holy Cross went 2-0 against them, Gloucester Catholic 0-2.38.05
22Gloucester Catholic 0-414.29

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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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