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Playoff Picture · Through Week 5 · 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 Paul VI · 2 Paramus Catholic · 3 DePaul · 4 Red Bank Catholic
How we seedHead-to-head first, then common opponents, then Strength Index.
EliminatedNone. There is no cut line.
What changedParamus Catholic climbed 6 to No. 2. Donovan Catholic fell 4 to No. 5. Since Week 4.

Projected bracket

First round · higher seed hosts · the number is the Strength Index
Top half
1Paul VI4-177.9
16Morristown-Beard3-253.2
8Notre Dame6-068.8
9St. Thomas Aquinas3-368.7
5Donovan Catholic6-099.7
12St. Joseph-Hammonton3-364.6
4Red Bank Catholic4-291.8
13St. John Vianney2-463.8
Bottom half
3DePaul3-275.8
14St. Mary3-359.0
6Immaculata4-277.7
11Pingry4-165.1
7Holy Spirit2-469.4
10Pope John2-465.4
2Paramus Catholic3-375.2
15Hudson Catholic3-355.3

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
1Paul VI 4-1Ahead of Paramus Catholic on Strength Index, 77.9 to 75.17; they haven't met.77.90
2Paramus Catholic 3-3Ahead of DePaul: beat them 21-7 on Oct 23.75.17
3DePaul 3-2Ahead of Red Bank Catholic: beat them 35-28 on Aug 27.75.80
4Red Bank Catholic 4-2Ahead of Donovan Catholic: beat them 24-10 on Oct 16.91.77
5Donovan Catholic 6-0Ahead of Immaculata on Strength Index, 99.71 to 77.74; they haven't met.99.71
6Immaculata 4-2Ahead of Holy Spirit on common opponents (glassboro-glassboro): Immaculata went 0-1 against them, Holy Spirit 0-1.77.74
7Holy Spirit 2-4Ahead of Notre Dame on Strength Index, 69.42 to 68.78; they haven't met.69.42
8Notre Dame 6-0Ahead of St. Thomas Aquinas on Strength Index, 68.78 to 68.69; they haven't met.68.78
9St. Thomas Aquinas 3-3Ahead of Pope John on Strength Index, 68.69 to 65.4; they haven't met.68.69
10Pope John 2-4Ahead of Pingry on Strength Index, 65.4 to 65.09; they haven't met.65.40
11Pingry 4-1Ahead of St. Joseph-Hammonton on Strength Index, 65.09 to 64.58; they haven't met.65.09
12St. Joseph-Hammonton 3-3Ahead of St. John Vianney on Strength Index, 64.58 to 63.75; they haven't met.64.58
13St. John Vianney 2-4Ahead of St. Mary on Strength Index, 63.75 to 59.02; they haven't met.63.75
14St. Mary 3-3Ahead of Hudson Catholic: beat them 27-20 on Oct 3.59.02
15Hudson Catholic 3-3Ahead of Morristown-Beard on common opponents (newark-west-side-newark): Hudson Catholic went 1-0 against them, Morristown-Beard 0-1.55.28
16Morristown-Beard 3-2Ahead of Montclair-Kimberley: beat them 36-13 on Oct 10.53.23
Outside a 16-team field
17Montclair-Kimberley 4-0Ahead of Bishop Eustace on Strength Index, 55.27 to 49.3; they haven't met.55.27
18Bishop Eustace 3-3Ahead of Camden Catholic: beat them 30-22 on Sep 11.49.30
19Camden Catholic 3-3Ahead of Morris Catholic on Strength Index, 45.7 to 43.92; they haven't met.45.70
20Morris Catholic 2-4Ahead of Holy Cross on Strength Index, 43.92 to 40.12; they haven't met.43.92
21Holy Cross 3-2Ahead of Gloucester Catholic on common opponents (florence-burlington, west-windsor-plainsboro-west-windsor): Holy Cross went 2-0 against them, Gloucester Catholic 0-2.40.12
22Gloucester Catholic 0-510.41

Games that matter

Week 6

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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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