Week 6 high school football state rankings

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, October 2, 2017 | 10:06 PM

Following a rare defeat, Clairton fell out of the Class A Top 10 in the latest Pennlive.com state football rankings. Here's a look at the rankings for Week 6:

Pennlive.com Pennsylvania Football Rankings, Oct. 2

Class 6A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. St. Joseph's Prep (12)4-01

2. Pine-Richland (7)6-02

3. Parkland (11)6-03

4. State College (6)5-04

5. Downingtown East (1)6-05

6. La Salle College HS (12)5-17

7. Coatesville (1)5-19

8. Delaware Valley (2)6-010

9. Penn Hills (7)5-1NR

10. Erie High (10)5-1NR

Teams to watch: Cumberland Valley (3) 4-1, Pittsburgh C.C. (7) 4-2, Garnet Valley (1) 6-0, North Penn (1) 4-2, Central Dauphin (3) 4-1.

Class 5A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. Harrisburg (3)5-01

2. Archbishop Wood (12)4-22

3. Springfield-Delco (1)6-04

4. Penn-Trafford (7)6-06

5. West Allegheny (7)5-05

6. Manheim Central (3)5-07

7. Gateway (7)5-13

8. Unionville (1)6-08

9. Upper St. Clair (7)5-1NR

10. Cocalico (3)4-19

Teams to watch: Whitehall (11) 4-2, Bishop Shanahan (1) 5-1, Governor Mifflin (3) 5-1, McKeesport (7) 4-1, Upper Moreland (1) 6-0.

Class 4A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. Cathedral Prep (10)6-01

2. Imhotep Charter (12)5-12

3. Berks Catholic (3)5-03

4. Thomas Jefferson (7)5-04

5. Bethlehem Catholic (11)6-05

6. Belle Vernon (7)5-06

7. South Fayette (7)6-07

8. Pottsgrove (1)6-08

9. John Bartram (12)6-09

10. Greater Johnstown (6)5-110

Teams to watch: Selinsgrove (4) 5-1, Pope John Paul II (1) 6-0, Montour (7) 4-1, New Castle (7) 4-2, Bishop McDevitt (3) 4-2.

Class 3A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. Aliquippa (7)6-01

2. Scranton Prep (2)6-02

3. Mercyhurst Prep (10)6-04

4. Middletown (3)5-03

5. Palisades (11)6-05

6. Quaker Valley (7)6-06

7. Seton-LaSalle (7)5-08

8. Wyomissing (3)5-09

9. Huntingdon Area (6)6-010

10. Lehighton (11)6-0NR

Teams to watch: North Schuylkill (11) 5-1, Forest Hills (6) 5-1, Jim Thorpe (11) 6-0, Danville (4) 5-1, Elizabeth-Forward (7) 4-1.

Class 2A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. Southern Columbia (4)6-01

2. Steel Valley (7)4-02

3. Dunmore (2)6-03

4. Washington (7)5-04

5. Wilmington (10)6-05

6. Ligonier Valley (6)6-06

7. Kane (9)6-07

8. Neumann-Goretti (12)4-09

9. Wellsboro (4)6-0NR

10. Newport (3)6-010

Teams to watch: Greenville (10) 5-1, Clarion (9) 5-0, Chestnut Ridge (5) 5-1, Berlin-Brothersvalley (5) 6-0, Central Columbia (4) 6-0.

Class A

TeamRecordPrevious rank

1. Bishop Guilfoyle (6)6-01

2. Rochester (7)5-03

3. Steel-High (3)4-15

4. Williams Valley (11)6-04

5. Portage (6)6-08

6. Jeannette (7)6-09

7. California (7)6-0NR

8. Homer-Center (6)6-07

9. Imani Christian (7)4-2NR

10. Old Forge (2)6-010

Teams to watch: Clairton (7) 4-1, Farrell (10) 4-2, Lackawanna Trail (2) 5-1, Western Beaver (7) 5-1.