Trib 10: Shakeup at bottom of big school power rankings

By: Don Rebel
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 8:43 PM

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The start of the “Stretch Run” of the high school football regular season was business as usual for the top six teams in both the big and small school power rankings.

However, there was some shuffling of the deck in the bottom four in this week’s Trib 10.

In the small school rankings, No. 7 Western Beaver being stunned by Mohawk was the only loss among the 10 ranked teams. The upset dropped the Golden Beavers to the No. 10 position with no other changes.

However, three of the four big school bottom ranked teams lost, dropping Mars two spots and forcing New Castle and Norwin out of the power rankings as quickly as they came in.

The two new teams in the big school rankings are Moon and a return to the Trib 10 for McKeesport.

The beat goes on for Central Catholic and Avonworth, as they continue to sit atop their respective rankings.

There are three head-to-head matchups between ranked teams in Week 8.

Among the big schools, No. 3 Pine-Richland hosts No. 4 North Allegheny, and No, 5 Upper St. Clair visits No. 10 Moon.

On the small school side, the much anticipated battle for the Class 3A Interstate Conference crowns takes place when No. 5 Elizabeth Forward travels to No. 8 Southmoreland.

Here is the latest Trib 10 big school and small school power rankings with overall record and last week’s ranking.

These rankings have zero classification boundaries.

Trib 10 Big Schools

1. Central Catholic, 7-1, (1): The Vikings visit Seneca Valley on Friday

2. Peters Township, 8-0, (2): The Indians visit Baldwin on Friday on Trib HSSN

3. Pine-Richland, 7-1, (3): The Rams host No. 4 North Allegheny on Friday on Trib HSSN

4. North Allegheny, 7-1, (4): The Tigers visit No. 3 Pine-Richland on Friday on Trib HSSN

5. Upper St. Clair, 7-1, (5): The Panthers visit No. 10 Moon on Friday on Trib HSSN

6. Woodland Hills, 6-2, (6): The Wolverines host Franklin Regional on Friday

7. McKeesport, 5-3, (NR): The Tigers visit Indiana on Friday on Trib HSSN

8. Penn-Trafford, 7-1, (10): The Warriors host Armstrong on Friday on Trib HSSN

9. Mars, 6-1, (7): The Fightin’ Planets host Hampton on Friday

10. Moon, 5-3, (8): The Tigers host No. 5 Upper St. Clair on Friday on Trib HSSN

Out: New Castle, Norwin

Trib 10 Small Schools

1. Avonworth, 8-0, (1): The Antelopes visit North Catholic on Friday on Trib HSSN

2. Imani Christian, 8-0, (2): The Saints host Burrell on Friday

3. Fort Cherry, 8-0, (3): The Rangers visit Shenango on Friday

4. Clairton, 6-1, (4): The Bears visit Riverview on Saturday on Trib HSSN

5. Elizabeth Forward, 7-1, (5): The Warriors visit No. 8 Southmoreland on Friday on Trib HSSN

6. South Allegheny, 8-0, (6): The Gladiators host Sto-Rox on Friday

7. Southmoreland, 8-0, (8): The Scotties host No. 5 Elizabeth Forward on Friday on Trib HSSN

8. Central Valley, 4-4, (9): The Warriors visit Hopewell on Friday

9. Seton LaSalle, 7-1, (10): The Rebels play Keystone Oaks on Friday

10. Western Beaver, 7-1, (7): The Golden Beavers host New Brighton on Friday

Out: None