2023 Strength Index Ratings Have Been Posted

By Jon Fass

Posted: Saturday, June 24, 2023 8:53 am

New Jersey's high school football season gets underway in two months, with 76 games scheduled for Friday, August 25, and another 19 games slated for either Saturday or Sunday of that weekend.

With that in mind, you'll notice the 2023 schedules are now online, as are the updated starting Strength Index ratings for each of the 339 schools that will field a varsity team this year (an alphabetized list of SI ratings can be found below).

As per the NJSIAA's 2023 Football Rules and Regulations, the initial Strength Index rating will be determined by taking the final Strength Index rating from the 2022 season (which includes all games played, not just those prior to the cutoff date), and moving that number closer to 60 by one-third.

For example, Team A had a Strength Index of 90 to finish last season. 90 minus 60 is 30, and one-third of that is 10, so Team A's Strength Index to begin this season is 80 (90 - 10). Team B had a Strength Index of 39 at the end of last year. 60 minus 39 is 21, and one-third of that is 7. Therefore, Team B's starting Strength Index for this season is 46 (39 + 7).

Absegami	54.65
Allentown	52.76
Asbury Park	68.39
Atlantic City	67.97
Audubon	58.75
Barnegat	52.69
Barringer	43.85
Bayonne	44.38
Becton	55.99
Belleville	42.43
Belvidere	36.08
Bergen Catholic	94.29
Bergen Tech	44.85
Bergenfield	58.73
Bernards	68.82
Bishop Eustace	37.60
Bloomfield	54.71
Bogota	54.88
Boonton	55.60
Bordentown	58.45
Bound Brook	34.43
Brearley	70.09
Brick Memorial	57.39
Brick Township	55.54
Bridgeton	39.19
Bridgewater-Raritan	62.82
Buena	51.59
Burlington City	55.23
Burlington Township	65.28
Butler	67.24
Caldwell	85.45
Camden	77.39
Camden Catholic	46.72
Camden Eastside	73.14
Carteret	57.68
Cedar Creek	67.60
Cedar Grove	71.29
Central	48.17
Chatham	64.05
Cherokee	72.86
Cherry Hill East	52.87
Cherry Hill West	60.21
Cinnaminson	58.58
Clayton	50.22
Clearview	49.92
Cliffside Park	47.44
Clifton	69.43
Collingswood	52.86
Colonia	59.93
Colts Neck	65.38
Columbia	55.25
Cranford	75.48
Cresskill	58.04
Cumberland	51.20
Dayton	43.99
Delaware Valley	65.05
Delbarton	79.98
Delran	54.67
Delsea	85.01
Demarest	55.97
DePaul	82.89
Deptford	62.86
Dickinson	45.39
Don Bosco Prep	82.98
Donovan Catholic	72.23
Dover	53.07
Dumont	62.49
Dunellen	44.72
Dwight Morrow	42.70
East Brunswick	56.48
East Orange Campus	67.98
Eastern	58.87
Edison	73.78
Egg Harbor	58.01
Elizabeth	53.28
Elmwood Park	59.77
Ewing	55.12
Fair Lawn	49.29
Ferris	22.08
Florence	48.21
Fort Lee	60.34
Franklin	52.01
Freehold Boro	47.71
Freehold Township	56.67
Garfield	55.71
Gateway	46.40
Glassboro	63.93
Glen Ridge	60.24
Glen Rock	67.75
Gloucester Catholic	45.27
Gloucester City	70.22
Governor Livingston	44.30
Hackensack	58.30
Hackettstown	62.10
Haddon Heights	62.41
Haddon Township	44.67
Haddonfield	73.65
Hamilton	45.63
Hammonton	75.97
Hanover Park	63.38
Harrison	40.78
Hasbrouck Heights	67.18
Hawthorne	55.89
High Point	49.15
Highland Park	30.29
Highland Regional	72.41
Hightstown	54.08
Hillsborough	67.40
Hillside	74.77
Hoboken	41.13
Holmdel	52.70
Holy Cross	33.52
Holy Spirit	77.74
Hopatcong	39.87
Hopewell Valley	68.13
Howell	59.01
Hudson Catholic	68.01
Hunterdon Central	63.50
Immaculata	64.70
Indian Hills	44.80
Irvington	74.43
J.P. Stevens	36.82
Jackson	66.94
Jackson Liberty	50.17
Jefferson	62.02
JFK (Iselin)	49.39
Johnson	59.17
Keansburg	47.88
Kearny	37.40
Keyport	54.06
Kingsway	76.33
Kinnelon	58.20
KIPP Cooper Norcross	30.15
Kittatinny	44.72
Lacey	58.59
Lakeland	59.02
Lakewood	40.92
Lawrence	39.18
Lenape	71.29
Lenape Valley	58.50
Lincoln	62.48
Linden	62.84
Lindenwold	28.45
Livingston	46.91
Lodi	48.41
Long Branch	69.13
Lower Cape May	61.15
Lyndhurst	53.02
Madison	67.54
Mahwah	55.52
Mainland	78.89
Manalapan	64.10
Manasquan	66.30
Manchester Regional	39.77
Manchester Township	45.92
Manville	64.29
Maple Shade	68.22
Marlboro	67.85
Mastery HS of Camden	43.19
Matawan	60.72
Memorial	43.20
Mendham	63.66
Metuchen	39.55
Middle Township	56.01
Middlesex	46.13
Middletown North	62.36
Middletown South	76.97
Millburn	49.30
Millville	78.06
Monmouth	53.45
Monroe	52.50
Montclair	67.26
Montclair Kimberley	48.42
Montgomery	66.15
Montville	61.49
Moorestown	56.20
Morris Catholic	49.52
Morris Hills	48.25
Morris Knolls	67.55
Morristown	61.41
Morristown-Beard	51.12
Mount Olive	58.08
Mountain Lakes	70.70
Neptune	48.60
New Brunswick	45.85
New Egypt	35.37
New Milford	40.76
New Providence	54.89
Newark Academy	35.44
Newark Central	48.08
Newark Collegiate	40.09
Newark East Side	49.21
Newark West Side	63.49
Newton	77.52
North Arlington	56.32
North Bergen	40.26
North Brunswick	70.44
North Hunterdon	76.41
North Plainfield	41.86
North Warren	58.38
Northern Burlington	59.36
Northern Highlands	76.80
Notre Dame	60.68
Nottingham	62.98
Nutley	54.08
Oakcrest	63.34
Ocean City	59.64
Ocean Township	62.86
Old Bridge	56.75
Old Tappan	85.61
Orange	56.80
Overbrook	60.34
Palisades Park	48.47
Palmyra	52.09
Paramus	55.92
Paramus Catholic	61.11
Park Ridge	68.08
Parsippany	49.01
Parsippany Hills	63.72
Pascack Hills	61.11
Pascack Valley	60.84
Passaic	41.69
Passaic County Tech	77.31
Passaic Valley	60.71
Paterson Eastside	68.74
Paterson Kennedy	41.30
Paul VI	69.69
Paulsboro	69.47
Pemberton	46.75
Penns Grove	55.82
Pennsauken	71.42
Pennsville	41.38
Pequannock	53.28
Perth Amboy	50.79
Phillipsburg	75.42
Pinelands	55.54
Pingry	61.86
Piscataway	65.88
Pitman	48.76
Plainfield	65.67
Pleasantville	62.87
Point Pleasant Beach	47.63
Point Pleasant Boro	77.21
Pompton Lakes	48.48
Pope John	62.30
Princeton	40.39
Rahway	57.68
Ramapo	79.48
Ramsey	67.77
Rancocas Valley	65.93
Randolph	73.01
Raritan	67.60
Red Bank	66.63
Red Bank Catholic	84.93
Ridge	80.33
Ridgefield Park	61.25
Ridgewood	68.29
River Dell	70.77
Riverside	38.78
Robbinsville	59.46
Roselle	66.22
Roselle Park	48.40
Roxbury	61.16
Rumson-Fair Haven	80.15
Rutherford	78.51
Saddle Brook	49.98
Salem	75.37
Sayreville	59.96
Schalick	56.24
Scotch Plains-Fanwood	54.14
Secaucus	52.13
Seneca	70.93
Seton Hall Prep	73.67
Shabazz	50.54
Shawnee	73.12
Shore	61.05
Snyder	60.80
Somerville	66.00
South Brunswick	61.82
South Hunterdon	62.00
South Plainfield	57.73
South River	43.47
Southern	58.82
Sparta	68.67
Spotswood	47.00
St. Augustine Prep	75.95
St. John Vianney	64.78
St. Joseph (Hamm.)	69.94
St. Joseph (Met.)	62.51
St. Joseph (Mont.)	79.64
St. Mary	54.67
St. Peter's Prep	75.71
St. Thomas Aquinas	72.70
Steinert	51.40
Sterling	37.57
Summit	65.03
Sussex Tech	46.04
Teaneck	53.25
Tenafly	55.08
Timber Creek	62.75
Toms River East	48.26
Toms River North	91.50
Toms River South	39.69
Trenton	42.03
Triton	48.92
Union	63.56
Union City	77.98
Vernon	64.79
Verona	56.54
Vineland	57.83
Voorhees	51.36
Waldwick	68.28
Wall	64.57
Wallington	52.44
Wallkill Valley	68.04
Warren Hills	63.44
Washington Township	71.97
Watchung Hills	72.32
Wayne Hills	62.04
Wayne Valley	73.90
Weehawken	66.47
Weequahic	78.77
West Deptford	67.48
West Essex	75.16
West Milford	51.22
West Morris	80.39
West Orange	73.15
West Windsor-Plainsboro	51.32
Westfield	75.54
Westwood	81.73
Whippany Park	45.72
Wildwood	36.92
Williamstown	59.46
Willingboro	73.68
Winslow Township	75.37
Woodbridge	63.18
Woodbury	76.90
Wood-Ridge	66.73
Woodstown	72.90

Jon Fass can be reached by emailing jon@gridironnewjersey.com.