By Jon Fass,
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:20 am
Obviously, New Jersey's 2020 high school football season has been like no other, and hopefully, we'll welcome back a return to normal next year.
As the "Postseason" kicks off this weekend, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at how things would look if this was, in fact, a traditional autumn on the gridiron.
Strength Index has been calculated throughout the season, and just as it did this year, will serve as the benchmark to begin next season's rankings.
OSI, power points and UPR have also been calculated and published online. Hopefully, these numbers will give some sort of sense of how teams are stacking up against one another, and what potential playoffs brackets would have looked like under normal circumstances.
Meanwhile, here's a look at Strength Index, broken down by Non-Public and Public group sizes. And as a refresher, taken from the NJSIAA's Football Regulations, "...a team’s Strength Index will move weekly based on the game results compared to the expected outcome of each game. The expected outcome of a game is determined by the Strength Index values prior to the start of the game. For every point off the expected outcome, teams will move by 1/5 (or .2) in the appropriate direction depending the game result. However, please be reminded that a school’s own Strength Index rating has no bearing on its OSI calculation that is included in the United Power Ranking system."
Non-Public:
1. St. Peter's Prep (96.10)
2. St. Joseph (Mont.) (95.31)
3. St. Joseph (Hamm.) (90.83)
4. Donovan Catholic (89.80)
5. Delbarton (89.37)
6. Bergen Catholic (89.02)
7. Holy Spirit (88.35)
8. St. Augustine Prep (85.48)
9. Don Bosco Prep (82.2)
10. DePaul (81.37)
Group 1:
1. Paulsboro (87.12)
2. Willingboro (84.24)
3. Park Ridge (82.79)
4. Salem (81.32)
5. Penns Grove (77.47)
6. Hoboken (75.6)
7. Becton (74.99)
8. Boonton (71.9)
9. Pompton Lakes (71.38)
10. Cedar Grove (70.43)
Group 2:
1. Hillside (84.17)
2. Camden (80.14)
3. Newton (77.61)
4. West Deptford (76.35)
5. Haddonfield (76.29)
6. Ramsey (73.94)
7. Verona (73.88)
8. Lenape Valley (73.82)
9. Mahwah (73.38)
10. Haddon Heights (73.31)
Group 3:
1. Ramapo (91.4)
2. Wall (89.85)
3. Newark West Side (89.26)
4. Somerville (88.23)
5. Rumson-Fair Haven (84.15)
6. River Dell (83.18)
7. Sparta (79.93)
8. Delsea (79.07)
9. Burlington Township (77.35)
10. Holmdel (76.74)
Group 4:
1. Ocean City (93.14)
2. Phillipsburg (89.18)
3. Randolph (87.74)
4. Woodbridge (85.74)
5. Wayne Hills (82.95)
6. Northern Highlands (80.14)
7. Winslow Township (78.92)
8. Cranford (78.85)
9. Mount Olive (78.63)
10. Hammonton (78.52)
Group 5:
1. Cherokee (88.41)
2. Lenape (86.35)
3. West Orange (84.53)
4. Union (80.48)
5. Williamstown (80.33)
6. Ridgewood (79.24)
7. Clifton (78.27)
8. Ridge (77.63)
9. North Brunswick (76.49)
10. East Orange Campus (76.35)
1. Paulsboro (87.12)
2. Willingboro (84.24)
3. Park Ridge (82.79)
4. Salem (81.32)
5. Penns Grove (77.47)
6. Hoboken (75.6)
7. Becton (74.99)
8. Boonton (71.9)
9. Pompton Lakes (71.38)
10. Cedar Grove (70.43)
Group 2:
1. Hillside (84.17)
2. Camden (80.14)
3. Newton (77.61)
4. West Deptford (76.35)
5. Haddonfield (76.29)
6. Ramsey (73.94)
7. Verona (73.88)
8. Lenape Valley (73.82)
9. Mahwah (73.38)
10. Haddon Heights (73.31)
Group 3:
1. Ramapo (91.4)
2. Wall (89.85)
3. Newark West Side (89.26)
4. Somerville (88.23)
5. Rumson-Fair Haven (84.15)
6. River Dell (83.18)
7. Sparta (79.93)
8. Delsea (79.07)
9. Burlington Township (77.35)
10. Holmdel (76.74)
Group 4:
1. Ocean City (93.14)
2. Phillipsburg (89.18)
3. Randolph (87.74)
4. Woodbridge (85.74)
5. Wayne Hills (82.95)
6. Northern Highlands (80.14)
7. Winslow Township (78.92)
8. Cranford (78.85)
9. Mount Olive (78.63)
10. Hammonton (78.52)
Group 5:
1. Cherokee (88.41)
2. Lenape (86.35)
3. West Orange (84.53)
4. Union (80.48)
5. Williamstown (80.33)
6. Ridgewood (79.24)
7. Clifton (78.27)
8. Ridge (77.63)
9. North Brunswick (76.49)
10. East Orange Campus (76.35)
Jon Fass is the owner/operator of Gridiron New Jersey and can be reached by emailing jon@gridironnewjersey.com.