NJSIAA announces Non-Public playoff brackets; St. Joseph-Metuchen draws Bergen Catholic, St. Thomas draws road game at Immaculata One week later than the publics, the non-public football programs in New Jersey now know their seeding for the NJSIAA state tournament, which will kickoff for them next week. Neither Big Central Conference parochial - St. Joseph-Metuchen, nor St. Thomas Aquinas got home games in the opening round. The Falcons (8-1) received a five-seed out of the eight-team field in Non-Public North A, drawing fourth-seed Bergen Catholic (7-2).

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St. Joseph-Metuchen stays atop Big Central Power Rankings, with Phillipsburg right behind as Falcons and Stateliners stay in Top 25 For the second week in a row, St. Joseph-Metuchen leads the Big Central Power Rankings, with Phillipsburg right behind them, but some other teams made some moves. New Providence - still unbeaten - continues to climb, hopping over Somerville and Old Bridge - now in fourth and fifth, respectively - into third place. The power rankings are simply based on the state's Strength Index formula, which helps determine a team's OSI, which is 60% of the UPR playoff formula.

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