UNOFFICIAL Playoff Standings Update: Group 4

While most high school football teams across New Jersey played Friday night, still more have to play Saturday. But with much of Week 6 in the books, here’s a look at Central Jersey Sports Radio’s projections on updated playoff standings.

All our projections are unofficial and based on scores reported to Gridiron New Jersey – the official calculator of the NJSIAA’s UPR formula – with additional scores gathered from various media sources.

Please note, we have not performed any tiebreakers or top-down head-to-head comparisons, which is done on the final weekend within the field of 16, since future meetings could alter those adjustments. The top 16 teams in each supersection qualify for the playoffs. And while a minimum of two wins is needed, we’re not eliminating those teams yet either, as many teams still have two or three games remaining.

NORTH GROUP 4:

• No change for Phillipsburg, which plays Saturday at St. Joseph-Metuchen at 1 pm on Central Jersey Sports Radio. (Click here to listen.) Northern Highlands has a bye this week. The Stateliners shoudl jump them with a win, but even with a loss, perhaps, since the Falcons are a multiplier, giving them 75% of the SI value rather than half.
• Montgomery fell to Woodbridge Friday night, and that dropped the Cougars from fourth to eighth overall, while the Barrons went up two spots to 6th place.
• Ridge beat Hunterdon Central Friday, but still fell one spot to seven as Woodbridge passed them.
• Colonia held in 11th after a win over Plainfield Friday night.
• Westfield beat winless North Brunswick Friday night, but it didn’t drop them in the standings, nor did it help; they hold at 14.
• Despite a home loss to Rahway, Watchung Hills stays at 16, and their UPR holds at 16.2 as well. But the Indians shot up from 19 to 13 with the win.
• JFK remains a longshot, despite a 5-2 record. They held at 21 after beating North Plainfield Friday night.

SOUTH GROUP 4:

• Brick Memorial moved into one of the top two spots here, overtaking Manalapan and Red Bank after a win Friday night over Brick Twp. Red Bank visits Manasquan Saturday, while Manalapan lost at Wall.