Manville players and cheerleaders celebrate with their band after a win over Bound Brook on October 24, 2025, gave the Mustangs their first undefeated regular season since 1968. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
With Friday night’s Cutoff Weekend high school football games all in the books, Central Jersey Sports Radio is updating the unofficial NJSIAA playoff standings as we head into Saturday action.
We’ll have further analysis late morning into the afternoon Saturday, with our 2025 “Playoff Projection Show” scheduled for 6 pm where we give our bracket projections. The full tournament for the public schools will be unveiled on Sunday by the NJSIAA via Gridiron New Jersey. We’ll have them shortly after. The brackets become official at noon on Monday.
NORTH GROUP 1
- There was a lot of movement in this supersection Friday night, and it saw New Providence drop from second overall to fourth. And since the highest-ranked team yet to play this weekend is Wallkill Valley at eight, we think the Pioneers stay there, and will be the third-seed in North 2, Group 1.
- Brearley will have the same scenario as their opponent Saturday when they visit Dayton. Win and they’re in, lose and they’re out. A win could get them to 15 if Hawthorne loses, but if they win, the Bears would likely get in at 16.
SOUTH GROUP 1
- A lot changed Friday, and more could happen Saturday with eight teams in contention yet to play. One of those is Highland Park, which edged down to 16 Friday night, but they have winless South River, and even a win there likely drops them out, regardless what anyone else foes.
- Manville pulled up to seventh from 12th with a win over Bound Brook Friday night to take the Freedom Silver Division title in the BCC. Right now, they would be a four-seed hosting Asbury Park in the first round, but that could change, as Asbury hosts Freehold Boro Saturday, one of seven games that very well could reshape both brackets significantly.
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