The Big Central Conference was formed via a merger between the football playing schools of the Greater Middlesex Conference and the football-only Mid-State Conference, which generally included all Union County and Skyland Conference football schools. The first season of play was set to begin in 2020, but the NJSIAA did not hold playoffs that year due to the lingering effects and restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is a list of all sectional final appearances – along with succeeding rounds – of Big Central Conference teams since 2021. Some games include clickable links to coverage on Central Jersey Sports Radio. Sectional finals are played at higher seeds, unless noted.
2021 (last year of Regional Championships)
- Hillsborough
- Central Jersey Group 5 Final: (1) Hillsborough 35, (3) North Brunswick 8 (11/19)
- South 5 Regional Championship: (CJ) Hillsborough 28, (SJ) Kingsway 7 (12/4 at Rutgers)
- Cranford
- North 2, Group 3 Final: (1) Cranford 45, (3) Sparta 21 (11/19)
- North 3 Regional Championship: (N1) West Morris 53, (N2) Cranford 14 (11/26 at MetLife Stadium)
2022 (first year of State Finals)
- Phillipsburg
- North 2, Group 5 Final: (6) West Orange 28, (1) Phillipsburg 7 (11/10)
- Edison
- Central Jersey Group 5: (6) Edison 28, (1) Lenape 14 (11/11)
- Group 5 Semifinals: (SJ) Toms River North 42, (CJ) Edison 14 (11/19 at Cherokee)
- North Hunterdon
- North 2, Group 4 Final: (1) North Hunterdon 49, (2) Randolph 35 (11/12)
- Group 4 Semifinals: (N1) Northern Highlands 21, (N2) North Hunterdon 20 (OT) (11/19 at Franklin)
- Hillside
- North 1, Group 3 Final: (1) Old Tappan 28, (2) Hillside 14) (11/12)
- Brearley
- North 2, Group 1 Final: (2) Mountain lakes 16, (4) Brearley 6 (11/12)
2023
- Phillipsburg
- North 2, Group 5 Final: (2) Union City 24, (1) Phillipsburg 17 (10/10)
- Bernards
- North 2, Group 2 Final: (2) Bernards 23, (5) Lakeland 17 (OT) (10/10)
- Group 2 Semifinals: (N1) Westwood 17, (N2) Bernards 0 (Fri 10/17)
2024
- Phillipsburg
- North 2, Group 4 Final: (1) Phillipsburg 13, (3) Northern Highlands 11 (11/15)
- Group 4 Semifinals: (N2) Phillipsburg 35, (N2) Ramapo 6 (11/22 at Phillipsburg)
- State Group 4 Final: (S) Winslow 35, (N2) Phillipsburg 0 (12/4 at Rutgers)
- Somerville
- Central Jersey Group 3 Final: (1) Somerville 24, (7) Delsea 6 (11/15)
- Group 3 Semifinals: (SJ) Mainland 36, (CJ) Somerville 35 (OT) (11/22 at Somerville)
- Bernards
- North 1, Group 2 Final: (5) Shabazz 28, (2) Bernards 14 (11/15)
- New Providence
- North 2, Group 1 Final: (1) Cedar Grove 35, (2) New Providence 14 (11/15)
2025
- Bridgewater-Raritan
- North 2, Group 5 Final: (1) Bridgewater-Raritan 21, (6) Bayonne 14 (11/14)
- Group 5 Semifinals: (N1) Passaic Tech 23, (N2) Bridgewater-Raritan 14 (11/21 at Passaic Tech)
- Old Bridge
- Central Jersey Group 5: (1) Washington Twp. 38, (3) Old Bridge 7
- Phillipsburg
- North 2, Group 4 Final: (1) Phillipsburg 41, (3) Montgomery 42 (11/14)
- Group 4 Semifinals: (N1) Ramapo 41, (N2) Phillipsburg 20 (11/21 at Phillipsburg)
- Summit
- North 2, Group 3 Final: (1) West Morris 35, (2) Summit 14 (11/14)
- New Providence
- North 2, Group 1 Final: (4) Cedar Grove 37, (3) New Providence 13 (Fri 11/14)
