Big Central Gridiron’s Pre-Season Top 10

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–The kickoff of the 2022 Big Central Conference Football season is upon us with the first game’s scheduled for Friday night, and culminating with Edison’s clash against Cedar Creek in the finale of the Battle at the Beach on Sunday afternoon in Ocean City. Here is BCG’s Pre-Season Top 10 with last year’s records in parenthesis.

  1. Phillipsburg (7-5)
  2. Somerville (8-3)
  3. Sayreville (8-3)
  4. North Brunswick (8-4)
  5. North Hunterdon (5-5)
  6. Ridge (7-3)
  7. Hillsborough (13-0) 
  8. St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1)
  9. Hillside (7-3)
  10. Bridgewater-Raritan (6-4)

Other teams considered:  Cranford (11-1), Woodbridge (7-3), Edison (7-4), Colonia (8-3), Union (9-2), Bernards (8-3), Westfield (4-6), New Providence (9-2), Delaware Valley (7-3), South Brunswick (4-5), Monroe (4-6), East Brunswick (8-2), Linden (3-6), Watchung Hills (2-8), Old Bridge (6-4), North Plainfield (6-4), Scotch Plains-Fanwood (5-6), Summit (5-5), and Rahway (4-5).