BCG’s Small School Top Ten – September 28, 2025

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BCG's Small School Pre-Season Top Ten - September 28, 2025 - Logan Stevens
Logan Stevens leads the ground game for the Bernards Mountaineers, which remain atop the BCG Group 2 rankings with a 5-0 record.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Defending three-time BCG Small School Top Ten No. 1, Bernards continues its dominance among the small schools in the Big Central Conference. Despite losing several key players to graduation in 2024, the Mountaineers have again started strong with five straight wins to begin 2025.

Among Bernards’ five victories to begin this season are an opening week win over Cranford (27-15) and a Week 1 win at Hillside (24-14). The Mountaineers also claimed their sixth straight BCC division crown by defeating Delaware Valley (43-7), Voorhees (31-21), and J.P. Stevens (39-0) to clinch the Patriot Gold title.

New Providence also lost several key players to graduation, including QB T.J. Munn, but Kevin Reilly, Jack Fitzgerald, A.J. Whitehead, and Daniel Porretti have filled the void to bring home the BCC Patriot Silver crown. Voorhees downed long-time rival Delaware Valley for the first time since 2018 and finished second behind Bernards in the BCC’s Patriot Gold. View BCG’s latest small school rankings below:

  1. Bernards (5-0)
  2. New Providence (4-0) 
  3. Voorhees (4-1)
  4. Hillside (1-3)
  5. A.L. Johnson (3-1)
  6. Spotswood (5-0)
  7. Delaware Valley (3-2)
  8. Governor Livingston (3-2)
  9. Manville (5-0)
  10. Bound Brook (4-1)

Also considered: Roselle (1-3), Metuchen (1-4), Belvidere (2-3), David Brearley (2-3), Highland Park (2-2), Jonathan Dayton (3-1), Roselle Park (2-2), and Middlesex (2-3).