BCC Rankings – Strength Index – September 14, 2026

Despite its loss to Freedom from Pennsylvania in Week 2, Phillipsburg remains atop of the BCC Strength Index Rankings. Piscataway jumps to No. 2, while Bridgewater-Raritan is third.

Piscataway Jumps to Second in the Latest BCC Strength Index Rankings

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Earlier this week, Central Jersey Sports Radio updated official the strength index for all the high school football teams playing in the Garden State following Week 2 play.  During the off-season, NJ.com took over the responsibilities of handling the strength index, OSI, and power points for high school football.  Gridiron New Jersey shut down earlier this summer.  Big Central Gridiron has taken the latest strength indexes of all the Big Central Conference teams and ranked them from 1 to 59.  Below is what BCG managed to come up with.

Rank	School	Strength Index
1	Phillipsburg	79.46
2	Piscataway	77.27
3	Bridgewater-Raritan	77.04
4	St. Joseph (Met.)	75.69
5	St. Thomas Aquinas	75.67
6	Somerville	75.07
7	Rahway	74.22
8	Elizabeth	73.35
9	Old Bridge	73.10
10	New Providence	71.83
11	Sayreville	70.76
12	Hillside	69.86
13	Spotswood	69.68
14	Ridge	69.34
15	Manville	67.13
16	Bernards	66.99
17	Plainfield	65.59
18	Cranford	65.56
19	Linden	64.53
20	Summit	64.49
21	South Plainfield	64.03
22	Union	63.38
23	Montgomery	61.58
24	Woodbridge	61.21
25	Jonathan Dayton	60.95
26	Colonia	60.94
27	Johnson	60.84
28	Brearley	60.38
29	Hillsborough	59.51
30	Hunterdon Central	59.04
31	Monroe	58.94
32	Westfield	58.86
33	Delaware Valley	58.51
34	Highland Park	57.54
35	Belvidere	56.06
36	East Brunswick	55.45
37	Franklin	55.09
38	Metuchen	54.73
39	Roselle Park	54.89
40	Voorhees	54.39
41	Watchung Hills	53.17
42	Gov. Livingston	52.28
43	Carteret	52.14
44	South Brunswick	51.90
45	North Plainfield	49.62
46	Edison	47.77
47	South Hunterdon	44.92
48	Perth Amboy	44.36
49	Scotch Plains-Fanwood	44.29
50	North Brunswick	43.16
51	North Hunterdon	43.10
52	J.F. Kennedy	37.87
53	Bound Brook	37.14
54	Roselle	37.10
55	Middlesex	36.44
56	New Brunswick	32.78
57	J.P. Stevens	30.85
58	South River	26.01
59	Dunellen	25.95