Mustangs ranked No. 1 in the state — with a bullet
Even with a dominating performance against state-ranked Harrisburg there was no place higher for Gov. Mifflin to go in the state rankings — the Mustangs reached No. 1 the Class 5A last week for the first time in program history.
The Mustangs took apart the Cougars, who had been ranked No. 9 in Class 6A; that one-sided loss knocked them out of the PennLive.Com Top Team and into the Teams To Watch category.
Wyomissing remained No. 3 in Class 3A and Berks Catholic moved up one rung in 4A for the second straight week, to No. 6.
Exeter, which had been a Team To Watch in 5A, dropped off that list after a 17-14 loss at Hempfield.
Only one other District 3 team, unbeaten Manheim Central, is ranked in the Class 5A Top 10; the Barons are No. 8. They head to Wilson Friday.
Wyomissing remains the only District 3 team among the 14 listed in its classification.
Each of the other five top-ranked teams held their spots at the top: St. Joseph’s Prep in 6A, Thomas Jefferson in 4A, North Schuylkill in 3A, Southern Columbia in 2A and Steel-High in 1A.
In 6A, Archbishop Wood dropped from No. 2 to No. 6 after a 21-0 loss to Malvern Prep. Malvern (2-1) plays at Berks Catholic Friday. The Friars, like other non-PIAA schools, are not included in the rankings.
Berks Catholic is two spots behind Bishop McDevitt, the only other District 3 team in the 4A rankings.
Mifflin was ranked No. 2 last season and lost to top-ranked and eventual PIAA champ Pine-Richland 48-44 in a hard-fought semifinal.
In 6A, Central York remains No. 4; C.D. East and Harrisburg are the only other District 3 teams mentioned.
Central York is the only District 3 team ranked in 2A; the Fighting Irish are No. 10
Top-ranked Steel-High is the only District 3 team in 1A.
(Schools in rankings below are listed with their district)
| CLASS 6A (with district) | Record | |
| 1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12) | 2-1 | |
| 2. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) | 3-1 | |
| 3. La Salle College (12) | 4-0 | |
| 4. Central York (3) | 3-0 | |
| 5. North Penn (1) | 4-0 | |
| 6.Archbishop Wood (12) | 3-1 | |
| 7. Mount Lebanon (7) | 4-0 | |
| 8. Garnet Valley (1) | 4-0 | |
| 9. Parkland (11) | 3-0 | |
| 10. Downingtown East (1) | 4-0 |
| CLASS 5A (with district) | Record |
| 1. Gov. Mifflin (3) | 4-0 |
| 2. Imhotep Charter (12) | 2-1 |
| 3. Cathedral Prep (10) | 4-0 |
| 4. Gateway (7) | 3-1 |
| 5. Upper Dublin (1) | 3-1 |
| 6. Academy Park (1) | 3-0 |
| 7. Moon (7) | 4-0 |
| 8. Manheim Central (3) | 4-0 |
| 9. Whitehall (11) | 3-1 |
| 10. Peters Township (7) | 3-1 |
| CLASS 4A (with district) | Record |
| 1. Thomas Jefferson (7) | 3-0 |
| 2. Jersey Shore (4) | 4-0 |
| 3. Belle Vernon (7) | 3-0 |
| 4. Bishop McDevitt (3) | 2-1 |
| 5. Valley View (2) | 4-0 |
| 6. Berks Catholic (3) | 3-1 |
| 7. Aliquippa (7) | 2-1 |
| 8. Allentown Central Catholic (11) | 3-1 |
| 9. Northwestern Lehigh (11) | 4-0 |
| 10. McKeesport (7) | 3-1 |
| CLASS 3A (with district) | Record |
| 1. North Schuylkill (11) | 4-0 |
| 2. Central Valley (7) | 4-0 |
| 3. Wyomissing (3) | 4-0 |
| 4. Notre Dame (11) | 4-0 |
| 5. Scranton Prep (2) | 3-0 |
| 6. Bedford (5) | 4-0 |
| 7. Central Martinsburg (6) | 4-0 |
| 8. Neumann-Goretti (12) | 2-1 |
| 9. North Catholic (7) | 4-0 |
| 10. Clearfield | 4-0 |
| CLASS 2A (with district) | Record |
| 1. Southern Columbia (4) | 4-0 |
| 2. Farrell (10) | 3-0 |
| 3. Sto-Rox (7) | 4-0 |
| 4. Washington (7) | 4-0 |
| 5. Richland Township (6) | 3-1 |
| 6. Bellwood-Antis (6) | 4-0 |
| 7. Windber (5) | 4-0 |
| 8. Serra Catholic (7) | 4-0 |
| 9. Wilmington (10) | 2-1 |
| 10. York Catholic | 3-0 |
| CLASS 1A (with districts) | Records |
| 1. Steel-High (3) | 4-0 |
| 2. Old Forge (2) | 3-0 |
| 3. Muncy (4) | 3-1 |
| 4. Tri-Valley (11) | 3-0 |
| 5. Canton (4) | 4-0 |
| 6. Redbank Valley (9) | 3-1 |
| 7. Juniata Valley (6) | 3-0 |
| 8. Our Lady of Sacred Heart (7) | 3-0 |
| 9. Portage (6) | 4-0 |
| 10. Homer Center (6) | 3-1 |