As the leaves fall and the air gets crisp, high school football in New York gears up. It’s that time of year when communities come together under the bright Friday night lights, cheering for their local heroes on the football field. But what gets everything started for this exciting show? It’s the New York High School Football Rankings for 2023.
The 2023 New York high school football season is shaping up to be a very exciting one. With so many talented teams, it is sure to be a competitive season. Be sure to follow along with all of the action and see who comes out on top.
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New York High School Football Rankings 2023 All class
NY Class A High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Somers (Lincolndale) 2-1 19.80 0.8 2 Yorktown (Yorktown Heights) 3-0 6.50 -18.0 3 Niskayuna 2-1 2.70 -7.2 4 Harrison 2-1 2.70 -10.4 5 Victor 3-0 2.00 -17.4 6 Mahopac 2-1 1.40 -4.6 7 Vestal 2-0 0.30 -21.0 8 East/World of Inquiry (Rochester) 3-0 0.20 -28.5 9 Union-Endicott (Endicott) 0-2 -0.70 15.9 10 Eastchester 2-1 -1.10 -12.0 11 Clarkstown South (West Nyack) 1-1 -1.70 -7.7 12 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills) 2-0 -4.00 -18.1 13 Cornwall Central (New Windsor) 3-0 -4.10 -32.3 14 Horseheads 3-0 -4.60 -27.6 15 Whitesboro (Marcy) 2-1 -5.00 -18.7 16 West Seneca West (West Seneca) 2-1 -6.40 -16.8 17 Clarence 3-0 -6.70 -23.9 18 John Jay (Cross River) 1-1 -6.90 -5.2 19 Webster Schroeder (Webster) 2-1 -9.10 -21.0 20 Brewster 1-1 -9.10 -13.2 21 Canandaigua Academy (Canandaigua) 2-1 -9.50 -16.6 22 Averill Park 1-2 -9.70 0.9 23 Minisink Valley (Slate Hill) 1-1 -10.60 -12.0 24 Bethlehem Central (Delmar) 3-0 -10.70 -37.8 25 Our Lady of Lourdes (Poughkeepsie) 2-1 -11.10 -31.4
NY Class AA High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Lewis J. Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East (Buffalo) 3-0 19.10 -12.6 2 Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse) 3-0 17.70 -9.7 3 Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero) 3-0 14.10 -4.8 4 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) 3-0 10.90 -18.7 5 Arlington (LaGrangeville) 3-0 10.70 -10.9 6 Christian Brothers Academy (Albany) 2-0 8.60 -8.6 7 University Prep (Rochester) 3-0 6.20 -21.6 8 Shenendehowa (Clifton Park) 2-0 5.60 -16.1 9 Jamestown 3-0 4.90 -24.5 10 Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh) 2-0 4.00 -17.3 11 Hilton 3-0 3.80 -14.8 12 Shaker (Latham) 2-1 1.20 -2.1 13 North Rockland (Thiells) 3-0 0.60 -23.5 14 Lancaster 3-0 0.60 -31.1 15 Carmel 1-1 -1.20 -9.1 16 John Jay (Hopewell Junction) 3-0 -1.40 -29.1 17 Middletown 2-0 -1.80 -20.4 18 Liverpool 3-0 -2.50 -20.9 19 Corning-Painted Post (Corning) 0-2 -6.90 15.9 20 Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley) 1-1 -7.00 -5.3 21 Orchard Park 2-1 -7.00 -10.7 22 Pittsford 1-2 -7.50 -0.3 23 Fairport 1-2 -9.10 -1.8 24 Elmira/Southside (Elmira) 1-1 -9.10 -10.2 25 Ballston Spa 2-1 -11.00 -20.2
NY Class B High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Maine-Endwell (Endwell) 2-0 25.10 -30.8 2 Pleasantville 2-0 9.90 -10.4 3 Rye 2-1 5.00 -6.9 4 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk (Ravena) 3-0 0.60 -49.0 5 Pioneer (Yorkshire) 3-0 0.00 -34.7 6 Iroquois (Elma) 3-0 -1.30 -53.6 7 Indian River (Philadelphia) 3-0 -1.50 -28.0 8 Monroe (Rochester) 2-0 -1.70 -43.3 9 Windsor Central (Windsor) 3-0 -2.00 -34.3 10 New Hartford 3-0 -4.20 -31.3 11 Ardsley 2-0 -6.90 -41.9 12 Batavia 2-1 -9.70 -23.0 13 Peru 3-0 -9.80 -42.6 14 Nanuet 1-1 -9.80 -17.6 15 Pearl River 1-1 -10.00 -19.9 16 Byram Hills (Armonk) 1-1 -10.50 -20.4 17 Norwich 2-1 -11.00 -25.5 18 Lakeland (Shrub Oak) 2-1 -13.60 -28.2 19 Honeoye Falls-Lima (Honeoye Falls) 1-2 -14.70 -2.5 20 Institute of Tech (Syracuse) 3-0 -14.80 -35.8 21 Marlboro Central (Marlboro) 2-0 -17.30 -36.7 22 Port Jervis 2-1 -17.30 -30.5 23 Lackawanna 3-0 -17.50 -65.9 24 Owego Free Academy (Owego) 1-1 -17.80 -4.5 25 Glens Falls 2-0 -18.60 -43.7
NY Class C High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Waverly 2-1 4.10 -14.1 2 Schuylerville 3-0 3.40 -21.2 3 Cazenovia 2-0 0.90 -20.7 4 Adirondack (Boonville) 3-0 0.40 -22.4 5 General Brown (Dexter) 1-1 -3.60 -17.0 6 Fonda-Fultonville (Fonda) 2-1 -4.10 -23.8 7 Chenango Forks (Binghamton) 1-1 -8.10 -17.8 8 Susquehanna Valley (Conklin) 2-0 -9.30 -33.4 9 Hoosick Falls/Tamarac (Hoosick Falls) 3-0 -9.70 -50.5 10 Lowville 3-0 -10.60 -26.9 11 Westlake (Thornwood) 1-0 -12.50 -29.0 12 Solvay 3-0 -13.10 -36.6 13 Medina 3-0 -14.10 -29.1 14 O’Neill (Highland Falls) 1-2 -14.30 -17.2 15 Salamanca 2-1 -16.10 -26.7 16 Southwestern (Jamestown) 2-1 -18.40 -24.2 17 Saranac 3-0 -19.90 -50.7 18 Canastota 2-1 -20.80 -26.3 19 Bishop Ludden/Syracuse Academy of Science (Syracuse) 1-2 -21.60 -13.9 20 Gouverneur 2-0 -22.50 -59.2 21 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove (Falconer) 2-1 -23.00 -31.6 22 Dobbs Ferry 1-0 -24.20 -60.2 23 Le Roy 3-0 -24.20 -49.2 24 Fredonia 1-2 -27.20 -21.0 25 Holland Patent 1-2 -27.60 -23.0
NY Class CHSFL A High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 St. Dominic (Oyster Bay) 1-1 -52.10 -44.9
NY Class CHSFL AAA High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains) 2-1 38.20 37.6 2 Iona Prep (New Rochelle) 2-1 37.40 31.3 3 St. Anthony’s (Melville) 2-1 37.10 39.4 4 Cardinal Hayes (Bronx) 2-1 28.40 28.3 5 Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island) 2-1 22.10 17.6 6 Chaminade (Mineola) 0-2 6.50 31.6 7 Holy Trinity (Hicksville) 2-1 3.00 -0.8 8 Kellenberg Memorial (Uniondale) 1-2 -6.30 2.2
NY Class D High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Tioga (Tioga Center) 3-0 18.80 -24.3 2 Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama (Clymer) 3-0 1.40 -21.6 3 Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton (Warrensburg) 3-0 1.10 -54.2 4 Delaware Academy (Delhi) 3-0 -8.50 -47.7 5 Franklinville/Ellicottville (Franklinville) 3-0 -9.60 -42.6 6 Burke Catholic (Goshen) 2-1 -13.80 -22.3 7 Stillwater 3-0 -16.40 -39.6 8 Mt. Markham (West Winfield) 3-0 -16.50 -51.5 9 Oakfield-Alabama/Elba (Oakfield) 2-1 -18.80 -47.2 10 Tuckahoe (Eastchester) 2-0 -19.20 -39.7 11 Randolph 0-3 -21.30 -9.3 12 Spencer-Van Etten/Candor (Spencer) 3-0 -21.60 -36.8 13 Walton 2-0 -23.40 -52.1 14 Wilson 2-1 -24.90 -38.6 15 Moriah (Port Henry) 2-1 -25.20 -38.3 16 Canajoharie/Fort Plain (Canajoharie) 2-0 -26.90 -33.3 17 Cambridge/Salem (Cambridge) 1-2 -27.00 -25.9 18 Beaver River (Beaver Falls) 1-2 -29.10 -28.4 19 Sandy Creek 2-0 -33.60 -43.7 20 Dolgeville 0-2 -33.80 -31.5 21 Newark Valley 0-2 -34.20 -19.8 22 Canisteo-Greenwood (Canisteo) 3-0 -35.70 -53.6 23 Avon 2-1 -35.90 -38.3 24 Greenwich 2-1 -39.40 -51.1 25 Pulaski 2-1 -40.40 -46.4
NY Class I High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Farmingdale 2-0 7.30 -21.3 2 William Floyd (Mastic Beach) 2-0 2.10 -17.5 3 Massapequa 2-0 0.00 -28.1 4 Hempstead 2-0 -10.10 -30.7 5 Sachem North (Lake Ronkonkoma) 2-0 -10.90 -22.7 6 Ward Melville (East Setauket) 1-1 -11.60 -13.8 7 Syosset 1-1 -13.20 -21.3 8 Oceanside 2-0 -13.70 -32.7 9 Longwood (Middle Island) 1-1 -17.90 -14.8 10 Lindenhurst 1-1 -18.40 -23.6 11 Freeport 1-1 -19.60 -30.2 12 East Meadow 2-0 -19.60 -38.7 13 Connetquot (Bohemia) 1-1 -23.10 -28.4 14 Baldwin 0-2 -24.40 -5.2 15 Commack 1-1 -27.20 -34.3 16 Uniondale 1-1 -29.10 -21.3 17 Sachem East (Farmingville) 1-1 -29.10 -35.7 18 Walt Whitman (Huntington Station) 1-1 -29.70 -32.0 19 Port Washington 0-2 -31.60 -9.9 20 Westbury (Old Westbury) 1-1 -36.80 -28.4 21 Bay Shore 2-0 -44.30 -55.2 22 Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK (Plainview) 0-2 -45.50 -16.8 23 Valley Stream Central (Valley Stream) 0-2 -46.40 -28.3 24 Hicksville 0-2 -49.80 -21.3 25 Brentwood 1-1 -52.20 -44.4
NY Class II High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Garden City 3-0 12.20 -18.9 2 Carey (Franklin Square) 3-0 -1.90 -22.0 3 West Islip 2-0 -9.10 -26.4 4 Long Beach 1-1 -10.80 -24.2 5 North Babylon 2-0 -11.90 -23.1 6 Bellport (Brookhaven) 1-1 -13.20 -25.1 7 Mepham (North Bellmore) 2-1 -16.90 -32.2 8 Elmont Memorial (Elmont) 2-1 -17.40 -20.5 9 New Hyde Park Memorial (New Hyde Park) 1-2 -18.10 -10.7 10 Deer Park 2-0 -19.10 -36.7 11 Manhasset 3-0 -19.90 -47.5 12 Half Hollow Hills East (Dix Hills) 1-1 -21.60 -23.3 13 West Babylon 2-0 -23.20 -53.9 14 Northport 1-1 -24.40 -25.4 15 Calhoun (Merrick) 1-2 -27.40 -19.0 16 MacArthur (Levittown) 1-2 -30.30 -24.8 17 Newfield (Selden) 0-2 -34.50 -20.5 18 Smithtown East (Smithtown) 0-2 -38.60 -21.9 19 Huntington 0-2 -39.30 -16.3 20 Centereach 1-1 -40.90 -40.8 21 Sewanhaka (Floral Park) 0-2 -42.40 -17.9 22 Herricks (New Hyde Park) 0-2 -51.40 -18.5 23 Roslyn/Friends Academy (Roslyn Heights) 0-2 -52.30 -29.0 24 Jericho 0-2 -60.60 -15.5 25 Copiague 0-2 -68.20 -32.2
NY Class III High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Sayville 2-0 15.20 -10.9 2 Westhampton Beach 2-0 3.40 -21.9 3 Plainedge (Massapequa) 2-0 1.30 -28.9 4 Wantagh 2-0 0.40 -25.4 5 Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills) 3-0 -0.70 -21.5 6 East Islip (Islip Terrace) 1-1 -2.40 -3.5 7 South Side (Rockville Centre) 2-0 -5.70 -30.7 8 Kings Park 1-2 -6.10 -4.8 9 Hauppauge 3-0 -7.90 -33.4 10 Smithtown West (Smithtown) 1-2 -15.50 -9.5 11 Lynbrook 2-0 -17.70 -37.3 12 Comsewogue (Port Jefferson Station) 1-1 -19.60 -6.0 13 Floral Park Memorial (Floral Park) 1-1 -20.60 -23.1 14 Roosevelt 1-1 -23.90 -18.5 15 Harborfields (Greenlawn) 1-2 -24.00 -16.7 16 East Hampton-Bridgehampton-Pierson (East Hampton) 1-2 -25.30 -15.6 17 Clarke (Westbury) 1-1 -26.60 -20.8 18 Eastport-South Manor (Manorville) 1-1 -27.20 -21.4 19 Hewlett 1-1 -28.60 -26.3 20 Bethpage 0-2 -32.50 -11.8 21 Amityville Memorial (Amityville) 0-3 -36.60 -12.0 22 Glen Cove 1-1 -36.90 -23.1 23 Division (Levittown) 1-1 -37.30 -35.4 24 Rocky Point 0-3 -38.00 -19.2 25 Valley Stream North (Franklin Square) 0-2 -41.90 -22.3
NY Class IV High School Football Rankings
Rank School Overall Record Rating Strength 1 Bayport-Blue Point (Bayport) 2-0 17.60 -17.1 2 John Glenn (Elwood) 2-0 4.70 -10.5 3 Seaford 2-0 -1.90 -23.2 4 Babylon 2-0 -4.40 -43.5 5 Shoreham-Wading River (Shoreham) 1-1 -4.60 -36.2 6 Malverne 2-0 -5.30 -24.2 7 Mount Sinai 1-1 -10.50 -9.0 8 Cold Spring Harbor 2-0 -10.70 -38.5 9 Locust Valley 1-1 -14.80 -15.6 10 Center Moriches 2-0 -16.00 -35.7 11 Miller Place 0-2 -16.20 -5.7 12 North Shore (Glen Head) 0-2 -17.80 -6.4 13 Islip 0-2 -23.50 6.5 14 Valley Stream South (Valley Stream) 1-0 -24.60 -25.7 15 West Hempstead 0-2 -25.60 -19.8 16 Island Trees (Levittown) 1-1 -28.30 -24.3 17 East Rockaway 1-1 -33.40 -34.4 18 Port Jefferson 1-1 -35.60 -37.0 19 Oyster Bay 1-1 -46.40 -45.9 20 Greenport-Southold-Mattituck (Greenport) 1-1 -54.90 -46.7 21 Lawrence (Cedarhurst) 0-1 -59.00 -10.8 22 Hampton Bays 0-0 -63.20 0.0 23 Wheatley/Carle Place (Old Westbury) 0-2 -63.20 -40.0 24 Southampton 0-2 -63.20 -20.1 25 Wyandanch 0-2 -77.10 -29.9