Princeton High School Football Team In Top 8 Despite 0-2 Record

PRINCETON, NJ — The first week of the high school football season is in the books in New Jersey, and the first set of power points standings have been released. Power points are what is used to determine which teams make the playoffs at the end of the season.

A team earns six points for a win, plus between one and five points, depending on what group the team it defeated is in, and a residual point for each win that team has. A team’s first eight games count toward its final point total, but the lowest point total among these games is dropped, so seven total games count toward the final tally. The top eight teams in each group qualify for the playoffs at the end of the season.

Princeton is in the top eight of the first power points standings for NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 4, despite losses in Week 0 and Week 1, according to the standings posted on nj.com:

1. Allentown (1-0) 13;
2. Freehold Borough (1-0) 11;
3. Middletown North (1-0) 10;
4. Northern Burlington (1-1) 10;
5. Nottingham (1-1) 10;
6. Jackson Memorial (1-0) 9;
7. Long Branch (1-0) 8;
8. Princeton (0-2) 1;
9. Brick Memorial (0-0) 0;
10. Brick Township (0-0) 0;
11. Colts Neck (0-1) 0;
12. Hightstown (0-1) 0;
13. Middletown South (0-1) 0;
14. Neptune (0-1) 0;
15. West Windsor-Plainsboro South (0-2) 0.

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