Football: Projected playoff pairings

Lenape, Moorestown, Timber Creek, West Deptford and Paulsboro look to be top seeds in respective public-school tournaments.

Senior running back JoJo Kellum and the Lenape football team project as No. 1 seed in South Jersey Group 5.Read moreH. Rumph Jr./For the Inquirer

by Phil Anastasia | Columnist

Published Nov. 4, 2017, 10:48 p.m. ET

The NJSIAA will announce the official pairings on Sunday for the public and non-public football tournaments. Here's a projection:

South Jersey Group 5

1. Lenape (7-1). 2. Rancocas Valley (7-1). 3. Millville (7-1). 4. Howell (8-1). 5. Cherokee (6-2). 6. Williamstown (4-4)

7. Eastern (5-4). 8. Vineland (7-1).

South Jersey Group 4

1. Moorestown (8-1). 2. Burlington Twp. (6-2). 3. Central Regional (7-2). 4. Shawnee (5-3). 5. Absegami (4-4). 6. Hammonton

(3-6). 7. Highland (4-4). 8. Pennsauken (3-5).

South Jersey Group 3

1. Timber Creek (8-0). 2. Woodrow Wilson (6-2). 3. Lacey (7-2). 4. Delsea (6-3). 5. Ocean City (6-2). 6. Lakewood (4-4). 7.

Deptford (3-5). 8. Seneca (3-5).

South Jersey Group 2

1. West Deptford (7-1). 2. Camden (7-1). 3. Sterling (7-1). 4. Cedar Creek (7-2). 5. Willingboro (7-3). 6. Haddonfield (5-3). 7. Cinnaminson (6-2). 8. Pleasantville (7-1).

South Jersey Group 1

1. Paulsboro (7-1). 2. Penns Grove (7-1). 3. Gateway (7-1). 4. Salem (6-2). 5. Woodbury (6-2). 6. Woodstown (4-4). 7.

Schalick(5-3). 8. Pennsville (4-4)

Non-Public 4

1. Bergen Catholic (7-2). 2. St. Peter's Prep (7-2). 3. St. Joseph Metchuen (9-0). 4. Seton Hall Prep (2-7). 5. Paramus

Catholic (4-5). 6. Delbarton (2-7). 7. Don Bosco (2-7). 8. St. Augustine (5-4).

Non-Public 3

1. DePaul (7-2). 2. Pope John (5-3). 3. St. Joseph Montvale (5-4). 4. St. John Vianney (9-0). 5. Camden catholic (7-1). 6.

Red Bank Catholic (8-1). 7. Donovan Catholic (3-5).

Non-Public 2

1. St. Joseph (9-0). 2. Holy Spirit (7-1).3. Mater Dei (6-1). 4. Hudson Catholic (4-5). 5. Immaculata (5-4). 6. Holy Cross

(5-4), 7. Gloucester Catholic (6-2). 8. St. Mary (5-4).