Gateway moves to top of Trib 10 football power rankings

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, November 12, 2018 | 5:00 PM

Every Tuesday during the 2018 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries.

There was a big shake up among the elite teams during the second week of the district playoffs as nearly a third of the poll was eliminated.

Four WPIAL football teams that brought perfect records into the semifinals or quarterfinals tasted defeat, including top-ranked North Allegheny and the top seeds in Class 2A (Shady Side Academy) and A (Jeannette).

Their losses opened the door to three new teams in the rankings, as Seneca Valley, West Allegheny and Steel Valley crack the top 10 with only 16 WPIAL teams remaining in the chase for district gold.

With so few teams left, the Class 5A and 2A semifinals, along with the title games in the other four classes at Heinz Field, are dripping with four head-to-head contests.

Here are the rankings heading into Week 12:

WPIAL Football Trib 10

Team, record, last week’s ranking, this week’s opponent

1. Gateway, 12-0, 2, vs. No. 9 West Allegheny Friday on Trib HSSN

2. Penn Hills, 12-0, 3, vs. No. 8 Peters Township Friday on Trib HSSN

3. Thomas Jefferson, 11-0, 4, vs. No. 7 South Fayette Saturday on Trib HSSN

4. Pine-Richland, 9-2, 5, vs. No. 5 Seneca Valley Saturday on Trib HSSN

5. Seneca Valley, 9-3, NR, vs. No. 4 Pine-Richland Saturday on Trib HSSN

6. Aliquippa, 11-1, 8, vs. Derry Saturday on Trib HSSN

7. South Fayette, 11-1, 9, vs. No. 3 Thomas Jefferson Saturday on Trib HSSN

8. Peters Township, 10-2, 10, vs. No. 2 Penn Hills Friday on Trib HSSN

9. West Allegheny, 9-2, NR, vs. No. 1 Gateway Friday on Trib HSSN

10. Steel Valley, 10-1, NR, vs. Freedom Friday on Trib HSSN

Out: North Allegheny, Jeannette, Shady Side Academy

Don Rebel is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Don at drebel@tribweb.com or via Twitter @TheDonRebel.

Tags: Aliquippa, Gateway, Penn Hills, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley, South Fayette, Steel Valley, Thomas Jefferson, West Allegheny