Pennsylvania high school football computer rankings (9/24/2024)

Check out SBLive's custom rankings formula for every classification of Pennsylvania high school football through Week 5

North Penn's Matthew Bucksar hands the ball off to Christian Johns-Wallace against Neshaminy during their game in Lansdale on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. / Daniella Heminghaus | Bucks County Courier Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

After Week 5 of the Pennsylvania high school football season, High School on SI is launching its debut computer rankings for this season.

La Salle College takes the No. 1 spot ahead of Freedom in the Class AAAAAA computer rankings before Week 6. Both teams are 5-0 and coming off big wins. La Salle beat Episcopal Academy 48-3 and Freedom came out on top of William Allen 56-16.

Pine-Richland sits atop the Class AAAAA computer rankings with a 4-0 start.

SBLive's formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.

Our computer rankings, released weekly, run parallel to SBLive's human power rankings — the statewide top 25 — released early each week.

Here are SBLive's latest Pennsylvania football computer rankings, as of Sept. 24, 2024:

PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS

CLASS AAAAAA

CLASS AAAAA | CLASS AAAA

CLASS AAA | CLASS AA

CLASS A | KEYSTONE STATE (8-Man)

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High School On SI will serve as the premier destination for high school sports fans, delivering unparalleled coverage of high school athletics nationwide through in-depth stories, recruiting coverage, rankings, highlights and much more. The launch of a dedicated high school experience expands Sports Illustrated’s reach to even more local communities as fans can now truly follow athletes from “preps to the pros” on a single platform, bringing them closer to the action than ever before.

For more information, visit si.com/high-school.

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