Phillipsburg (5-1), with wins over No. 7 Hunterdon Central (34-24 on Wednesday) and Kittatinny (45-19 on Thursday) remains in the No. 5 spot. The Stateliners will square off against No. 11 Hanover Park (8-1) on Thursday at Phillipsburg High School.Delaware Valley (8-2) falls one spot to No. 10, while Pope John (7-1) jumps up three spots to No. 9 after winning its first team championship in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament on Saturday -- besting second-place Hunterdon Central by three points.
The Lions dropped a 50-13 decision to No. 1 Bergen Catholic on Monday.
Rounding out the local teams ranked is No. 17 High Point. The Wildcats (8-1) will face No. 13 Delsea on Saturday as part of a quad at Roxbury High School.
Bergen Catholic (4-1) remains the unanimous No. 1 team for the second straight week. The Crusaders, who collected all 13 first-place votes and have been ranked No. 1 in the poll every week since the 2013-14 season, beat Passaic Tech, 59-4, last Wednesday, but dropped a 30-29 decision to Clovis High School, a California team ranked sixth in the country by InterMat Wrestling.
(Records through Monday)
| Rank | School | Record | Votes | Previous |
| 1 | Bergen Catholic (13) | (4-1) | 260 | 1 |
| 2 | Delbarton | (7-1) | 247 | 2 |
| 3 | Cranford | (6-0) | 227 | 3 |
| 4 | South Plainfield | (18-1) | 225 | 4 |
| 5 | Phillipsburg | (5-1) | 209 | 5 |
| 6 | Bound Brook | (5-3) | 194 | 6 |
| 7 | Hunterdon Central | (6-2) | 176 | 7 |
| 8 | Howell | (15-1) | 163 | 8 |
| 9 | Pope John | (7-1) | 160 | 12 |
| 10 | Delaware Valley | (8-2) | 142 | 9 |
| 11 | Hanover Park | (8-1) | 135 | 9 |
| 12 | Paulsboro | (7-0) | 120 | 11 |
| 13 | Delsea | (9-3) | 95 | 15 |
| 14 | Queen of Peace | (4-0) | 88 | 16 |
| 15 | Raritan | (14-1) | 60 | 17 |
| 16 | Seton Hall Prep | (19-0) | 49 | NR |
| 17 | High Point | (8-1) | 44 | 18 |
| 18 | Don Bosco Prep | (5-4) | 42 | 13 |
| 19 | Monroe Township | (11-1) | 36 | NR |
| 20 | Southern | (5-1) | 29 | 19 |
Others receving votes: Collingswood (11-1) 9; DePaul (4-2) 8; Middletown North (12-0) 8; North Hunterdon (9-2) 4.
NJWWA voting members (in alphabetical order): Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); Frank D'Esposito (TheShoreConference.com); Steve Falk (Asbury Park Press and app.com); Josh Friedman (Courier Post of Cherry Hill, Daily Journal of Vineland); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey historian); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); Ron Mazzola (NJWWA president, Region 5 ranking chairman); Tom McGurk (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Anthony Spaulding (New Jersey Herald); Mark Trible (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Greg Tufaro (Home News Tribune of East Brunswick); Mike Weilamann (Open Mike); Brad Wilson (Express-Times).
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