Freedom's impressive 38-10 win over Nazareth last week in a battle of unbeatens and state-ranked teams has vaulted the Patriots to No. 6 in the latest Class 6A state rankings supplied by Eric Epler and Pennlive.Com.

Nazareth, which had been ranked in 6A all season, dropped to the "teams to watch" category along with Easton and Wilson West Lawn, a team that the Blue Eagles beat 35-31 on Sept. 6.

Three of the top-four teams in 6A are District 12 teams led by perennial powerhouse St. Joseph's Prep.

There are no District 11 teams earning top-10 spots in Class 5A or 4A and Northwestern Lehigh is holding steady in Class 3A behind only District 4 power Danville. Tamaqua, another of the six remaining unbeatens in District 11, has steadily climbed to No. 6 in the latest 3A state rankings.

All six of the No. 1s in last week's rankings have maintained their top spots as the regular season will hit the halfway mark after the conclusion of the Week 5 games: