Everybody loves rankings, so we jump back in the game with our very won Richie Ballgame keeping track of all things soccer. A Top 10 is just plain old lazy, so we stack up the Top 12 teams in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic Counties.

	1. CLIFTON -- The Mustangs finished as the No. 1 team in New Jersey last fall and have followed that up with another impressive start. Erik Dymora had three shutouts in between the pipes last week as Clifton moved to 4-0 on the season.
ERIK DYMORA	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	2. DON BOSCO PREP – Massimo Rodio and Armando Santana have paced a loaded Ironmen attack. They scored 11 goals in a 3-0 week, highlighted by a win over archrival Bergen Catholic.
BOSCO LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	3. CLIFFSIDE PARK -- It was Deja Vu all week long for the Red Raiders, winning all three of their games by a score of 4-0. A showdown with Dumont on Tuesday looms with first place in the Big North-American Division on the line.
ISAAC ULLOA	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	4. KEARNY -- Soccertown U.S.A. Is currently hosts the state's highest-scoring team, averaging an eye-popping nine goals a game through this point. The Kardinals also possess North Jersey's leading scorer, Juan Rosas, who has eight goals and two assists. But the competition will ramp up, starting on Tuesday in a tough match with St. Peter's Prep.
MATTHEW BRUN	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	5. WAYNE HILLS-- The Patriots have showed a balanced attack with seven different goal scorers thus far. Leading the way is the player with the coolest name in North Jersey by a whisker. Asian Kat is a dangerous threat with the ball at his feet. He has two goals and an assist so far this season.
WAYNE HILLS LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	6. BERGEN CATHOLIC -- The Crusaders bounced back from a disappointing performance against Don Bosco Prep with two straight shutouts, capped by a hat trick from Jake Sweeney in a win over DePaul.
BC LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	7. NORTHERN HIGHLANDS -- Wyatt Cosgriff has been rock solid in net for the Highlanders. They opened the season with an impressive win over Ramapo and have allowed just one goal all season en route to a 3-0-1 mark. That includes a current streak of 240-plus minutes without allowing a goal.
WYATT COSGRIFF	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	8. DICKINSON -- Senior leadership has shined for the Rams so far this season. After getting beaten twice by St. Peter's Prep last year by a combined score of 10-1, senior Sebastian Dalhoff had a goal and an assist as the Rams pulled the 2-0 upset over the Marauders this season to improve to 3-0 on the season.
DICKINSON LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	9. HARRISON -- Under the tutelage of Mike Rusek with his brother John as his lead assistant, the Blue Tide are never in rebuilding mode. Few teams can display the balance a team like Harrison has year in and year out. That is evident this year as the Blue Tide have scored seven goals this season from seven different players on their way to a 3-0 start.
HARRISON LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	10. WALDWICK -- The Warriors have put pressure on their opponents early and often in the early portion of the 2020 season. They have scored an incredible 17 first-half goals in just three games in an undefeated start to the season.
WALDWICK LOGO	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	11. RAMAPO -- After a season-opening loss at the hands of Northern Highlands, the Green Raiders have bounced back in usual fashion. Aiden Bennett-Jones had three goals and an assist in a 3-0 week
AIDEN BENNETT-JONES	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A

	12. RIDGEWOOD -- After not scoring a point in the first three games of the season, Nolan Beiter picked a good time to bust out. The senior recorded his first-ever hat trick with the latter of those goals coming in double overtime to knock off Indian Hills, 3-2.
JACK SMILON	LAST WEEK'S RANK: N/A