State seeding (north)

Here's the north seeding (with record at time of the cutoff date - May 15):

1. St. Peters (24-5, .828 winning percentage). Split matches with Bayonne, earned seed based on strength-of-schedule.

2. Bayonne (23-4, .852 winning percentage). Split with St. Peters, head-to-head win over Fair Lawn.

3. Fair Lawn (21-7, .75). Based on strength-of-schedule, with all losses coming against top teams (St. Joes 2x, Bayonne, St. Peters, Southern 2x, East Brunswick).

4. Clifton (21-2, .913). Head-to-head win over Livingston.

5. Livingston (16-3, .842). Head-to-head win over Garfield (2x).

6. Garfield (14-5, .737). Head-to-head win over Vernon.

7. Vernon (15-3, .933). Head-to-head win over Wayne Hills (2x), strength-of-schedule.

8. Wayne Hills (10-5, .667). Victory over seeded team (Garfield).

9. Don Bosco (15-3, .833). Higher win percentage, RPI than Lakeland.

10. Lakeland (12-8, .600). Strength-of-schedule, head-to-head win over Passaic Valley (2x).

11. Passaic Valley (11-8, .579). Strength-of-schedule, victory over seeded team (Clifton).

12. Bloomfield (16-5, .762). Winning percentage, RPI higher than Wallington.

13. Wallington (11-4, .733). Winning percentage higher than Belleville, victory over seeded team (Passaic Valley).

14. Belleville (12-8, .600). Victory over common opponent (Bloomfield) with Montclair.

15. Montclair (15-7, .682). Strength-of-schedule, winning percentage.

16. Wayne Valley (12-8, .600). Victories over seeded teams (Garfield, Lakeland, Passaic Valley).

17. Lincoln (19-6, .760). In three-way head-to-head with Memorial and North Bergen (all were 2-2 vs. each other), North Bergen got the last spot because of a loss to Union Hill, which the other two beat. Lincoln then got spot based on head-to-head, better RPI, and winning percentage vs. Memorial.

18. Memorial (16-7, .696). See above.

19. North Bergen (16-9, .640). Winning percentage over Hackensack.

20. Hackensack (12-8, .600). Winning percentage.

21. Kennedy (10-10, .500). RPI, wins over seeded teams (Don Bosco, Hackensack).

22. Ridge (11-2, .846). Strength-of-schedule.

23. Millburn (7-5, .583). NOTE: Millburn had to take two forfeit losses in order to meet NJSIAA requirement of 12 matches.

NOTE: Union Hill chose not to enter because of a conflict with their prom.