Big Central Football Conference

The Big Central Football Conference is a football-only athletic league of high schools in Central New Jersey. The 60-team league was formed in 2020.^[1]

History

The Big Central consists of the members of the former Mid-State 38 Conference and the football programs from the Greater Middlesex Conference, including public and private high school football teams in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties.^[2]

Divisions

For the 2021 season, there are a total of ten divisions of the Big Central Football Conference, with teams divided by size and location;^[3]

Division 1A

• David Brearley High School
• Bound Brook High School
• Middlesex High School
• New Providence High School
• Roselle Park High School

Division 1B

• Belvidere High School
• Jonathan Dayton High School
• Dunellen High School
• Highland Park High School
• Manville High School
• South Hunterdon Regional High School

Division 2A

• Bernards High School
• Hillside High School
• Delaware Valley Regional High School
• Governor Livingston High School
• North Plainfield High School
• Voorhees High School

Division 2B

• Abraham Clark High School
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Arthur L. Johnson High School
• Metuchen High School
• South River High School
• Spotswood High School

Division 3

• Carteret High School
• Rahway High School
• Somerville High School
• South Plainfield High School
• Summit High School
• Warren Hills Regional High School

Division 4

• Colonia High School
• Cranford High School
• John F. Kennedy Memorial High School
• Linden High School
• Montgomery High School
• North Hunterdon High School
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
• Woodbridge High School

Division 5A

• Elizabeth High School
• Plainfield High School
• Union High School
• Watchung Hills Regional High School
• Westfield High School

Division 5B

• Bridgewater-Raritan High School
• Hunterdon Central Regional High School
• Franklin High School
• Hillsborough High School
• Phillipsburg High School
• Ridge High School

Division 5C

• East Brunswick High School
• Monroe Township High School
• Old Bridge High School
• Perth Amboy High School
• South Brunswick High School
• J. P. Stevens High School

Division 5D

• Edison High School
• New Brunswick High School
• North Brunswick Township High School
• Piscataway High School
• Sayreville War Memorial High School
• St. Joseph High School