You can feel the chill in the air and that’s a sign October is here.

Teams are coming down the home stretch of their regular seasons with the cutoff for postseason play at the end of the month.

A lot has happened in the first month-plus of the season and there’s more to come.

Below we break down the top storylines in each of the state’s five conferences. We rank the teams in each of the leagues and also look ahead to the top games of this weekend.

Big Central

NJIC

Shore

SFC

WJFL

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