By Zuri Berry, Boston.com Staff

Straight from our high school football preview section, we've compiled 10 changes for EMass football this season.

1. After playing as an Independent, Nauset will rejoin the Atlantic Coast League.

2. Hyde Park no longer has a football team, leaving Boston South with five teams.

3. Wilmington (from Cape Ann) and Arlington (from Dual County) move to the Middlesex League with Arlington joining the Large Division, Wilmington the Small.

4. Hockomock, Middlesex, and Tri-Valley Leagues get two playoff berths, one for the Large Division, one for the Small.

5. MIAA adds Division 5 which includes Boston South and Mayflower Small. League winners advance to the Super Bowl.

6. Central and Western Mass Division 1 Super Bowls will be played at Gillette Stadium for the first time. This means five EMass Super Bowls won't be played at Gillette.

7. The Cape Ann League and Northeastern Conference merge to form four leagues, the CAL/NEC Div. 1, CAL/NEC Div. 2, CAL/NEC Div. 3, and CAL/NEC Div. 4.

8. Pope John Paul of Hyannis begins play as a varsity program in the Catholic Central Small. Yes, that means the league will have two schools named Pope John. And Upper Cape does the same, but as a member of the Mayflower Small. Upper Cape will face Pope John Paul in the opener for both schools Friday night.

9. Boston Latin moves from the Dual County Large to the DCL Small. Latin has gone 1-29 over the last five years in the DCL Large.

10. For the first time since 1974, Bill Tighe will not be on the Lexington sideline. George Peterson takes over as head coach of the Minutemen.