Football rankings for Oct. 10

The top two teams remained the same, but again, there was some shuffling among the rest of the top 15.

While Bedford and Windham remained at Nos. 1 and 2 in the rankings, Bishop Guertin, coming off a comeback win over Portsmouth, moved up to No. 3. Exeter's huge win over Nashua North jumped the Blue Hawks up to No. 4 and Plymouth, still undefeated in Division II, came in at No. 5,

Here are the complete statewide rankings, along with the rankings for each division.

New Hampshire Top 15

Team (record, division), rating (last week)

1. Bedford (6-0, Division I), 18.00 (1)
2. Windham (6-0, Division II), 15.67 (2)
3. Bishop Guertin (5-1, Division I), 14.33 (5)
4. Exeter (5-1, Division I), 13.67 (12)
5. Plymouth (6-0, Division II), 13.67 (3)
6. Merrimack (5-1, Division I), 13.33 (4)
7. Hanover (6-0, Division II), 13.33 (8)
8. John Stark (6-0, Division II), 13.00 (9)
9. Salem (5-1, Division I), 12.67 (6)
10. Stevens (5-0, Division III), 12.40 (10)
11. Goffstown (5-1, Division I), 12.00 (14)
12. Monadnock (5-0, Division III), 11.60 (13)
13. Dover (4-2, Division I), 11.00 (NR)
14. Portsmouth (4-2, Division I), 11.00 (7)
15. Nashua North (4-2, Division I), 10.67 (11)
16. ConVal (5-1, Division II), 10.67 (NR)

Dropped out: Milford.

How the rankings are done

We took the NHIAA’s football rating system, and gave it a little tweak. Instead of 10 points for a win, we weighted the wins by division, giving 12 for a win over a D1 team, 10 for a win over D2 and eight for a win over D3. Plus, every team got two points for a win by a beaten opponent. The two point totals were added together and divided by the number of games played.

Division I

1. Bedford (6-0), 18.00
2. Bishop Guertin (5-1), 14.33
3. Exeter (5-1), 13.67
4. Merrimack (5-1), 13.33
5. Salem (5-1), 12.67
6. Goffstown (5-1), 12.00
7. Dover (4-2), 11.00
8. Portsmouth (4-2), 11.00
9. Nashua North (4-2), 10.67
10. Nashua South (4-2), 9.33
11. Pinkerton (3-3), 7.00
12. Manchester Central (3-3), 6.67
13. Keene (2-4), 5.67
14. Winnacunnet (1-5), 2.33
15. Londonderry (1-5), 2.33
16. Concord (1-5), 2.00
17. Timberlane (1-5), 2.00
18. Alvirne (1-5), 2.00
19. Spaulding (0-6), 0.00
20. Manchester Memorial (0-6), 0.00

Division II

1. Windham (6-0), 15.67
2. Plymouth (6-0), 13.67
3. Hanover (6-0), 13.33
4. John Stark (6-0), 13.00
5. ConVal (5-1), 10.67
6. Bow (5-1), 10.33
7. St. Thomas (4-2), 10.00
8. Milford (4-2), 9.67
9. Lebanon (4-2), 9.00
10. Hollis Brookline (4-2), 8.67
11. Kennett (3-3), 6.67
12. Sanborn (2-4), 4.00
13. Pelham (2-4), 4.00
14. Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton (2-4), 3.67
15. Laconia (2-4), 3.67
16. Souhegan (2-4), 3.67
17. Trinity (1-5), 2.33
18. Pembroke (1-5), 1.67
19. Merrimack Valley (1-5), 1.67
20. Gilford-Belmont (0-6), 0.00
21. Kingswood (0-6), 0.00
22. Manchester West (0-6), 0.00

Division III

1. Stevens (5-0), 12.40
2. Monadnock (5-0), 11.60
3. Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (4-1), 9.60
4. Bishop Brady (4-1), 9.20
5. Newport (3-2), 7.20
6. Winnisquam (3-2), 7.20
7. Somersworth (3-2), 6.80
8. Kearsarge (3-2), 6.00
9. Campbell (3-2), 6.00
10. Franklin (2-3), 4.00
11. Epping-Newmarket (2-3), 3.60
12. Newfound (1-4), 2.00
13. Raymond (1-4), 1.60
14. Mascoma Valley (1-4), 1.60
15. Fall Mountain (0-5), 0.00
16. Farmington-Nute (0-5), 0.00