Girls volleyball rankings for Oct. 12

The high school girls volleyball season is racing to a finish, and there's been a rush of teams toward the top of the rankings.

Concord held on to the top spot again this week despite losing its first match of the year, but many of the spots behind the Crimson Tide were shaken up, including the rest of the top five. Spaulding jumped up to second while Windham, one of two remaining undefeated teams in the state, jumped a spot to third. Bishop Guertin moved down from third to fourth while Gilford, climbed up to fifth.

Here are the full state-wide rankings and the rankings for each division.

New Hampshire Top 15

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

1. Concord (13-1, Division I), 22.14 (1)
2. Spaulding (12-1, Division I), 20.62 (5)
3. Windham (11-0, Division II), 20.00 (4)
4. Bishop Guertin (12-2, Division I), 19.86 (3)
5. Gilford (10-2, Division II), 18.17 (7)
6. Dover (11-3, Division I), 17.71 (9)
7. Alvirne (10-4, Division I), 17.14 (6)
8. Hollis Brookline (11-3, Division I), 16.86 (10)
9. St. Thomas (10-2, Division II), 16.83 (2)
10. Nute (13-0, Division III), 16.77 (8)
11. Winnisquam (12-1, Division III), 16.77 (11)
12. Merrimack (10-4, Division I), 16.43 (12)
13. Salem (9-4, Division I), 15.54 (NR)
14. Inter-Lakes (10-2, Division III), 15.50 (NR)
15. Kingswood (9-4, Division II), 14.46 (NR)

Dropped out: John Stark (13), Somersworth (14), Moultonborough (15).

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. Concord (13-1), 22.14
2. Spaulding (12-1), 20.62
3. Bishop Guertin (12-2), 19.86
4. Dover (11-3), 17.71
5. Alvirne (10-4), 17.14
6. Hollis Brookline (11-3), 16.86
7. Merrimack (10-4), 16.43
8. Salem (9-4), 15.54
9. Exeter (9-5), 13.43
10. Goffstown (7-7), 9.57
11. Bedford (6-8), 8.71
12. Nashua South (6-8), 8.57
13. Nashua North (6-7), 8.00
14. Pinkerton (7-8), 7.87
15. Timberlane (3-10), 3.23
16. Manchester Memorial (3-11), 3.00
17. Manchester Central (1-13), 1.00
18. Winnacunnet (1-13), 1.00
19. Keene (1-13), 1.00
20. Londonderry (1-13), 1.00

Division II

1. Windham (11-0), 20.00
2. Gilford (10-2), 18.17
3. St. Thomas (10-2), 16.83
4. Kingswood (9-4), 14.46
5. John Stark (9-2), 14.36
6. Somersworth (10-3), 14.00
7. Coe-Brown (7-4), 13.09
8. Milford (8-4), 11.00
9. Oyster River (6-5), 9.78
10. Laconia (7-4), 9.45
11. Plymouth (6-6), 6.33
12. ConVal (5-7), 5.50
13. Hanover (3-9), 3.67
14. Portsmouth (3-8), 3.64
15. Pelham (2-10), 2.83
16. Souhegan (2-9), 2.36
17. Manchester West (2-10), 1.83
18. Fall Mountain (1-10), 1.27
19. Keenett (0-12), 0.00

Division III

1. Nute (13-0), 16.77
2. Winnsiquam (12-1), 16.77
3. Inter-Lakes (10-2), 15.50
4. Farmington (10-2), 14.17
5. Moultonborough (9-4), 13.85
6. Mascenic (10-2), 13.83
7. Sunapee (10-3), 9.38
8. Campbell (7-5), 9.17
9. Belmont (6-5), 8.55
10. Epping (5-6), 8.18
11. Portsmouth Christian (5-6), 6.18
12. Newfound (5-7), 5.17
13. Prospect Mountain (5-8), 4.92
14. Raymond (5-7), 4.50
15. Trinity (2-8), 2.60
16. Franklin (2-10), 1.67
17. Hillsboro-Deering (2-11), 1.54
18. Mascoma Valley (2-11), 1.23
19. Pittsfield (1-11), 1.00
20. Stevens (0-12), 0.00