Division III-IV

Playoff Picture: Division III football

It's down to the final week of the regular season, and there are still four teams fighting for two playoff spots in Division III football, and seeding still to be determined. First, let's take a look at what we do know about the D3 playoffs. Who is in: Bishop Brady, Campbell, Inter-Lakes/Moultonboro

It's down to the final week of the regular season, and there are still four teams fighting for two playoff spots in Division III football, and seeding still to be determined.

First, let's take a look at what we do know about the D3 playoffs.

Who is in: Bishop Brady, Campbell, Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough, Monadnock, Somersworth, Stevens.

Work to do: Epping-Newmarket, Kearsarge, Newport, Winnisquam.

Who is out: Fall Mountain, Farmington-Nute, Franklin, Mascoma Valley, Newfound, Raymond.

Here is what the standings for each conference look like at the moment.

North Conference

x-Monadnock (7-0), 16.29
x-Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (6-1), 14.00
x-Stevens (6-1), 12.57
Newport (4-3), 8.29
Kearsarge (4-3), 7.43
e-Newfound (2-5), 3.14
e-Mascoma Valley (1-6), 1.43
e-Fall Mountain (0-7), 0.00

Key games: Stevens at Monadnock; Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough at Kearsarge; Newport at Newfound.

South Conference

y-Bishop Brady (6-1), 13.14
x-Campbell (5-2), 10.57
Winnisquam (4-3), 8.00
x-Somersworth (4-3), 7.71
e-Franklin (3-4), 5.43
Epping-Newmarket (3-4), 5.14
e-Ramymond (1-6), 1.43
e-Farmington-Nute (0-7), 0.00

Key games: Somersworth at Bishop Brady; Campbell at Franklin; Epping-Newmarket at Winnsiquam.

What's locked up

In the North, Monadnock, Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough and Stevens have all clinched playoff spots. Seeding will come down to results from the final week of games.
In the South, Bishop Brady had clinched the No. 1 seed and Campbell has clinched the No. 2 seed. Somersworth has also clinched a playoff spot, but seeding will be determined this week.

Scenarios: North

Monadnock gets the No. 1 seed in the North with a win over Stevens, which would be the No. 3 seed.
Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough is the No. 2 seed with a win and a Monadnock win over Stevens.
If Stevens beats Monadnock, and Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough loses to Kearsarge, Stevens is the No. 1 seed, while Monadnock is No. 2 and ILM is No. 3.
If both Stevens and Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough win, and there is a three-way tie, the three teams would be 1-1 against each other and it would go to the second tiebreaker of football rating. Since each team has the rating within the conference, it would come down to the results of the non-conference game. If Bishop Brady beats Somersworth, or if Somersworth beats Bishop Brady and Franklin beats Campbell, then ILM would be the No. 1 seed, with Stevens second and Monadnock third. If Somersworth beats Bishop Brady and Campbell beats Franklin, Monadnock would be the No. 1 seed, with ILM second and Stevens third.
Newport is the No. 4 seed with a win over Newfound, or with a loss to Newfound and a Kearsarge loss to Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough.
Kearsarge can only get in with a win over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough and a Newport loss to Newfound.
Newport and Kearsarge could only be the No. 4 seed.

Scenarios: South

Bishop Brady is the No. 1 seed, Campbell is the No. 2, and Somersworth has clinched a playoff spot because it wins tiebreakers over Epping-Newmarket and Franklin, regardless of this weekend's results.
Winnisquam is the No. 3 seed with a win over Epping-Newmarket, which would make Somersworth the four.
Somersworth gets the No. 3 seed with a win over Bishop Brady and a Winnisquam loss to Epping-Newmarket.
Epping-Newmarket gets in as the fourth seed with a win over Winnisquam, and a Somersworth win over Bishop Brady.
A three-way tie between Winnisquam, Somersworth and Epping-Newmarket gives Winnisquam the No. 3 seed based on football rating. Somersworth would get the No. 4 seed based on head-to-head win over Epping-Newmarket.
A four-way tie between Winnisquam, Somersworth, Epping-Newmarket and Franklin, gives Winnisquam the No. 3 seed based on head-to-head record, and also gives Somersworth the No. 4 seed based on head-to-head record.
If Winnisquam beats Epping-Newmarket, Somersworth loses to Bishop Brady and Franklin beats Campbell, Somersworth and Franklin would finish tied for the final spot. Somersworth would be the No. 4 seed because of the head-to-head tiebreaker over Franklin.