Playoff Picture: Division III & IV Football (Sept. 25)

Here’s a look at what the postseason fields would look like in Division III and IV football, if the playoffs started this week.

Division III

This season, the top eight teams, based on football rating, make the postseason and are seeded 1-8.

Playoff field (record, rating)

1. Monadnock (4-0, 13.0000)
2. Campbell (4-0, 11.5000)
3. Stevens (4-0, 11.0000)
4. Trinity (3-1, 9.0000)
5. Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton (3-1, 8.5000)
6. Lebanon (2-2, 5.0000)
7. Laconia (2-2, 5.0000)
8. Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (1-3, 4.0000)

Outside: Epping-Newmarket (1-3, 3.0000); Somersworth (0-4, 0.0000); Kearsarge-Mount Royal (0-4, 0.0000); Newport (0-4, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

• Lebanon wins the tiebreaker with Laconia thanks to a better football rating in home games against division opponents.

Quarterfinals

• No. 8 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough at No. 1 Monadnock
• No. 5 Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton at No. 4 Trinity
• No. 7 Laconia at No. 2 Campbell
• No. 6 Lebanon at No. 3 Stevens

Games to watch: Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton at Lebanon, Friday, 7 p.m.; Trinity at Campbell, Saturday, 7 p.m.

Division IV

This season, the top four teams, based on football rating, make the postseason and are seeded 1-4.

Playoff field (record, rating)

1. Winnisquam (3-0, 11.3333)
2. Franklin (3-0, 10.6667)
3. Newfound (2-1, 8.6667)
4. Raymond (2-1, 7.3333)

Outside: Bishop Brady (1-2, 4.0000); Mascoma Valley (1-2, 3.3333); Fall Mountain (0-3, 0.0000); Farmington-Nute (0-3, 0.0000).

Semifinals

• No. 4 Raymond at No. 1 Winnisquam
• No. 3 Newfound at No. 2 Franklin

Games to watch: Raymond at Winnisquam, Friday, 7 p.m.; Farmington-Nute at Fall Mountain, 7 p.m.