Division III-IV

Playoff Picture: Division III/IV Football

The last week of the regular season is here for the top three divisions in the state and there's still a few things left to be determined before the playoffs start next week. In Division III, a handful of matchups this weekend could shuffle the seeding a little bit, while three teams at the bottom o

The last week of the regular season is here for the top three divisions in the state and there's still a few things left to be determined before the playoffs start next week.

In Division III, a handful of matchups this weekend could shuffle the seeding a little bit, while three teams at the bottom of the standings battle for the final two playoff spots.

Here are scenarios for the teams in contention for the postseason in D3.

Lebanon: The Raiders have clinched the No. 1 seed regardless of the outcome of Friday's game against Campbell.
Trinity: Will finish as the No. 2 seed with a win over Somersworth or a loss and a Campbell loss.
Campbell: Will likely end up as the No. 3 seed; would finish No. 2 with a win and a Trinity loss.
Monadnock: Will likely end up at the No. 4 seed; would end up dropping to No. 5 with a loss to Kearsarge-Mount Royal.
Stevens: Will finish as the No. 5 seed with a win over Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton; would move up to No. 4 with a win and a Monadnock loss. Can finish no worse than sixth.
Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton: Will finish as the No. 5 seed with a win over Stevens; would move up to No. 4 with a win and a Monadnock loss. Can finish no worse than sixth.
Newport: Will finish as the No. 7 seed with a win over Epping-Newmarket and a loss by Somersworth. Would be the No. 8 seed with a win and a win by Somersworth. Would miss the playoffs with a loss and a win by Somersworth and Laconia. Would still make the playoffs with a loss and a loss by Somersworth or Laconia.
Somersworth: Will finish as the No. 7 seed with a win over Trinity. Would still make the playoffs with a loss and a Laconia loss.
Laconia: Needs a win over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough and a loss by either Newport or Somersworth to clinch a playoff spot.

Below is what the standings and playoff matchups look like for D3 going into the final week of the regular season.

The regular season is done for D4; below are the final standings and likely playoff matchups for next weekend's semifinals.

Division III

The top eight teams, based on point rating, will make the playoffs.

Lebanon (9-0, 16.7500)
Trinity (7-1, 14.7500)
Campbell (7-1, 12.7500)
Monadnock (5-3, 10.5714)
Stevens (5-3, 8.2500)
Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton (5-3, 8.2500)
Newport (3-5, 5.7500)
Laconia (3-5, 4.7500)
Somersworth (3-5, 4.7500)
Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (1-7, 2.0000)
Epping-Newmarket (1-7, 1.5000)
Kearsarge-Mount Royal (0-8, 0.0000)

Tiebreakers: Laconia wins the tiebreaker with Somersworth thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Playoff matchups: No. 1 Lebanon vs. No. 8 Laconia; No. 4 Monadnock vs. No. 5 Stevens; No. 2 Trinity vs. No. 7 Newport; No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 6 Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton.

This weekend’s games

Friday, Nov. 1: Kearsarge-Mount Royal at Monadnock, 6:30 p.m.; Campbell at Lebanon, 7 p.m.; Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton at Stevens, 7 p.m.; Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough at Laconia, 7 p.m.; Trinity at Somersworth, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2: Newport at Epping-Newmaket, 2 p.m.