Fall Sports

Playoff Picture: Football (Nov. 3)

Here is what the football playoffs are expected to look like when the tournament pairings are released on Monday.

Division I

East/West Cluster

Nashua North (9-0, 18.0000)
Exeter (8-1, 15.1111)
Nashua South (6-3, 10.2222)
Merrimack (6-3, 10.2222)

Outside: Bishop Guertin (6-3, 10.2222); Portsmouth-Oyster River (3-6, 4.4444); Dover (2-7, 3.3333); Spaulding (2-7, 2.8889); Keene (2-7, 2.8889); Winnacunnet (1-8, 1.5556).

Tiebreakers

Nashua South wins the three-way tiebreaker with Merrimack and Bishop Guertin thanks to a better football rating in road games against division opponents.
Merrimack wins the tiebreaker with Bishop Guertin thanks to a head-to-head victory.

North/South Cluster

Londonderry (9-0, 18.0000)
Goffstown (7-2, 12.8889)
Salem (7-2, 12.6667)
Pinkerton (6-3, 10.2222)

Outside: Bedford (6-3, 10.4444); Windham (4-5, 5.7778); Manchester Central (3-6, 4.0000); Concord (2-7, 2.4444); Manchester Memorial (1-8, 1.1111); Timberlane (0-9, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Pinkerton wins the tiebreaker with Bedford thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Playoff Matchups

No. 4 Merrimack at No. 1 Nashua North
No. 3 Nashua South at No. 2 Exeter
No. 4 Pinkerton at No. 1 Londonderry
No. 3 Salem at No. 2 Goffstown

Division II

Bow (9-0, 17.7778)
Milford (8-1, 16.8889)
Pelham (7-2, 13.1111)
Kennett (7-2, 12.8889)
Hollis Brookline (7-2, 12.2222)
Plymouth (7-2, 12.2222)
Alvirne (6-3, 11.1111)
Souhegan (5-4, 9.3333)

Outside: St. Thomas (4-5, 6.8889); Gilford-Belmont (4-5, 6.0000); John Stark (3-6, 4.8889); Merrimack Valley (3-6, 4.8889); Pembroke (3-6, 4.6667); Kingswood (3-6, 4.6667); Manchester West (3-6, 4.4444); ConVal (1-8, 1.7778); Sanborn (1-8, 1.3333); Hanover (0-9, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

Hollis Brookline wins the tiebreaker with Plymouth thanks to a better football rating against tournament teams.

Playoff Matchups

No. 8 Souhegan at No. 1 Bow
No. 5 Hollis Brookline at No. 4 Kennett
No. 7 Alvirne at No. 2 Milford
No. 6 Plymouth at No. 3 Pelham

Division III

Lebanon (8-1, 15.7778)
Trinity (7-1, 15.5000)*
Campbell (8-1, 14.8889)
Monadnock (6-3, 10.6667)
Hillsboro-Deering/Hopkinton (6-3, 9.7778)
Stevens (5-4, 7.5556)
Newport (4-5, 6.6667)
Laconia (4-5, 5.5556)

Outside: Somersworth (3-5, 4.4444)*; Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (1-8, 1.7778); Epping-Newmarket (1-8, 1.5000); Kearsarge-Mount Royal (0-8, 0.0000).

*The game between Trinity and Somersworth was postponed from Friday to Sunday.

Scenarios

A Trinity win clinched the No. 2 seed for the Pioneers and gives Laconia the No. 8 seed and eliminates Somersworth from the playoffs.
A Somersworth win clinches the No. 7 seed for the Hilltoppers and gives Campbell the No. 2 seed, drops Newport to No. 8 and eliminates Laconia.

Playoff Matchups