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# Salem, others move up in this week's New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center/NHHSSports Football Coaches Poll
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/salem-others-move-up-in-this-weeks-new-hampshire-orthopaedic-center-nhhssports-football-coaches-poll/
- Published: 2025-09-15T17:09:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-15T17:09:52.000Z
- Description: Three teams made a nice jump in this week's New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center/NHHSSports Coaches Poll, starting with the Salem High School football team.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Fall Sports, Coaches Poll, Division I, Division II, Division III, Division IV, football, New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Three teams made a nice jump in this week's New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center/NHHSSports Coaches Poll, starting with the Salem High School football team.

The Blue Devils, who were sixth in the first two polls of the season, moved up to No. 3 this week following their 2-0 start to the season. Bedford remained at No. 1 for the third poll in a row, with the Bulldogs getting 11 first-place votes, one more than last week.

Pinkerton remained just behind Bedford at No. 2, receiving the other five first-place votes, and with Astros going to Salem this Friday, it means for the second week in a row, there will be a meeting between teams in the top 3.

Nashua South, with lost to Bedford last Friday, dropped one spot to No. 4 and Bishop Guertin, which knocked off Merrimack, moved up two spots to round out the top five. Exeter fell one spot to No. 6.

Concord, coming off a win over Londonderry, moved into the top 10 for the first time, coming in at No. 7 while the Lancers fell four spots to No. 8.

Souhegan and Manchester Memorial both moved down a spot, to Nos. 9 and 10, respectively, while Portsmouth-Oyster River dropped out of the top 10.

Here is the New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center/NHHSSports Football Coaches Poll for this week. These are the top 10 football teams in the state, with record, first-place votes/points (T=tie) and last week’s ranking.

1. Bedford (2-0), 11/155, 1st
2. Pinkerton (2-0), 5/149, 2nd
3. Salem (2-0), 112, 6th
4. Nashua South (1-1), 109, 3rd
5. Bishop Guertin (2-0), 83, 7th
6. Exeter (2-0), 76, 5th
7. Concord (1-1), 49, NR
8. Londonderry (1-1), 44, 4th
9. Souhegan (2-0), 37, 8th
10. Manchester Memorial (2-0), 36, 9th

**Dropped out:** Portsmouth-Oyster River.

**Others receiving votes:** Winnacunnet (2-0), 14; Portsmouth-Oyster River (1-1), 5, 10th; Trinity (2-0), 4; Pelham (2-0), 3; Windham (0-2), 2; Plymouth (2-0), 1; Campbell (2-0), 1.

The coaches poll is voted on by football coaches from around the state and members of the media. The will be updated every Monday throughout the regular season.

*This fall, the coaches poll is sponsored by the New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center.* [*Learn more about them by going here.* ](https://nhoc.com/?ref=nh-highschoolsports.com)