Top two teams in Union Leader/ESPN NH football poll to meet

Here is the Union Leader/ESPN New Hampshire football power poll for Week 10 of the 2016 season.

These are the top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, with record, first-place votes/points in parentheses, plus last week’s ranking:

1. Bedford, 10-0 (6/69), 1st
2. Merrimack, 9-1 (1/63), 2nd
3. Exeter, 9-1 (54), T-3rd
4. Windham, 10-0 (50), T-3rd
5. Nashua North, 8-2 (42), 6th
6. Goffstown, 7-3 (33), 5th
7. tie-Plymouth, 8-2 (18), NR
8. tie-Salem, 6-4 (18), 7th
9. Hanover, 9-1 (11), NR
10. Bow, 8-2 (9), NR

Also receiving votes: Monadnock, 9-0 (8), NR; Nashua South, 6-4 (8), 9th; Bishop Guertin, 6-4 (1), 10th; Dover, 6-3 (1), NR.

Voters are:

• Roger Brown, Union Leader
• Alex Hall, Union Leader
• Chris Duffy, Union Leader
• Nick Anastos, ESPN New Hampshire
• Pete Tarrier, ESPN New Hampshire
• Dave Haley, New Hampshire Sports Page
• Joe Marchilena, NH-HighSchoolSports.com

And here is how I voted in the poll:

1. Merrimack, beat Goffstown 42-7
2. Bedford, beat Salem 33-7
3. Windham, beat Hollis Brookline 52-7
4. Exeter, beat Nashua South 21-17
5. Nashua North, beat Bishop Guertin 64-41
6. Goffstown, lost to Merrimack 42-7
7. Salem, lost to Bedford 33-7
8. Plymouth, beat St. Thomas 28-7
9. Monadnock, beat Somesworth 42-0
10. Nashua South, lost to Exeter 21-17