New Hampshire Football Report
Home / High School / Week 9 Power Poll

Week 9 Power Poll

UNION LEADER/ESPN NH
POWER POLL

The top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, voted by the staffs of the New Hampshire Union Leader and ESPN New Hampshire, with record, first-place votes/points in parentheses, plus last week’s ranking:

1. Bedford, 9-0 (6/69), 1st

The Bulldogs enter the postseason as the only unbeaten team in Division I.

2. Merrimack, 8-1 (1/63), 2nd

Merrimack QB Justin Grassini can set state’s single-season record for touchdown passes Saturday against Goffstown. Next TD pass will give him the record.

3-T. Exeter, 8-1 (50), 4th

Exeter will have to beat two Nashua teams to reach the Division I championship game.

3-T. Windham, 9-0 (49), 5th

Windham and Bedford share the state’s longest winning streak. Jaguars are the only unbeaten team in Division II.

5. Goffstown, 7-2 (46), 3rd

Grizzlies must avoid back-to-back losses against Merrimack to extend their season.

6. Nashua North, 7-2 (32), 9th

North scored in its final 10 possessions against BG on Friday night.

7. Salem, 6-3 (30), 6th

Salem’s three losses came against the three other playoff teams in Division I North/South.

8. John Stark, 8-1 (17), NR

The Generals are back in the top 10 after knocking off previously unbeaten Hanover.

9. Nashua South, 6-3 (10), NR

South had to overcome a 12-point deficit in the final quarter to beat Dover and earn a playoff spot.

10. Bishop Guertin, 6-3 (8), 7th

The Cardinals enter the postseason with back-to-back losses.

 

Also receiving votes: Monadnock, 8-0 (6), NR; St. Thomas, 7-2 (3), NR; Dover, 6-3 (1), 8th.

 

You must be logged in to post a comment Login