UNION LEADER/ESPN NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOOTBALL POWER POLL

Voting Members:

• Dave Haley - NH Sports Page/ESPN New Hampshire
• Pete Tarrier - NH Sports Page/ESPN New Hampshire
• Joe Marchelina - NH HS Sports
• Nick Anastos -  ESPN New Hampshire
• Alex Hall -  Union Leader
• Chris Duffy - Union Leader
• Roger Brown - Union Leader

Sept. 1, 2016 (preseason)

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 first-place votes/points in parentheses, plus last year's final ranking:

1. Bedford (5/68), 2nd (tie)

2. (tie) Merrimack (1/56), NR

2. (tie) Exeter (56), 2nd (tie)

4. Goffstown (1/48), 1st

5. Pinkerton (47), 4th

6. Salem (26), 5th

7. Windham (25), 10th

8. Man. Central (16), NR

9. Winnacunnet (13), 8th (tie)

10. Timberlane (10), 6th

Also receiving votes: John Stark (5), NR; Portsmouth (5), NR; Nashua North (4), NR; Londonderry (3), NR; Milford (2), NR; St. Thomas (1), 8th (tie).

Nov. 24, 2015 (Week 12, final)

1. Goffstown, 12-0 (6/60), 1st

2. (tie) Exeter, 9-3 (51), 2nd

2. (tie) Bedford, 9-2 (51), 3rd

4. Pinkerton, 8-3 (42), 4th

5. Salem, 7-3 (34), 5th

6. Timberlane, 7-3 (28), 6th

7. Bishop Guertin, 6-4 (21), 8th (tie)

8. (tie) St. Thomas, 11-0 (17), 8th (tie)

8. (tie) Winnacunnet, 6-3 (17), 7th

10. Windham, 9-2 (5), 10th

Also receiving votes: Nashua North, 6-4 (2), NR; Milford, 8-2 (1), NR; Newport, 11-0 (1), NR.