The Rice defense stymied Middlebury with a couple of key interceptions in the second half and the Green Knights picked up a 14-7 win to highlight Friday's schedule. That result, coupled with last week's stunner against St. Johnsbury, sends RMHS into its final-week bye at 3-4 and assured of a berth in the Division I playoffs. The Knights could even end up as high as the fifth seed depending on other results, an outcome that seemed inconceivable seven days ago.
Meanwhile Colchester and BFA-St. Albans are left to fight for the final D1 playoff spot. The Bobwhites had a chance to pull an upset of their own before dropping a 28-21 nail-biter to Rutland, meaning their trip to Colchester next Friday will be do-or-die for both teams. Thanks to Josh Kaufman for pointing out that Brattleboro, the other team that can get to three wins, can't quite catch the BFA-Colchester winner, even with a win over Mt. Anthony in Week 8.
There wasn't a lot of action in divisions II or III Friday night, but kudos go out to Otter Valley and Poultney/MSJ. The Otters (5-2) took over third place in Division III for the moment by knocking off Mt. Abraham, scoring D3's first win of the season against a Division II opponent. Poultney/MSJ, meanwhile, scored the first victory of as a combined program, shutting out Springfield to grab a hold of the last D3 playoff spot midway through the next-to-last weekend of the regular season.
Here are the QPR standings through Friday night's games:
Division I
(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams, including losses for Rutland and Hartford), are ignored)1T. Hartford (5-1* overall, 5-0 D1), 70 points, 14 QPR
1T. St. Johnsbury (5-1 overall, 5-1 D1), 84 points, 14 QPR
3. CVU (6-1 overall, 6-1 D1), 90 points, 12.86 QPR
4. Essex (5-2 overall, 5-2 D1), 72 points, 10.29 QPR
5. Rutland (4-3* overall, 4-2 D1), 48 points, 8 QPR
6. Middlebury (4-3 overall, 4-3 D1), 50 points, 7.14 QPR
7. Rice (3-4 overall, 3-3 D1), 48 points, 6.86 QPR
8. Colchester (3-4 overall, 3-4 D1), 34 points, 4.86 QPR
9. Brattleboro (2-5 overall, 2-5 D1), 28 points, 4 QPR
10. BFA-St. Albans (2-5 overall, 2-4 D1), 26 points, 3.71 QPR
11T. South Burlington (0-7 overall, 0-7 D1), 0 points, 0 QPR
11T. Mt. Anthony (0-7 overall, 0-7 D1), 0 points, 0 QPR
Division II
(QPR includes only Division II games. Games against teams in other Vermont divisions are only counted for tiebreaker purposes.)1. Burr and Burton (6-0 overall, 6-0 D2), 70 points, 11.67 QPR
2. Bellows Falls (6-0 overall, 5-0 D2), 45 points, 9 QPR
3. Fair Haven (6-1 overall, 5-1 D2), 45 points, 7.5 QPR
4. Burlington (5-1 overall, 4-1 D2), 36 points, 7.2 QPR
5. Mt. Abraham (2-5 overall, 2-4 D2), 16 points, 2.67 QPR
6. Mt. Mansfield (2-4 overall, 1-4 D2), 9 points, 1.8 QPR
7. North Country (2-4 overall, 1-4 D2), 7 points, 1.4 QPR
8. Milton (2-5 overall, 1-5 D2), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
9. Lyndon (0-6 overall, 0-6 D2), 0 points, 0 QPR
Division III
(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams are ignored)1. Windsor (6-0 overall, 6-0 D3), 62 points, 10.33 QPR
2. Woodstock (7-0 overall, 7-0 D3), 71 points, 10.14 QPR
3. Otter Valley (5-2 overall, 4-2 D3), 41 points, 5.86 QPR
4. Mill River (4-2 overall, 4-2 D3), 34 points, 5.67 QPR
5. U-32 (3-3 overall, 3-3 D3), 21 points, 3.5 QPR
6. BFA-Fairfax (3-3 overall, 3-2 D3), 19 points, 3.17 QPR
7. Oxbow (2-4 overall, 2-3 D3), 14 points, 2.33 QPR
8. Poultney/MSJ (1-6 overall, 1-5 D3), 7 points, 1 QPR
9. Spaulding (1-5 overall, 1-5 D3), 5 points, 0.83 QPR
10. Springfield (1-6 overall, 1-5 D3), 5 points, 0.71 QPR
11. Missisquoi (0-5 overall, 0-5 D3), 0 points, 0 QPR
How do these numbers work? Teams receive 10 points for a win over a D1 opponent, 7 points for a win over a D2 opponent and 5 points for a D3 opponent. Teams also receive 2 points for every game won by the teams they have beaten. QPR is total points divided by games played.
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