D1 leaders might need help for top seed

Burlington fended off Mt. Mansfield in Saturday's marquee game in Vermont high school game, but the Seahorses came up one point short -- in the race for first in the standings.

St. Johnsbury remains in first place in the Division I QPRs, but with just 1 point separating the Division's undefeated teams. With both teams facing opponents with similar records in the final two weeks, if they both keep winning, it will come down to how their opponents do that will decide the top seed. Any additional Hartford and BFA-St. Albans will aid SJA while Burlington will be rooting for Burr and Burton and Mt. Mansfield.

Saturday's other movement came in Division III, where Windsor marginally overtook Woodstock atop the standings thanks to the extra points it received for beating two-win BFA-Fairfax. The tiny differential now makes little difference as the teams' meeting in Week 8 is still all but assured to decide the top seed.

Anyway, here are the QPR standings after Week 6.

Division I

(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams are ignored)

1. St. Johnsbury (6-0 overall, 6-0 D1), 88 points, 14.67 QPR
2. Burlington (6-0 overall, 5-0 D1), 87 points, 14.5 QPR
3. Hartford (5-1 overall, 5-1 D1), 70 points, 11.67 QPR
4. BFA-St. Albans (4-2 overall, 4-2 D1), 62 points, 10.33 QPR
5. Mt. Mansfield (4-2 overall, 3-2 D1), 45 points, 7.5 QPR
6T. CVU (3-3 overall, 3-3 D1), 40 points, 6.67 QPR
6T. Middlebury (3-3 overall, 3-2 D1), 40 points, 6.67 QPR
8. Colchester (2-4 overall, 2-4 D1), 30 points, 5 QPR
9. South Burlington (2-4 overall, 1-4 D1), 25 points, 4.17
10. Rutland (2-4 overall, 2-4 D1), 22 points, 3.67 QPR
11. Essex (1-5 overall, 1-5 D1), 14 points, 2.33 QPR
12. Rice (1-5 overall, 1-5 D1), 12 points, 2 QPR
13. Brattleboro (0-6 overall, 0-5 D1), 0 points, 0 QPR

Division II

(Includes all games vs. in-state opponents. Games vs. out-of-state teams, including a loss for Woodstock, are ignored)

1. Burr and Burton (5-1 overall, 4-0 D2), 74 points, 12.33 QPR
2. Milton (6-0 overall, 5-0 D2), 65 points, 10.83 QPR
3. Fair Haven (5-1 overall, 4-1 D2), 55 points,9.17 QPR
4. Bellows Falls (5-1 overall, 3-1 D2), 40 points, 6.67 QPR
5. U-32 (4-2 overall, 4-2 D2), 34 points, 5.67 QPR
6. Mt. Anthony (3-3 overall, 3-3 D2), 29 points, 4.83 QPR
7. Lyndon (3-3 overall, 2-3 D2), 27 points, 4.5 QPR
8. North Country (1-5 overall, 1-4 D2), 9 points, 1.5 QPR
9. Mt. Abraham (1-5 overall, 1-4 D2), 7 points, 1.17 QPR
10. Spaulding (1-4 overall, 0-4 D2), 5 points, 1 QPR
11. Otter Valley (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, including losses for Woodstock, Missisquoi and Springfield, are ignored)

1. Windsor (5-0 overall, 4-0 D3), 41 points, 8.2 QPR
2. Woodstock (5-1* overall, 5-0 D3), 39 points, 7.8 QPR
3. Mill River (4-2 overall, 4-2 D3), 21 points, 4.33 QPR
4. BFA-Fairfax (2-4 overall, 2-3 D3), 12 points, 2 QPR
5. Poultney/MSJ (1-4 overall, 1-4 D3), 5 points, 1 QPR
6T. Springfield (0-5* overall, 0-4 D3), 0 points, 0 QPR
6T. Missisquoi (0-5* overall, 0-4 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 win over 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.