Top 15 most dominant New Hampshire high school football programs since 2006

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See the junior quarterback in action for Pinkerton, New Hampshire's most dominant program over the past 11 years.

Excellence doesn't take time off. That's how and why Pinkerton earned the title of New Hampshire's most dominant football program since the MaxPreps era began in 2006. Sure, the four state titles are impressive. So, too, are the four runner-up finishes. But the fact The Astros have finished no higher than 17th in the state rankings and only out of the top 10 three times speaks to a continued level of excellence hard to match. In seven of the past 11 years, the Astros have finished either first, second or third in the New Hampshire rankings.

Coming in a close second with 334 points is Plymouth, which has an equally impressive seven state titles in the MaxPreps era.

Here is how the points break down:

1. 20 for a state title



2. 10 for a state championship game appearance

3. Other points are based on where a team finished in the final MaxPreps New Hampshire Football Computer Rankings presented by the Army National Guard. For example, if a team finished No. 1 overall, it would receive 25 points. If it finished 25th overall, the team would get one point. No points are awarded if the team did not finish in the Top 25.

1. Pinkerton (Derry) — 349 points
State titles: 4
Runner-ups: 4
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (7), 2009 (10), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (3), 2014 (1), 2015 (10), 2016 (17)

2. Plymouth — 334 points
State titles: 7
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (2), 2007 (3), 2008 (2), 2009 (5), 2010 (21), 2011 (8), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (23), 2015 (21), 2016 (3)

3. Bishop Guertin (Nashua) — 304 points
State titles: 5
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (3), 2007 (6), 2008 (3), 2009 (1), 2010 (1), 2011 (7), 2012 (11), 2013 (14), 2014 (14), 2015 (6)

4. Exeter — 294 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (9), 2007 (5), 2008 (9), 2009 (7), 2011 (1), 2012 91), 2013 (9), 2014 (6), 2015 (5), 2016 (4)



5. St. Thomas Aquinas (Dover) — 218 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (5), 2007 (18), 2008 (10), 2010 (14), 2011 (6), 2012 (18) 2013 (16), 2014 (5), 2015 (2), 2018 (18)

6. Trinity (Manchester) — 191 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2008 (11), 2009 (2), 2010 (7), 2011 (3), 2012 (5), 2013 (6), 2014 (17)

7. Portsmouth — 180 points
State titles: 2
Runner-ups: 5
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (8), 2008 (14), 2009 (22), 2010 (24), 2011 (10), 2012(10), 2013 (4), 2014 (16)

8. Salem — 179 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (11), 2007 (8), 2008 (21), 2009 (3), 2010 (8), 2011 (9), 2013 (23), 2014 (7), 2015 (11), 2016 (10)

9. Nashua South — 170 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (22), 2007 (4), 2008 (4), 2009 (18), 2010 (11), 2012 (16), 2013 (10), 2014 (15), 2016 (16)

10. Bedford — 165 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2011 (22), 2012 (7), 2013 (5), 2014 (3), 2015 (3), 2016 (1)



11. Souhegan (Amherst) — 157 points
State titles: 3
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (16), 2007 (13), 2008 (6), 2009 (9), 2010 (15), 2012 (17), 2014 (21), 2015 (14)

12. Manchester Central — 151 points
State titles: 0
Runner-ups: 0
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (12), 2007 (12), 2008 (5), 2009 (13), 2010 (9), 2011 (5), 2012 (12), 2013 (11), 2015 (18), 2016 (12)

13. Laconia — 147 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 3
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (6), 2007 (2), 2008 (8), 2009 (14), 2010 (17), 2011 (13), 2016 (25)

14. Windham — 136 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 1
Top 25 state rankings: 2011 (16), 2012 (8), 2013 (12), 2014 (2), 2015 (7), 2016 (5)

15. Winnacunnet (Hampton) — 121 points
State titles: 1
Runner-ups: 2
Top 25 state rankings: 2006 (24), 2007 (24), 2009 (8), 2010 (5), 2012 (4), 2013 921), 2015 (15)