Stearns football 2026

8-Man Small North

Final seed #1Stearns is in the 8-Man Small North playoffs
Final rank#1 of 5Crabtree, 8-Man Small North
Record8-0regular season · playoffs 1–0
Points360–96+33.0 a game · form WWWWWW
Our ratings#3 of 23+17.0 · 8-man, all classes
Playoff road · 8-Man Small North
  1. Regional semifinal · Fri, Oct 30Won 54–0 vs #4 Bucksport · Recap →
  2. Next · Regional finalvs #2 Orono · Fri, Nov 6 · Arthur D. Greenlaw Alumni Field
Seed final from the official Crabtree standings (proven); results as entered; days and sites from the MPA. Bracket

8-Man Small North standings →

How this is figured Crabtree step by step · tiebreakers · power rating

Crabtree index today: 136.667 (the MPA's playoff number, recomputed).

Crabtree, shown step by step

Opponent playedTheir W-LCounts?
Dexter2-5yes
Houlton1-7yes
Orono3-4yes
Lake Region2-6yes
Washington Academy5-2yes
Bucksport3-4yes
Ellsworth4-4yes
Sacopee Valley2-6yes

Own win% = 8 / 8 = 1.0000
Opponents pooled = 22 wins / 60 games = 0.3667
Crabtree = (1.0000 + 0.3667) × 100 = 136.667

Heal tiebreaker: preliminary index 32.000, tournament index 119.2857 over 8 scheduled games.

Our power rating

Rated #3 of Maine's 23 8-man teams, est. 17.0 points better than an average team.

17.0 points vs. an average Maine team (80% band 7.3 to 26.8) · rank #3 among 8-man teams · est. 76% chance of being the top-rated team in 8-Man Small North, est. 8% in all of 8-man

9 games of evidence; 10% of today's number is still the starting assumption (average 8S team); from Week 7 on last season doesn't count at all. A band that touches 0 means the data can't yet separate this team from average. How the rating works →

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Quick answers

Can Stearns still make the playoffs?

Yes. The regular season is over and Stearns is the #1 seed in 8-Man Small North; the seeds are final.

When is Stearns's next game?

Fri Nov 6, 2026: the 8-Man Small North regional final vs #2 Orono, at Arthur D. Greenlaw Alumni Field.

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