Thornton Academy football 2026

Class A South

Final seed #1Thornton is in the Class A South playoffs
Final rank#1 of 7Crabtree, Class A South · The NH opponent counts with its real record, as the MPA counts it.
Record9-0regular season
Points423–75+38.7 a game · form WWWWWW
Our ratings#1 of 55+28.1 · 11-man, all classes
Playoff road · Class A South
  1. Next · Regional semifinalvs #4 South Portland · Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM · Thornton Academy Hill Stadium
Seed final from the official Crabtree standings (proven); results as entered; days and sites from the MPA. Bracket

Class A South standings →

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

Crabtree index today: 148.750 (the MPA's playoff number, recomputed).

Crabtree, shown step by step

Opponent playedTheir W-LCounts?
Scarborough0-9yes
South Portland4-5yes
Bedford (NH)6-3yes (season record, as the MPA counts it)
Westbrook3-5yes
Portland7-2yes
Noble4-5yes
Sanford1-8yes
Bonny Eagle8-1yes
Massabesic6-3yes

Own win% = 9 / 9 = 1.0000
Opponents pooled = 39 wins / 80 games = 0.4875
Crabtree = (1.0000 + 0.4875) × 100 = 148.750
The NH opponent counts with its real record, as the MPA counts it.

Heal tiebreaker: preliminary index 35.333, tournament index 155.0000 over 9 scheduled games.

Our power rating

Rated #1 of Maine's 55 11-man teams, est. 28.1 points better than an average team.

28.1 points vs. an average Maine team (80% band 20.5 to 35.8) · rank #1 among 11-man teams · est. 79% chance of being the top-rated team in Class A South, est. 59% in all of 11-man

9 games of evidence; 10% of today's number is still the starting assumption (average A 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 Thornton Academy still make the playoffs?

Yes. The regular season is over and Thornton Academy is the #1 seed in Class A South; the seeds are final.

When is Thornton Academy's next game?

Fri Nov 6, 2026, 7:00 PM, at home vs South Portland.

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