Top 10 New Hampshire high school girls basketball state rankings (3/4/2025)

The top seven teams keep their spots, but two new squads enter this week's rankings

Bishop Guertin is No. 4 in our New Hampshire girls basketball Top 10. / Guertin Girls Basketball Instagram

There are two new teams in this week’s New Hampshire girls basketball rankings after Dover and Derryfield each dropped out of the Top 10.

Eighth-seeded Dover had its season end with a 65-61 home loss to ninth-seeded Exeter in the Division I tournament’s opening round, and Derryfield finished the Division II regular season with losses in three of its final four games. Third-seeded Derryfield will face 14th-seeded Plymouth in the Division II preliminary round Wednesday.

Bedford, the No. 1 team in these rankings since the season began, earned the only bye awarded for the Division I tournament and will face Exeter in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

This week’s rankings feature seven Division I teams, two from Division II and St. Thomas, which completed an unbeaten season by beating Fall Mountain 72-35 in Saturday’s Division III championship game. Team records are through March 3.

1. Bedford (18-0)

The Bulldogs have the state’s longest win streak at 39 games.

Previous ranking: 1

2. Londonderry (19-1)

The Lancers opened postseason play by beating Nashua South, 73-29. Londonderry’s lone loss came against No. 1 Bedford.

Previous ranking: 2

3. Windham (17-2)

Windham beat Pinkerton 46-44 during the regular season. Those teams will meet again in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: 3

4. Bishop Guertin (15-4)

BG’s 45-20 victory over Portsmouth in the preliminary round gave the Cardinals 12 wins in their past 13 games. Next up: a matchup against Concord Christian in the quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: 4

5. Concord Christian (15-4)

The Kingsmen are attempting to become the first NHIAA program to win a championship in each of New Hampshire’s four divisions.

Previous ranking: 5

6. Pinkerton (14-5)

The Pinkerton/Windham game looks like the best of Thursday’s four Division I quarterfinal-round matchups.

Previous ranking: 6

7. St. Thomas (19-0)

Genevieve Bolduc tossed in a game-high 24 points (six 3-pointers) to help St. Thomas defeat Fall Mountain in the Division III title game. Emilie Von der Linden, a 6-foot-3 center, added 12 points and 18 rebounds.

Previous ranking: 7

8. Laconia (17-1)

Laconia earned the No. 1 seed for the Division II tournament and will face eighth-seeded Pelham or ninth-seeded Lebanon in Saturday’s quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: 9

9. Salem (13-7)

The Blue Devils enter this week’s rankings after opening the Division I tournament with a 43-29 win against Alvirne. Salem will face No. 2 Londonderry in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: Unranked

10. Milford (15-3)

Milford earned a spot in the Top 10 after it won nine of its last 10 regular-season games. The Spartans earned the second bye awarded for the Division II tournament and will play seventh-seeded Bow or 10th-seeded Coe-Brown in the quarterfinals. Bow is the only team that has beaten Milford since the end of January. 

Previous ranking: Unranked

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