Here is how I voted in this week's top 10. The entire poll can be found in today's paper:

1. Deering
2. Lawrence
3. Bonny Eagle
4. Thornton Academy
5. Skowhegan
6. Mountain Valley
7. Edward Little
8. Lewiston
9. Windham
10. Winthrop

Lawrence might be the toughest out in the state. Not only are the Bulldogs going into the playoffs undefeated for the third straight season, history shows they get better as the season wears on.

Each of Lawrence's five Pine Tree Conference playoff games in the last two years was a rematch of a regular season game. In four of those five games, the Bulldogs won by more points the second time around. Here's the breakdown:

2006
opponent
Messalonskee $ 21-12 regular season, 29-7 PTC semifinal
Bangor $ 3-0 regular season, 19-5 PTC final

2007
opponent
Mt. Blue $ 42-7 regular season, 42-0 PTC quarterfinal
Skowhegan $ 42-14 regular season, 50-0 PTC semifinal
Bangor $ 32-12 regular season, 27-13 PTC final