If you think New Hampshire is too small to have six high school football champions, you're probably right. But with 55 teams set to compete next year in NHIAA play, the state's football committee proposed six division -- five nine-team, one with 10 -- at its meeting on Thursday morning.

Just four years ago New Hampshire had just four divisions, but a big influx of new programs brought it up to five for the 2004 season. The state went from three to four divisions again in 1994, but had as many as four divisions as early as 1957.

Perhaps the biggest change next year, if he proposal it approved, is Plymouth dropping from Div. III to Div. IV. The Bobcats have won eight of the last 10 Div. III titles and are favored to win again. Plymouth was in Div. IV in 1995, but moved up in 1996 and had played in all but two of the title games since.