Darien solidified its hold on the No. 1 spot in the GameTimeCT top 10 sportswriters football with a 27-14 win over then-No. 3 Newtown on Saturday. The Blue Wave gathered 18 of 22 first place votes to stay ahead of No. 2 St. Joseph.
Thanks to big victories, Shelton and Cheshire joined the top 10 at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively.
In the state coaches poll, St. Joseph continues to hold a slim four-point lead over Darien.
GameTimeCT top 10 state sportswriters football poll
Week 3, Sept. 27, 2021
First-place votes in parentheses, record, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, and last week’s ranking:
| Team |
Rec |
Pts |
LW |
Class |
| 1. Darien (18) |
3-0 |
652 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph (4) |
3-0 |
624 |
2 |
L |
| 3. New Canaan |
3-0 |
542 |
4 |
LL |
| 4. Southington |
3-0 |
491 |
6 |
LL |
| 5. Newtown |
2-1 |
466 |
3 |
LL |
| 6. Fairfield Prep |
3-0 |
418 |
7 |
LL |
| 7. Shelton |
3-0 |
416 |
nr |
LL |
| 8. Cheshire |
3-0 |
326 |
nr |
LL |
| 9. Greenwich |
2-1 |
286 |
4 |
LL |
| 10. Killingly |
3-0 |
277 |
10 |
M |
| Also receiving votes: Masuk (3-0), 190; Ansonia (3-0), 175; Ridgefield (1-1), 170; Bloomfield (2-0), 113; Xavier (2-1), 93; Hand (0-2), 83; Maloney (2-1), 80; Ledyard (3-0), 58; Windsor (2-1), 45; New Fairfield (3-0), 32; Hall (3-0), 25; NFA (2-1), 17; Newington (2-0), 11; Bristol Central (2-1), 7; Norwalk (3-0), 7; Quinebaug Valley (2-0), 7. |
| Voting this week: Bill Bloxsom, Hearst Connecticut Media; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, Stamford Advocate; Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Ned Griffen, The Day of New London; Mark Jaffee, Republican-American of Waterbury; Kyle Maher, Journal-Inquirer of Manchester; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH-8; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Will Aldam, News Times; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corps; Jeff Jacobs, GameTimeCT; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald. |
The Day top 10 state football coaches poll.
Week 3, Sept. 27, 2021
First-place votes in parentheses, record, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, and last week’s ranking:
| Team |
Rec |
Pts |
LW |
Class |
| 1. St. Joseph (7) |
3-0 |
378 |
1 |
L |
| 2. Darien (6) |
3-0 |
374 |
2 |
LL |
| 3. New Canaan |
3-0 |
306 |
4 |
LL |
| 4. Southington |
3-0 |
280 |
6 |
LL |
| 5. Fairfield Prep |
3-0 |
265 |
7 |
LL |
| 6. Cheshire |
3-0 |
255 |
8 |
LL |
| 7. Shelton |
3-0 |
239 |
nr |
LL |
| 8. Newtown |
2-1 |
222 |
5 |
LL |
| 9. Ansonia |
3-0 |
123 |
nr |
S |
| 10. Greenwich |
2-1 |
118 |
3 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Masuk (3-0), 110 points; Ridgefield (1-1), 102; Killingly (3-0), 97; Bloomfield (3-0), 92; Windsor (2-1), 78; Maloney (2-1), 70; Hall (3-0), 64; Xavier (2-1), 52; New Fairfield (3-0), 25; Fitch (2-0), 16; Tie, Sheehan (1-1) and Wilton (3-0), 9; Tie, Hamden (2-0), Norwalk (3-0) and Platt (2-1), 8; Ledyard (3-0), 7. |
| The following coaches voted: Tom Brockett, Ansonia; Craig Bruno, Amity; Joe Della Vecchia, St. Joseph; Mike Drury, Southington; Mike Ellis, Fitch; Rob Fleeting, Windsor; Tanner Grove, Montville; Andy Guyon, Xavier; Joe Lato, Woodland; Brian Mazzone, Stafford/East Windsor/Somers; Bryan Muller, Brookfield; Bob Pattison, Newtown; Marce Petroccio, Trumbull. |
