Darien and St. Joseph are the two teams with No. 1 rankings after week one of the 2021 high school football season.
Darien received 11 votes and is the No. 1 team in the state sportswriters poll conducted by GameTimeCT. The state coaches poll, conducted by The Day of New London, St. Joseph is the No. 1 ranked team.
Fairfield Prep leaped into the top 10 of the GameTime CT poll after their victory over then-No. 3 Hand.
Simsbury is ranked No. 12 in the state coaches poll and No. 18 in the sportwriters poll.
GameTimeCT top 10 high school football poll
Week 1, Sept. 13, 2021
First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.
| Team |
Rec |
Pts. |
LW |
Class |
| 1. Darien (11) |
1-0 |
606 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph (4) |
1-0 |
568 |
2 |
L |
| 3. Greenwich (2) |
1-0 |
530 |
4 |
LL |
| 4. Newtown (4) |
1-0 |
528 |
5 |
L |
| 5. New Canaan |
1-0 |
432 |
6 |
L |
| 6. Southington |
1-0 |
375 |
7 |
LL |
| 7. Fairfield Prep |
1-0 |
372 |
nr |
LL |
| 8. Xavier |
1-0 |
311 |
8 |
LL |
| 9. Hand |
0-1 |
230 |
3 |
L |
| 10. Killingly |
1-0 |
211 |
10 |
M |
| Also receiving votes: Ansonia (1-0), 206; Cheshire (1-0), 179; Staples (1-0), 127; Berlin (1-0), 121; Sheehan (1-0), 112; Windsor (1-0), 112; Shelton (1-0), 70; Simsbury (1-0), 61; Maloney (0-1); 57; Bloomfield (1-0), 33; Masuk (1-0), 24; Ridgefield (0-0), 18; NFA (0-1), 16; Naugatuck (1-0), 11; Trumbull (0-1), 11; Holy Cross, (1-0), 10; Newington (1-0), 10; Valley/Old Lyme (1-0), 7; Quinebaug Valley (1-0), 7. |
| The following voted: 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 of New London top 10 high school state coaches poll
Week 1, Sept. 13, 2021
First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis. Last is the final ranking in the final poll of 2019.
| Team |
Rec |
Pts. |
Last Yr |
| 1. St. Joseph (5) |
1-0 |
370 |
1 |
| 2. Darien (8) |
1-0 |
368 |
4 |
| 3. Greenwich |
1-0 |
293 |
5 |
| 4. Newtown |
1-0 |
281 |
2 |
| 5. Fairfield Prep |
1-0 |
248 |
nr |
| 6. Southington |
1-0 |
242 |
6 |
| 7. New Canaan |
1-0 |
233 |
nr |
| 8. Cheshire |
1-0 |
180 |
nr |
| 9. Xavier |
1-0 |
124 |
nr |
| 10. Hand |
0-1 |
103 |
3 |
| Also receiving votes: Ansonia (1-0), 101 points; Simsbury (1-0), 89; Shelton (1-0), 87; Sheehan (1-0), 83; Killingly (1-0), 71; Bloomfield (1-0), 68; Windsor (1-0), 66; Berlin (1-0), 57; Maloney (0-1), 50; Ridgefield (0-0), 41; Staples (1-0), 40; Masuk (1-0), 30; Notre Dame-W.H. (0-1), 29; West Haven (1-0), 24; Fitch (1-0), 22; Norwich Free Academy (0-1), 8; Naugatuck (1-0), 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. |
