Five different teams received first place votes but Darien (2-0) remained the No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT top 10 high school football poll in voting by state sportswriters this week.
The Blue Wave received 13 of 22 votes for No. 1 with No. 2 St. Joseph receiving five votes, No. 3 Newtown receiving three votes and No. 4 Greenwich receiving a vote.
Southington (2-0) is the top team from the Central Connecticut Conference in the top 10 poll at No. 6.
In the New London Day’s coaches poll, St. Joseph is the No. 1 team despite Darien receiving more first place votes. The Cadets received six first place votes while Darien received seven. Southington is also ranked No. 6 in the coaches poll.
GameTimeCT top 10 high school football poll
Week 2, Sept. 20, 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 (13) |
2-0 |
640 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph (5) |
2-0 |
609 |
2 |
L |
| 3. Newtown (3) |
2-0 |
552 |
4 |
LL |
| 4. Greenwich (1) |
2-0 |
544 |
3 |
LL |
| 5. New Canaan |
2-0 |
476 |
5 |
L |
| 6. Southington |
2-0 |
422 |
6 |
LL |
| 7. Fairfield Prep |
2-0 |
372 |
7 |
LL |
| 8. Xavier |
2-0 |
355 |
8 |
LL |
| 9. Hand |
0-1 |
255 |
9 |
L |
| 10. Killingly |
2-0 |
246 |
10 |
M |
| Also receiving votes: Cheshire (2-0), 217; Ansonia (2-0), 177; Wethersfield (2-0), 114; Windsor (2-0), 114; Shelton (2-0), 94; Maloney (1-1), 89; Bloomfield (2-0), 84; Masuk (2-0), 75; Ridgefield (0-1), 73; Sheehan (1-0), 58; Newington (2-0), 28; Hall (2-0), 27; Berlin (1-1), 16; Staples (1-1), 15; Ledyard (2-0), 14; Holy Cross (2-0), 11; Norwich Free Academy (1-1), 9; Hartford Public, (2-0), 8; Quinebaug Valley (2-0), 7. |
| Voters: 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 2, Sept. 20, 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. St. Joseph (6) |
2-0 |
372 |
1 |
L |
| 2. Darien (7) |
2-0 |
366 |
2 |
LL |
| 3. Greenwich |
2-0 |
318 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. New Canaan |
2-0 |
268 |
7 |
L |
| 5. Newtown |
2-0 |
265 |
4 |
LL |
| 6. Southington |
2-0 |
262 |
6 |
LL |
| 7. Fairfield Prep |
2-0 |
214 |
5 |
LL |
| 8. Cheshire |
2-0 |
200 |
8 |
L |
| 9. Xavier |
2-0 |
162 |
9 |
LL |
| 10. Windsor |
2-0 |
97 |
10 |
L |
| Also receiving votes: Ansonia (2-0), 95 points; Shelton (2-0), 82; Killingly (2-0), 81; Tie, Bloomfield (2-0) and Hand (0-1), 76; Sheehan (2-0), 69; Maloney (1-1), 68; Hall (2-0), 65; Wethersfield (2-0), 49; Ridgefield (0-1), 35; Masuk (2-0), 30; Fitch (1-0), 23; Hamden (2-0), 16; Notre Dame-W.H. (11-1), 12; Tie, Platt (1-1) and Simsbury (1-1), 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. |
