Darien and St. Joseph continue to lead their respective state top 10 football polls. With 19 first place votes, Darien (4-0) continues to lead GameTimeCT’s top 10 sportswriters poll. St. Joseph has four first place votes.
In the New London Day’s top 10 coaches poll, St. Joseph is No. 1 with nine first place votes with Darien second with four first place votes.
GameTimeCT’s top 10 state sportswriters poll
Week 6, October 11, 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 (19) |
4-0 |
682 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph (4) |
4-0 |
650 |
2 |
L |
| 3. New Canaan |
4-0 |
598 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. Greenwich |
3-1 |
516 |
4 |
LL |
| 5. Hall |
4-0 |
418 |
5 |
LL |
| 6. Norwalk |
4-0 |
416 |
6 |
LL |
| 7. Ridgefield |
3-1 |
390 |
7 |
LL |
| 8. Fairfield Prep |
3-1 |
342 |
8 |
LL |
| t9. Killingly |
3-0 |
282 |
9 |
M |
| t9. Southington |
4-1 |
282 |
10 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Ansonia (5-0), 199; Shelton (3-1), 181; Newtown (2-2), 178; Bloomfield (4-0), 143; Cheshire (3-1), 142; Trumbull (3-1), 108; Hand (2-2), 73; Maloney (4-1), 63; Ledyard (4-0), 60; Windsor (4-1), 55; Seymour (4-0), 26; New Fairfield (4-0), 15; Masuk (3-1), 9; Newington (3-1), 9; Bristol Central (4-1), 7; Quinebaug Valley (4-0), 7; Xavier (2-2), 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; 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’s top 10 state coaches poll.
Week 6, October 11, 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 (9) |
4-0 |
382 |
1 |
L |
| 2. Darien (4) |
4-0 |
370 |
2 |
LL |
| 3. New Canaan |
4-0 |
338 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. Greenwich |
3-1 |
264 |
4 |
LL |
| 5. Hall |
4-0 |
234 |
5 |
LL |
| 6. Norwalk |
4-0 |
211 |
6 |
LL |
| 7. Ridgefield |
3-1 |
206 |
7 |
LL |
| 8. Fairfield Prep |
3-1 |
158 |
9 |
LL |
| 9. Ansonia |
5-0 |
148 |
8 |
S |
| 10. Southington |
4-1 |
144 |
10 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Bloomfield (5-0), 114 points; Cheshire (3-1), 109; Windsor (4-1), 100; Trumbull (3-1), 95; Killingly (3-0), 93; Newtown (2-2), 89; Shelton (3-1), 77; Maloney (4-1), 68; New Fairfield (4-0), 36; Hand (2-2), 30; Ledyard (4-0), 18; Tie, Hamden (3-0), Platt (3-1) and Xavier (2-2), 8; Masuk (3-1), 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. |
