GameTimeCT top 10 football poll as voted by state sportswriters.
Week 4, Monday, Oct. 4, 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) |
4-0 |
652 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph (4) |
4-0 |
622 |
2 |
L |
| 3. New Canaan |
4-0 |
572 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. Greenwich |
3-1 |
432 |
9 |
LL |
| 5. Hall |
4-0 |
387 |
nr |
LL |
| 6. Norwalk High |
4-0 |
382 |
nr |
LL |
| 7. Ridgefield |
2-1 |
354 |
nr |
LL |
| 8. Fairfield Prep |
3-1 |
296 |
6 |
LL |
| 9. Killingly |
3-0 |
277 |
10 |
M |
| 10. Southington |
3-1 |
241 |
4 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Newtown (2-2), 225; Ansonia (4-0), 214; Shelton (3-1), 211; Cheshire (3-1), 196; Bloomfield (3-0), 127; Trumbull (2-1), 103; Maloney (3-1), 62; Ledyard (4-0), 60; Newington (3-0), 58; Daniel Hand (1-2), 53; Windsor (3-1), 40; Seymour (3-0), 10; Masuk (3-1), 8; New Fairfield (3-0), 7; Xavier (2-2), 7; Quinebaug Valley (3-0), 7. |
| Voters: 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; 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 football coaches poll
Week 4, Monday, Oct. 4, 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 |
238 |
10 |
LL |
| 5. Hall |
4-0 |
216 |
nr |
LL |
| 6. Norwalk High |
4-0 |
203 |
nr |
LL |
| 7. Ridgefield |
2-1 |
184 |
nr |
LL |
| 8. Ansonia |
4-0 |
163 |
9 |
S |
| 9. Fairfield Prep |
3-1 |
155 |
5 |
LL |
| 10. Southington |
3-1 |
148 |
4 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Bloomfield (4-0), 124 points; Killingly (3-0), 115; Cheshire (3-1), 109; Windsor (3-1), 101; Trumbull (2-1), 91; Newtown (2-2), 87; Shelton (3-1), 71; Maloney (3-1), 63; Fitch (3-0), 52; Hand (1-2), 36; New Fairfield (3-0), 17; Ledyard (4-0), 11; Berlin (3-1), 9; Hamden (2-0), 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. |
