GameTimeCT’s top 10 state high school football sportswriters poll
November 22, 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 (21) |
9-0 |
630 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph |
8-1 |
574 |
2 |
L |
| 3. New Canaan |
8-1 |
526 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. Fairfield Prep |
8-1 |
500 |
4 |
LL |
| 5. Maloney |
8-1 |
394 |
5 |
L |
| 6. Greenwich |
6-3 |
365 |
6 |
L |
| 7. Killingly |
8-0 |
321 |
7 |
M |
| 8. Hall |
9-1 |
253 |
8 |
LL |
| 9. Shelton |
8-2 |
233 |
9 |
LL |
| 10. Windsor |
8-1 |
207 |
10 |
L |
| Also receiving votes: Ansonia (9-0), 201; Trumbull (7-2), 167; Bloomfield (9-0), 159; Norwalk (6-3), 157; Southington (7-2), 150;; Wilton (7-3), 142; Staples (7-2), 129 West Haven (8-1), 69; Newtown (6-3), 60; Hand (6-3), 41; Bristol Central (8-1), 40; New Fairfield (7-2), 11; Ridgefield (4-5), 10; Cromwell/Portland (8-0), 8; Naugatuck (7-1), 8. |
| The following voted: Bill Bloxsom, Hearst Connecticut Media; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; 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.
November 22, 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 (13) |
9-0 |
390 |
1 |
LL |
| 2. St. Joseph |
9-1 |
354 |
2 |
L |
| 3. Fairfield Prep |
8-1 |
334 |
3 |
LL |
| 4. New Canaan |
8-1 |
304 |
4 |
LL |
| 5. Maloney |
8-1 |
252 |
5 |
LL |
| 6. Windsor |
8-1 |
199 |
t6 |
L |
| 7. Bloomfield |
9-0 |
178 |
8 |
S |
| 8. Killingly |
8-0 |
170 |
t6 |
M |
| 9. Ansonia |
8-0 |
165 |
9 |
S |
| 10. Greenwich |
6-3 |
142 |
10 |
LL |
| Also receiving votes: Trumbull (7-2), 141 points; Staples (7-2), 110; Shelton (8-2), 107; Hall (9-1), 101; Norwalk (6-3), 69; Southington (7-2), 64; Hand (6-3), 55; West Haven (8-1), 52; Wilton (7-3), 41; Newtown (6-3), 38; Cromwell/Portland (9-0), 26; Bristol Central (8-1), 12; Masuk (7-2), 11. |
| The following coaches voted: Tom Brockett, Ansonia; Craig Bruno, Amity; Joe Della Vecchia, St. Joseph; Mike Drury, Southington; Mike Ellis, Fitch; Rob Fleeting, Windsor; Andy Guyon, Xavier; Joe Lato, Woodland; Brian Mazzone, Stafford/East Windsor/Somers; Bryan Muller, Brookfield; Chad Neal, Killingly; Bob Pattison, Newtown; Marce Petroccio, Trumbull. |
