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The GameTimeCT Top 10 high school football poll as voted by sportwriters and broadcasters. 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. The next poll will be the final poll of the year after the state championship games on Dec. 9.
Week 12, Nov. 27, 2023
| Team |
Rec. |
Pts. |
LW |
Class |
| 1. Staples (11) |
9-1 |
698 |
5 |
LL |
| 2. Maloney (10) |
9-1 |
688 |
2 |
L |
| 3. Greenwich (3) |
9-1 |
664 |
1 |
LL |
| 4. New Canaan (1) |
9-1 |
630 |
4 |
L |
| 5. North Haven |
8-2 |
470 |
6 |
MM |
| 6. Windsor |
9-1 |
421 |
9 |
MM |
| 7. West Haven |
8-2 |
414 |
3 |
LL |
| 8. Cheshire |
8-2 |
366 |
10 |
MM |
| 9. Naugatuck |
10-0 |
347 |
nr |
L |
| 10. Wilton |
8-2 |
257 |
nr |
MM |
| Also receiving votes: Newtown (8-2) 239; Masuk (8-2) 235; Hand (9-1) 208; Ansonia (9-1) 192; Shelton (7-3) 175; Bloomfield (8-1) 134; Darien (7-3) 63; Rockville (9-1) 54; Fitch (9-1) 38; Southington (6-4) 26; Fairfield Prep (4-6) 19; Cromwell/Portland (8-2) 9; Oxford (9-1) 7; St. Joseph (6-4) 7; SMSA co-op (9-1) 7; Stamford (7-3) 7. |
| The following voted: Will Aldam, GameTimeCT; Nkwa Asonye, WFSB-3; Serenity Bishop, Bristol Press; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Bryant Carpenter, Record-Journal; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Justin DeVellis, News 12 Connecticut; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, GameTimeCT; Michael Fornabaio, GameTimeCT; Rob Gullo, New Britain Herald; Mark Jaffee, Republican-American of Waterbury; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Jonah Karp, Fox61; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; Myer Lee, GameTimeCT; Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Joe Morelli, GameTimeCT; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Phillips, GameTimeCT correspondent; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Dave Stewart, GameTimeCT; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin.; Did not vote: Lori Riley, Hartford Courant. |
The Hartford Courant’s top 10 high school football poll as voted by state coaches. First place points in parentheses, record through Saturday, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis and CIAC classification:
Week 12, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023
| Team |
Rec. |
Pts. |
LW |
Class |
| 1. Maloney (5) |
9-1 |
360 |
2 |
L |
| 1. Staples (4) |
9-1 |
360 |
5 |
LL |
| 3. New Cannan (3) |
9-1 |
340 |
3 |
L |
| 4. North Haven |
8-2 |
284 |
5 |
MM |
| 5. Greenwich |
9-1 |
278 |
1 |
LL |
| 6. Windsor |
9-1 |
252 |
7 |
MM |
| 7. Naugatuck (1) |
10-0 |
223 |
nr |
L |
| 8. Wilton |
8-2 |
217 |
8 |
MM |
| 9. West Haven |
8-2 |
188 |
4 |
LL |
| 10. Cheshire |
8-2 |
166 |
nr |
MM |
| Also receiving votes: Masuk (8-2), 129 points; Shelton (7-3), 116; Hand (9-1), 101; Tie, Ansonia (9-1) and Bloomfield (8-1), 77; Darien (7-3), 51; Newtown (8-2), 39; Fitch (9-1), 16; Tie, Fairfield Prep (4-6) and Southington (6-4), 9; Tie, Berlin (7-3) and Bunnell (7-3), 8; St. Joseph (6-4), 7. |
| Voters: 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; Marce Petroccio; Trumbull; Nathan Tyler, Stratford. |
