The first week of the Top 10 Coaches Poll, compiled by the Day of New London, has been released.
St. Joseph (1-0), a 28-0 winner over New Canaan, took first place with seven first-place votes.
Darien (1-0) came in second with three first-place votes followed by No. 3 Greenwich (three first-place votes), No. 4 Hand, No. 5 Shelton, No. 6 East Hartford.
New Canaan came in at No. 7, followed by No. 8 Ansonia. No. 9 Killingly and No. 10 Southington.
This pole feels accurate and I always trust the coaches opinions. Fans we have our bias, the media does a good job, but clearly it’s been revealed they have their biases too. The guys that know the other coaches, have played against some of the programs. I say their voice and votes are the most credible.
Let’s be honest with ourselves. The coaches have their biases too… DellaVecchia is one of the voters and if I remember correctly, St. Joes received one first-place vote last year in the final poll despite losing to Darien by 32. I wonder who voted for them?
@ANON, totally agree. Ansonia, CLASS S, doesn’t belong in this article, yet they talk about them all year long. If they are a top 10 then they shouldn’t be in Class S……sorry.
How does a loss keep your team in the top 10? What a joke…..its a slap in the face of the kids who won….
Great going, you have proven your inability to create a legitimate poll. If coaches voted based on reputation rather than performance shame on them.
A joke??? Loss to who?? So if Ohio State drops a game to Alabama they do not deserve to be in the top 10?? If SJ losses to Darien or the visa versa the other should drop out of the top 10?? No sir you should be getting the slap . Learn football.
I agree. Biases aside, I think this poll is a little more accurate, at the moment, than the writers/media poll.
This is the “Legit Pole”, it always has been. The other pole is riddled with bias and favoritism. It is great fro debate and conjecture, but this is the poll of record.
lol get lost.
Excuse me, there are no “poles,” north or south. The Earth is flat. Get woke.
Yeah…great poll. Sheehan is receiving 32 and 7 points. Seems pretty legit.
Maloney should be In there over NC. With a big win over Windsor maybe a sleeper in L. My top ten. 1 St joes 2 Greenwich 3 Darien 4 hand 5 Shelton. 6 East Hartford 7 killngly 8 Maloney 9 ansonia 10 southin ton 11 Bloomfield 12 Fprep 13 north Haven 14 new canaan 15 Berlin 16 Newtown 17 naugy 18 NFA 19 Cheshire 20 Wilbur cross
Not bad up to the top 7 but then it makes a wonder after that. Prep, North Haven, West Haven in my view should fill those places by virtue of performance and strength of schedule. People out there still believe that Ansonia can win over those teams?? Hey they are good but not top 10. Maybe top 15 . I suppose one will be bias and understand that must keep the fans happy. I do wish the state would divide district games by school classification as it does seem odd with S schools in the same as L and LL or M all mixed together. Would make it an easier call for the play offs. Poor trinity had a team several years ago that was a play off team but cut because of it. Naugatuck a LL in a basic weak S field of play??? Newtown a respected LL in a M district?? Hey it is fun I guess and enjoy. Anyhow glad to watch the state games again. Welcome to the ball Cinderellas.