Top Teams Maintain Their Footholds In Latest Football Poll

The top four teams maintained their positions in the most recent Connecticut high school football poll, with Daniel Hand grabbing grabbing 20 of 24 first-place votes to stay on top of the rankings. St. Joseph received the other four top nods to place second, followed by Greenwich and Darien.

Here are the top 10, with last week's ranking in parentheses, as well as all other teams collecting votes.

1. Daniel Hand (lw: 1)
2. St. Joseph (lw: 2)
3. Greenwich (lw: 3)
4. Darien (lw: 4)
5. Newtown (lw: 6)
6. Bloomfield (lw: 7)
7. Ridgefield (lw: 8)
8. Ansonia (lw: 10)
9. Southington (lw: N/R)
10. Shelton (lw: 5)

Also receiving votes: Maloney, Cheshire, Sheehan, Killingly, Fairfield Prep, New Canaan, Norwich Free Academy, Naugatuck, Simsbury, Rockville, Weston, Woodland, Notre Dame-West Haven, Wethersfield, Hall, Berlin, Wilton.

Voters: Bill Bloxsom, Hearst Connecticut Media; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Bryant Carpenter, Record-Journal of Meriden; Ryan Chichester, Bristol Press/New Britain Herald; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; 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; Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Kyle Maher, Journal Inquirer; Shawn McFarland, Hartford Courant; Joe Morelli, New Haven Register; Keith O’Brien, GameDay CT Sports; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Phillips, Shoreline Newspapers; John Pierson, WTNH-8; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Rich Zalusky, The Chronicle of Willimantic; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.