Back after a week’s absence – thanks to Sandy – not much has changed in the top six.
Although the order has switched around a bit, La Salle, Hendricken, Cranston East and Portsmouth remain the top four in the state. La Salle remains undefeated, while the other three have traded wins and losses against one another.
Behind the top four in Division I lurk the best two teams – so far – in Division II, Johnston and Cumberland. After the top six is where the ballot gets jumbled, with a mixture of mediocre Division I programs, good Division II programs and great Division III programs.
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The full poll:
Rank Team Points Last Poll Patch # 1 La Salle (14) 280 1 1 2 Hendricken 264 3 2 3 Cranston East 249 4 3 4 Portsmouth 243 2 4 5 Johnston 223 5 5 6 Cumberland 211 6 6 7 Middletown 174 7 10 8 Barrington 155 9 9 9 Woonsocket 135 12 11 10 Tolman 131 8 7 11 St. Ray's 123 t-14 14 12 East Greenwich 113 10 13 13 Cranston West 106 11 8 14 West Warwick 96 13 12 15 Mount Hope 81 NR NR 16 Mount Pleasant 79 t-14 16 17 Westerly 67 18 15 18 Central 60 16 17 19 East Providence 35 19 19 20 Rogers 30 17 18Dropped from the poll: No. 20 Warwick Vets.
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Also receiving votes: Moses Brown (15), Hope (13), North Smithfield (7), South Kingstown (7), Narragansett (2) and North Providence (1).
The Rhode Island Sports Media football poll is voted on by 14 local media members who regularly cover Rhode Island high school football. The poll is administrated and compiled by Eric Rueb of Southern Rhode Island Newspapers. Patch’s ballot is cast by Stephen Greenwell, the local editor of the South Kingstown and Narragansett site.
PATCH BALLOT
Rank Team Media Last Poll 1 La Salle 1 1 2 Hendricken 2 3 3 Cranston East 3 4 4 Portsmouth 4 2 5 Johnston 5 5 6 Cumberland 6 8 7 Tolman 10 6 8 Cranston West 13 7 9 Barrington 8 13 10 Middletown 7 9 11 Woonsocket 9 12 12 West Warwick 14 10 13 East Greenwich 12 11 14 St. Ray's 11 16 15 Westerly 17 14 16 Mt. Pleasant 16 19 17 Central 18 17 18 Rogers 20 18 19 East Providence 19 15 20 South Kingstown NR 20Want to be e-mailed when there is a new football poll or football-related article? Click the “keep me posted!” button below.
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