R.I. High School Football Poll - Week 1

Last week, we unveiled the preseason media poll for Rhode Island high schools, voted on by media members. It appears as though Portsmouth and Tiverton scraping by did little to drop them in the poll, and Middletown's big win wasn't enough for the Division IV Islanders to climb into the top 5. Although they did move up four spots. Rogers, meanwhile, which was receiving votes last week, has dropped completely out of the poll. (Note: There's obviously some trouble with the spacing, so to clarify, the first number is total points, the second is where the teams ranked last week. Numbers in parenthesis are first-place votes).

Team Points Last Week
1. La Salle (6) 158 1
2. Barrington (2) 154 2
3. South Kingstown 142 3
4. Cranston East 136 4
5. East Providence 123 5
6. Portsmouth 119 6
7. Middletown 98 11
8. Tiverton 82 8
9t. Westerly 76 9t
9t. West Warwick 76 13
11. Cranston West 70 NR
12. Ponaganset 59 16
13. Hendricken 58 9t
14. Johnston 56 17
15. St. Raphael 54 12
16. Woonsocket 30 14
17. Tolman 28 7
18. Mount Hope 25 NR
19. Lincoln 21 18
20t. Classical 20 NR
20t. Moses Brown 20 NR


Others receiving votes: East Greenwich (18), Toll Gate (18), Shea (16), Cumberland (11), North Kingstown (11), North Providence (2), Hope (1), Narragansett (1).

Participating publications: The Chariho Times, The Coventry Courier, The Cranston Herald, The East Greenwich Pendulum, The Narragansett Times, The Newport Daily News, The Northeast Independent, The North Kingstown Standard Times, The South County Independent, The Warwick Beacon, The Westerly Sun.