Not a ton of movement this week, and Catholic Memorial still sits at No. 1 in New England. Week 9 New England Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (9-1) 2. Windsor (9-0) 3. King Philip (10-0) 4. Hand (9-0) 5. Needham (10-0) 6. New Canaan (8-1) 7. St. John’s Prep (9-1) 8. Greenwich (8-1) 9. Staples (8-1) 10. Darien (8-1) 11. Scituate (10-0) 12. Bedford (10-0) 13. Fairfield Prep (8-1) 14…….

Not much change. Champlain Valley Union of Vermont completed a perfect season with a dominant 2024 campaign. Week 8 New England Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (8-1) 2. Springfield Central (8-1) 3. Windsor (8-0) 4. King Philip (9-0) 5. Hand (8-0) 6. Needham (9-0) 7. New Canaan (7-1) 8. St. John’s Prep (8-1) 9. Greenwich (7-1) 10. Staples (7-1) 11. Darien (7-1) 12. Scituate (9-0) 13. Bedford (9-0) 14. Fairfield……

Some more changes coming, as a lot of the power teams have taken losses recently. Only going to get tougher for everyone with more postseason games coming. Week 7 New England Top 25 1. Catholic Memorial (6-1) 2. Springfield Central (7-1) 3. Windsor (7-0) 4. King Philip (8-0) 5. Hand (7-0) 6. Needham (8-0) 7. New Canaan (6-1) 8. St. John’s Prep (7-1) 9. Greenwich (6-1) 10. Staples (6-1) 11…….

Again, a lot of the change came from Connecticut. Week 5 New England Poll 1. St. John’s Prep (6-0) 2. Springfield Central (5-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (5-1) 4. Windsor (5-0) 5. King Philip (6-0) 6. Hand (5-0) 7. Needham (6-0) 8. New Canaan (4-1) 9. BC High (5-0) 10. Greenwich (4-1) 11. Staples (4-1) 12. Bishop Hendricken (4-2) 13. Darien (4-1) 14. Scituate (6-0) 15. Bedford (7-0) 16. Londonderry (5-2)……

Not a ton of change, although some teams in the Top 10 moved up a little. Week 4 New England Poll 1. St. John’s Prep (5-0) 2. Springfield Central (4-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (4-1) 4. Greenwich (4-0) 5. Staples (4-0) 6. King Philip (5-0) 7. Needham (5-0) 8. Hand (5-0) 9. Xaverian (3-2) 10. BC High (4-0) 11. Windsor (4-0) 12. Bishop Hendricken (4-2) 13. Scituate (5-0) 14. Bedford (6-0)……

Again, some interesting results in Connecticut, and also in New Hampshire. For the most part, things stayed the same, though. On to the rankings . . . Week 3 New England Poll 1. St. John’s Prep (4-0) 2. Springfield Central (3-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (2-1) 4. Greenwich (4-0) 5. Xaverian (3-1) 6. Staples (4-0) 7. King Philip (4-0) 8 Needham (5-0) 9. Hand (4-0) 10. BC High (3-0) 11. Windsor……

All right, an interesting week, as there was a lot of turnover in Connecticut, and it looks like a fun year there. Maybe the biggest game was Greenwich’s 21-20 win over Bishop Hendricken. Those interstate meetings are a lot of fun, and they really drive this poll. On to it. 1. St. John’s Prep (4-0) 2. Springfield Central (2-1) 3. Catholic Memorial (1-1) 4. Greenwich (3-0) 5. Xaverian (2-1) 6…….

All right, we are doing something new here at New England Football Journal. We are putting out a state association New England Top 25 for the high school programs here. We are hoping to do this throughout the whole season. Enjoy, and all discussion is welcome. 1. St. John’s Prep (3-0) 2. Xaverian (2-0) 3. New Canaan (2-0) 4. Catholic Memorial (0-1) 5. Springfield Central (1-1) 6. Greenwich (2-0) 7…….