FCIAC Football Blog

The New Canaan Rams are still in the top spot after Week 4 in the Bill Gonillo 5 poll of Fairfield County media members.

New Canaan received 13 of the 16 first-place votes. Greenwich received two first place votes, and Masuk one.

Rounding out the Top 5 are Greenwich, Staples, Masuk and Pomperaug, which knocked Sr. Joseph out of the fifth spot.

All nine teams that received votes from the media are undefeated. King is 3-0, while the rest of the teams are 4-0.

The Bill Gonillo 5 poll is a media ranking of the top teams in Fairfield County. All FCIAC and SWC schools, plus FAA, CSC and SCC teams based in Fairfield County, are on the ballot for consideration.

Ballots are totaled on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 formula.

The poll is named in honor of Bill Gonillo, the former News 12 sports anchor who died in September 2007 from complications related to diabetes. The poll also supports the American Diabetes Association’s mission to find a cure for and raise awareness of the disease, which affects 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8% of the population.

Also receiving votes: Trumbull 31, St. Joseph 17, King 16, Newtown 6.

Voters: Bob Birge (Coaches Aid), Damian Andrew (News12), Dan Farrand (freelancer), Dave Stewart (New Canaan Advertiser), Eliot Schickler (Westport News), Jason Intrieri (freelancer), John Nash (Stamford Times/Wilton Villager), Matt Norlader (New Canaan News-Review/Darien News), Michael Suppe (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Pat Pickens (Fairfield Citizen), Paul Silverfarb (Greenwich Post), Rob Adams (WGCH-AM), Sean Kilkelly (WGCH-AM), Tim Parry (FCIAC Football Blog), Tom Renner (Examiner.com), Zachary Eastright (WSTC-AM/WNLK-AM)