La Salle Tops RI Football Poll

Following an early season victory against the No. 1 Hendricken Hawks, the La Salle Rams have vaulted into the top spot of the Rhode Island Sports Media Football Poll.

La Salle has been dominant in its two games so far this year, a 34-7 win against Division III Rogers, and this past weekend, a 39-14 win against the Hawks. Hendricken fell to No. 5 in the polls with the loss.

East Providence moved up a spot, to No. 2, with a 48-14 win against North Kingstown. The Skippers are the sole Division I team to not be ranked, and they also did not receive a single vote for the Top 20.

Cranston West jumped two spots to No. 3, thanks to a 20-15 win against Barrington. The Eagles fell from No. 4 to No. 6.

Portsmouth shifted up to No. 4, thanks to the loses by Barrington and Hendricken. The Patriots beat No. 13 Cranston East 21-14. East moved up from No. 16 to No. 13 with the one-touchdown defeat.

South Kingstown did not play, and as a result, lost one spot in the rankings, as Division II Central leapfrogged them. The Rebels are currently ranked No. 9.

Tied with Cranston East at No. 13 is Division III Rogers. The Vikings crushed Burrillville 47-12.

At No. 15 is Johnston, who won 22-14 against an unranked Coventry team. Johnston moved up three spots with the win.

Mt. Hope dropped two spots, from No. 14 to No. 16, because of a close loss to No. 7 West Warwick.

Woonsocket is on the cusp of the poll, with 23 points, two behind No. 20 Moses Brown. (17), Coventry (5) and Narragansett (5) also received votes.

FULL RESULTS

Rank

Team

Points

Last week

1.

La Salle (10)

238

2

2.

East Providence (2)

229

3

3.

Cranston West

216

5

4.

Portsmouth

195

6

5.

Hendricken

184

1

6.

Barrington

165

4

7.

West Warwick

158

7

8.

Central

153

10

t-9.

South Kingstown

131

8

t-9.

Westerly

131

11

11.

Tolman

129

9

12.

Ponaganset

82

t-20

t-13.

Cranston East

79

16

t-13.

Rogers

79

t-14

15.

Johnston

57

18

16.

Mount Hope

48

t-14

17.

Cumberland

40

NR

t-18.

Chariho

27

14

t-18.

Exeter-West Greenwich

27

NR

20.

Moses Brown

25

19

Dropped out: St. Raphael (17); North Smithfield (t-20);

Also receiving votes: St. Raphael 23, Woonsocket 23, Lincoln 19, Middletown 17, Pilgrim 14, Mount Pleasant 7, Coventry 5, Narragansett 5, Hope 3, Providence Country Day 1.                  

PATCH BALLOT

1

East Providence

2

La Salle

3

Cranston West

4

Westerly

5

West Warwick

6

South Kingstown

7

Hendricken

8

Portsmouth

9

Ponaganset

10

Barrington

11

Central

12

Johnston

13

Cumberland

14

Tolman

15

Mt. Hope

16

Coventry

17

Chariho

18

Rogers

19

St. Ray's

20

PCD

Voting done by Narragansett Local Editor Stephen Greenwell.

GAMES THIS WEEK

• 7 p.m. Friday: Portsmouth at La Salle; Rogers at Lincoln; Ponaganset at Mt. Hope; Barrington at North Kingstown; Hendricken at South Kingstown; East Providence at Cranston West.
• 10:30 a.m. Saturday: East Greenwich at Burrillville.
• 11 a.m. Saturday: Tiverton at Moses Brown; Middletown at Narragansett.
• 1:30 p.m. Saturday: Tolman at Woonsocket.
• 2 p.m. Saturday: Cranston East at Classical.
• 7 p.m. Saturday: Coventry at Central.

The Rhode Island Sports Media Football Poll consists of 12 voting members from local newspapers, television stations and Patch. It is compiled by Eric Rueb of South Rhode Island Newspapers and offered free of charge to all media outlets in the state.