The top five – La Salle, Hendricken, Cranston East, Portsmouth and Johnston – remains unchanged in the latest Rhode Island High School Football Media Poll.
Cumberland moved up one spot, to No. 6, following a convincing 41-6 win against unranked North Kingstown. Division III squad East Greenwich moved up to No. 11 with a 39-21 win against No. 19 Moses Brown.
The full poll:
| Rank | Team | Points | Last Week | Patch # |
| 1 | La Salle (8) | 274 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Hendricken (5) | 268 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cranston East (1) | 254 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 240 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Johnston | 217 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Cumberland | 202 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | Barrington | 194 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Westerly | 175 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Middletown | 155 | 11 | 13 |
| 10 | West Warwick | 153 | 12 | 7 |
| 11 | East Greenwich | 134 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Tolman | 127 | 9 | 8 |
| 13 | Cranston West | 97 | 13 | 9 |
| 14 | Woonsocket | 85 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | St. Ray's | 56 | NR | 19 |
| 16 | Mount Pleasant | 41 | NR | NR |
| 17 | Shea | 36 | 15 | NR |
| 18 | East Providence | 35 | 18 | 15 |
| 19 | Moses Brown | 34 | 16 | 17 |
| 20 | Central | 32 | 17 | 20 |
Dropped from the poll: South Kingstown (No. 19) and Coventry (No. 20).
Also receiving votes: Rogers 31, South Kingstown 29, Mt. Hope 26, Coventry 15, Warwick Vets 12, Hope 6, Smithfield 6, Classical 5, Central Falls 1.
PATCH BALLOT
There wasn’t much movement in my ballot either, except toward the bottom end. Chariho and Shea fell off my ballot after loses, with Rogers (No. 18) and St. Raphael (No. 19) back in the poll
| Rank | Team | Media | Last Week |
| 1 | Hendricken | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | La Salle | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Cranston East | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Johnston | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Westerly | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | West Warwick | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | Tolman | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | Cranston West | 13 | 9 |
| 10 | Woonsocket | 14 | 10 |
| 11 | Cumberland | 6 | 11 |
| 12 | Barrington | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | Middletown | 9 | 13 |
| 14 | East Greenwich | 11 | 14 |
| 15 | East Providence | 18 | 18 |
| 16 | South Kingstown | NR | 20 |
| 17 | Moses Brown | 19 | 15 |
| 18 | Rogers | NR | NR |
| 19 | St. Ray's | 15 | NR |
| 20 | Central | 20 | 19 |
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