Before we unveil this week’s high school football poll, a look at recent highlights of some of the teams have have features so far this season on the Astound TV Network:
Astound TV Network Sports: Becahi vs. Emmaus (8/24)
Astound TV Network Sports: George Washington vs. Parkland (8/24)
Astound TV Network Sports: Northwestern Lehigh vs. Northern Lehigh (8/24)
Coming up this Friday, the top two teams (both 3-0) in the Astound TV Network coverage area square off, as we’ll be broadcasting Freedom and Nazareth live at 7pm, followed by Northampton vs. Liberty airing at 9:30pm.
We will also broadcast our first Lafayette football game of this year on Saturday.
On Thursday at 7pm, we’ll recap the first three weeks of the high school football season and preview this weekend’s games on “ATVN SportsTalk,” broadcasting live on ATVN and also streaming the program for free at: youtube.com/AstoundTVnetwork
Now for the latest “Astounding 10’’ high school football weekly poll for this fall season.
Our pollsters give their selections for who they believe are the top 10 performing football teams that you’ll see on the Astound TV Network this fall.
Each voter will select the top 10 teams – with the top team getting 10 points, 9 for the second best team, 8 for third and so forth.
One caveat – in order to balance the bigger and smaller schools in the region, each pollster MUST include at least three teams that are NOT a 6A-sized school.
It’s a brand new way to gauge the top teams in Eastern Pennsylvania this fall, and we invite you to check back each week throughout this football season to see which teams make our poll…and who’s listed where, as decided by our diverse group of voters.
One other unique aspect to our poll…the coaches and athletic directors’ names are never revealed so they can vote with their minds…and also avoid any potential “bulletin board” material, so each one can make selections without repercussions.
Throughout the years that we have done our poll, the coaches and athletic directors have always maintained very objective opinions. If you look back through our archives, you’ll notice that our pollsters have been amazingly accurate and unbiased in their selections, and our polls’ top teams very often finish similarly in the same order as the “power points” system that District XI uses when compiling its standings and playoff positionings.
As far as which media members have a say? They will identify themselves on our Thursday “SportsTalk” show, which, this fall, will be streamed live on YouTube every Thursday at 7pm, in addition to being broadcast on ATVN.
So without any further delay, here’s this week’s edition of the “Astounding 10” … (the number in parenthesis is the average points received for each team, with ‘10’ being the maximum.)
- Freedom (9.8)
- Nazareth (9.2)
- Parkland (7.2)
- Emmaus (6.4)
- Northwestern (6)
- Liberty (4.2)
- Easton (3.6)
- Northampton (2.2)
- North Schuylkill (0.8)
- Bethlehem Catholic (.06)
Other team(s) receiving more than one mention: Notre Dame-GP, Blue Mountain
Bookmark and return to our page each week and check back after this weekend’s game to see if your favorite teams moved up or down in the minds and opinions of our pollsters!
The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.
