Connecticut high school football continues to be all about the FCIAC.

It isn’t likely to change anytime soon, either.

Six of the Top 10 teams in The Day’s Top 10 state coaches’ poll are from the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, all ranked in the top eight.

St. Joseph (5-0) continues to be number one and received nine of 12 first-place votes. The Cadets beat Greenwich last Saturday, 24-20, for their 28th straight win.

Darien (5-0) holds at No. 2 after a wild 56-36 win over Wilton last Saturday. The Blue Wave scored 22 unanswered points with under 10 minutes left to finally put the Warriors away. They received the other three first-place votes.

Two more FCIAC teams, New Canaan (5-0) and Ridgefield (4-1), are third and fourth respectively.

Greenwich (3-2) dropped two spots down to sixth despite its record. The Cardinals are the only team in the poll with wins over two Top 10 teams — Ridgefield (42-38) and No. 7 Fairfield Prep (14-7). Their losses came against St. Joseph and Shelton (4-1), 35-14.

Shelton's loss was to Trumbull, yet another FCIAC team, 41-7.

Norwalk (4-1) slipped from sixth to eighth after Sunday’s 17-14 loss to New Canaan. Norwalk was without head coach Pat Miller and 15 players, including several starters, due to COVID-19 protocols.

Should one wonder why coaches hold the FCIAC in such high esteem, the league has won a state-best 13 of the 40 CIAC state titles awarded over the past 10 seasons followed by the Southern Connecticut Conference (10). The Central Connecticut Conference and Naugatuck Valley League are next with five each (Ansonia has won four of the five for the NVL).

The FCIAC will have the state’s biggest game this week as St. Joseph plays at Ridgefield on Friday night.

Killingly (5-0) and Ledyard (5-0) were the ECC teams who received votes.

n.griffen@theday.com