{"id":89021,"date":"2024-08-26T13:48:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=89021"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:51:17","slug":"st-astounding-10-hs-football-poll-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-astounding-10-hs-football-poll-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Astounding 10\u201d HS Football Poll-Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we unveiled the all new \u201cAstounding 10\u2019 high school football weekly poll for this fall season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our pollsters give their selections for who they believe are the top 10 performing football teams that you\u2019ll see on the Astound TV Network this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each voter will select the top 10 teams \u2013 with the top team getting 10 points, 9 for the second best team, 8 for third and so forth.<\/span><\/p>\n

One caveat \u2013 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 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\u2026and who\u2019s listed where, as decided by our diverse group of voters.<\/span><\/p>\n

One other unique aspect to our poll\u2026the coaches and athletic directors\u2019 names are never revealed so they can vote with their minds\u2026and also avoid any potential \u201cbulletin board\u201d material, so each one can make selections without repercussions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the years that we have done our poll, the coaches and athletic directors have always maintained very objective opinions.\u00a0 If you look back through our archives, you\u2019ll notice that our pollsters have been amazingly accurate and unbiased in their selections, and our polls\u2019 top teams very often finish similarly in the same order as the \u201cpower points\u201d system that District XI uses when compiling its standings and playoff positionings.<\/span><\/p>\n

As far as which media members have a say?\u00a0 They will identify themselves on our Thursday \u201cSportsTalk\u201d show, which, this fall, will be streamed live on YouTube every Thursday at 7pm, in addition to being broadcast on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For week one (or \u201cweek zero\u201d as some across the state refer to it) in which nearly every Lehigh Valley team plays someone from outside the area (and Freedom played a team from California), most teams had decided victories to kick off their seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two exceptions were Emmaus and Whitehall – both teams slipped up in their season opener and fell in our poll.\u00a0 Both the Hornets and the Zephyrs have important \u201cweek two\u201d matchups \u2013 both teams\u2019 games will be featured on our Astound TV Network this Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

So without any further delay, here\u2019s week two of the \u201cAstounding 10\u201d \u2026 (the number in parenthesis is the average points received for each team, with \u201810\u2019 being the maximum.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Parkland (9.6)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Nazareth (7.6)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Freedom (7.2)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Emmaus (6.2)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Northampton (5.4)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Northwestern (4.8)<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Becahi (3.2)<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Notre Dame-Green Pond (2.8)<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Central Catholic (1.4)<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Whitehall (.06)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other teams receiving more than one mention: So. Lehigh, Liberty<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bookmark and return to our page each week and check back after this weekend\u2019s game to see if your favorite teams moved up or down in the minds of our pollsters!<\/span><\/p>\n

    The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> 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.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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