Team

Ursuline

Record	Div.	Conf.
2/8	Div. IV	Independents

Team

Cardinal Mooney

Record	Div.	Conf.
7/5	Div. IV	Independents

Team

Campbell Memorial

Record	Div.	Conf.
3/7	Div. V	All-American Conference Blue Tier

Team

Austintown Fitch

Record	Div.	Conf.
6/4	Div. I	All-American Conference Gold Tier

Staff report

Ursuline High’s football team is an overwhelming choice as the best team in Division V, in the first poll of the 2010 season.

The Fighting Irish (3-0), who are two-time defending state champions, received 20 first-place votes in balloting by sportswriters and broadcasters around the state.

Ursuline, with 240 points, holds a comfortable margin over runner-up Versailles (3-0), with 163 points.

The Fighting Irish, who play host to Bedford on Friday night, were the highest-ranked of Valley teams.

In Div. III, Cardinal Mooney (2-1) was ranked No. 3 with one first-place vote and 169 points, behind No. 1 Steubenville (3-0) with 239 points and No. 2 Columbus Watterson (199).

Columbus DeSales (2-1), which lost to Mooney in last year’s state final, is ranked No. 4 and plays host to the Cardinals on Friday night.

Also in Div. III, Salem (3-0) is tied for eighth in the balloting with 55 points.

The Quakers play at Hubbard on Friday night.

Howland (3-0) is ranked No. 9 in Div. II with one first-place vote and 75 points. The Tigers visit Canfield on Friday night.

Cincinnati Turpin (3-0) leads the balloting with 144 points, followed by Columbus Marion-Franklin, Maple Heights, Mentor Lake Catholic and Toledo Central Catholic.

Other area teams receiving votes in the initial poll were Austintown Fitch in Div. I (18th place), Campbell Memorial in Div. IV (14th), and Western Reserve in Div. VI (16th).

Fitch (3-0) plays host to No. 11 Canton McKinley (2-1) on Friday night in the Falcons’ Federal League opener.

Delphos St. John’s is ranked No. 1 in the small-school division, followed by Maria Stein Marion Local, Newark Catholic, Ada and Dalton.

In Div. I, Cle. Glenville leads the way with 10 first-place votes and 203 points, with Cincinnati Colerain, Lakewood St. Edward, Hilliard Davidson and Cincinnati Moeller rounding out the top five.