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NYSSWA rankings, 1969-80

1969 final football polls

All schools

1. Kenmore West (8-0)

2. Ithaca (8-0)

3. Utica Notre Dame (8-0)

4. Scarsdale (8-0)

5. Olean Walsh (8-0)

6. Brighton (8-0)

7. Hudson Falls (7-0)

8. Massena (7-0)

9. Vestal (7-1)

10. Levittown Division (8-0)

 

1970

Large schools

1. Ithaca (8-0)

2. Newburgh Free Academy (7-0)

3. Auburn (8-0)

4. Vestal (7-1)

5. Rush-Henrietta (8-0)

6. Kenmore East (8-0)

7. Brentwood (8-0)

8. Niskayuna (7-0-1)

9. Patchogue Seton Hall (8-0)

10. Syosset (7-1)

11. West Genesee (7-1)

12. Rochester Aquinas (7-1)

Small schools

1. Albany Academy (7-0)

2. Pleasantville (8-0)

3. Chenango Forks (8-0)

4. Pine Plains (8-0)

5. Olean Walsh (8-0)

6. South Seneca (7-1)

7. LaFayette (7-1)

8. Cooperstown (8-0)

9. Canastota (7-1)

10. Avon (7-1)

11. Troy Tamarac (8-0)

12. Dundee (7-1)

 

1971

Large schools

1. Farmingdale (9-0)

2. White Plains (9-0)

3. Rochester Madison (7-0)

4. Ithaca (8-0-1)

5. North Rockland (9-0)

6. Vestal (8-1)

7. Buffalo Sweet Home (8-1)

8. West Seneca East (8-0)

9. Lewiston-Porter (8-0)

10. Massapequa Berner (7-2)

11. Syracuse Corcoran (7-1)

12. Brentwood (8-0-1)

13. Rochester Aquinas (7-1)

14. Massapequa (7-1)

15. Huntington (8-1)

16. Jamesville-DeWitt (7-1)

17. Elmira Southside (8-0)

18. Buffalo Timon (8-1)

19. Rome Free Academy (7-1-1)

20. Guilderland (7-1)

Small schools

1. Pleasantville (8-0)

2. Salamanca (8-0)

3. Clyde-Savannah (8-0)

4. Cazenovia (8-0)

5. John Jay, Cross River (9-0)

6. Highland (9-0)

7. Ravena (7-1)

8. Central Square (8-0)

9. Lockport DeSales (7-1)

10. Utica JFK (7-1)

11. Groton (8-0)

12. Tully (7-1)

13. Attica (8-0)

14. Solvay (6-1-1)

15. Plattsburgh St. John's (9-0)

16. Le Roy (7-1)

17. Geneseo (6-1)

18. Cuba  (8-0)

19. Westfield (8-0)

20. Dryden (7-1)

 

1972

Large schools

1. Farmingdale (9-0)

2. Kenmore East (8-0)

3. Ithaca (9-0)

4. Shenendehowa (9-0)

5. Buffalo Canisius (8-0)

6. Auburn (9-0)

7. Vestal (8-1)

8. Maine-Endwell (9-0)

9. North Rockland (9-0)

10. East Meadow (8-1)

11. Lindenhurst (6-1-1)

12. Scarsdale (8-1)

13. Brentwood (8-1)

14. Lewiston-Porter (7-1)

15. Syosset (8-1)

16. East Syracuse-Minoa (9-0)

17. Sayville (9-0)

18. Rochester Cardinal Mooney (7-1)

19. Susquehanna Valley (8-1)

20. (tie) Sleepy Hollow (9-0)

20. (tie) Syracuse CBA (7-1)

20. (tie) New Hartford (7-1)

Small schools

1. Pleasantville (8-0)

2. John Jay, Cross River (8-1)

3. Lackawanna Baker (9-0)

4. Springville (8-0)

5. Goshen (8-0-1)

6. Depew (8-0)

7. Albany Academy (7-0)

8. Windsor (7-1-1)

9. St. Lawrence (8-0)

10. Irvington (7-1)

11. Johnstown (7-1)

12. Minisink Valley (8-0-1)

13. Solvay (7-1)

14. Le Roy (8-1)

15. Watertown Immaculate Heart (8-0)

16. Medina (7-1)

17. Mount Markham (8-0)

18. Plattsburgh St. John's (8-0)

19. Tully (8-1)

20. (tie) Victor (8-1)

20. (tie) Dryden (9-0)

 

1973

Large schools

1. Vestal (9-0)

2. Buffalo Canisius (8-0)

3. Lancaster (8-0)

4. East Rochester (9-0)

5. Syosset (8-1)

6. West Hempstead (8-1)

7. Utica Notre Dame (8-0)

8. Kenmore East (7-1)

9. Harrison (9-0)

10. Maine-Endwell (8-1)

11. Farmingdale (7-1)

12. Amherst Sweet Home (8-1)

13. Noth Babylon (8-0)

14. Bellmore JFK (8-1)

15. Webster (9-0)

16. Syracuse Henninger (8-1)

17. Albany CBA (7-2)

18. Guilderland (7-2)

19. Ketcham (8-1)

20. Massapequa (7-1)

21. Levittown Division (8-1)

22. Grand Island (8-0)

23. Clarkstown North (9-0)

24. Shenendehowa (8-1)

25. White Plains Stepinac (7-2)

Small schools

1. Pleasantville (8-0)

2. Springville (8-0)

3. Chenango Forks (9-0)

4. Clyde-Savannah (9-0)

5. John Jay (8-1)

6. Port Jervis (8-1)

7. Saratoga St. Peter's (9-0)

8. Caledonia-Mumford (8-0)

9. Tuckahoe (8-0)

10. Plattsburgh St. John's (8-0)

11. Johnstown (7-1)

12. Syracuse Westhill (8-1)

13. Batavia Notre Dame (7-2)

14. Pawling (8-1)

15. Lockport DeSales (8-1)

16. Medina (7-1)

17. Waterloo (8-1)

18. Goshen (8-1)

19. Fredonia (7-0-1)

20. Coxsackie-Athens (8-0)

 

1974

Large schools

1. Syosset-8 (9-0)

2. S. Huntington Holy Family-11 (9-0)

3. Buffalo Canisius-6 (9-0)

4. Vestal-4 (8-0-1)

5. Auburn-3 (9-0)

6. Shenendehowa-2 (9-0)

7. Union-Endicott-4 (7-0-1)

8. Carey-8 (9-0)

9. Rome Free Academy-3 (8-0)

10. Lewiston-Porter-6 (8-0)

11. Hamburg-6 (8-0)

12. Buffalo Sweet Home-6 (8-1)

13. Kenmore East-6 (7-1)

14. McQuaid-5 (8-1)

15. Webster Thomas-5 (8-1)

16. Albany CBA-2 (8-0)

17. Amsterdam-2 (7-1)

18. North Syracuse-3 (7-2)

19. Clarkstown Soth-9 (9-0)

20. Newburgh Free Academy-9 (4-2)

21. Hyde Park Roosevelt-1 (8-1)

22. Walt Whitman-11 (8-1)

23. White Plains-1 (6-2)

24. North Tonawanda-6 (6-2)

25. (tie) Horace Greeley-1 (8-0)

25. (tie) North Babylon-11 (8-1)

Small schools

1. (tie) Monroe-Woodbury-9 (9-0)

1. (tie) Lockport DeSales-6 (8-0)

3. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-0)

4. Waterloo-5 (9-0)

5. Valhalla-1 (7-2)

6. Springville-6 (7-0-1)

7. Oneida-3 (8-0)

8. Eden-6 (7-0-1)

9. Mohawk-3 (8-0-1)

10. Croton-1 (7-1-1)

11. Mechanicville-2 (8-0-1)

12. Mynderse-5 (8-1)

13. Falconer-6 (9-0)

14. Dunkirk-6 (8-1)

15. Tioga-4 (8-0-1)

16. Syracuse Westhill-3 (8-1)

17. Lackawanna Baker-6 (7-2)

18. Red Hook-9 (8-1)

19. Beekmantown-7 (8-1)

20. Windsor-4 (7-1-1)

21. New York Mills-3 (8-0)

22. Goshen-9 (7-2)

23. Pleasantville-1 (6-2)

24. Pavilion-5 (8-0)

25. (tie) LaFayette-3 (8-1)

25. (tie) Skaneateles-3 (8-1)

 

1975

Large schools

1. Vestal-4 (9-0)

2. Farmingdale-8 (9-0)

3. Auburn-3 (9-0)

4. Shenendehowa-2 (9-0)

5. Buffalo Canisius-6 (8-0)

6. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-0)

7. East Islip-11 (9-0)

8. Rochester Aquinas-5 (8-1)

9. Buffalo grover Cleveland-6 (8-0)

10. Oyster Bay St. Dominic's-8 (9-0)

11. McQuaid-5 (8-0)

12. Yonkers Roosevelt-1 (9-0)

13. Amherst-6 (7-0)

14. Williamsville North-6 (8-0-1)

15. Rush-Henrietta-5 (7-1-1)

16. Union-Endicott-4 (7-2)

17. East Rochester-5 (8-1)

18. Johnson City-4 (8-1)

19. Syracuse Henninger-3 (7-2)

20. Horseheads-4 (8-1)

21. Great Neck North-8 (8-0-1)

22. Cicero-3 (7-2)

23. Port Washington-8 (9-0)

24. Rye-1 (8-1)

25. (tie) Ward Melville-11 (6-0-3)

25. (tie) White Plains-1 (7-1)

Small schools

1. Croton-Harmon-1 (9-0)

2. Cheektowaga JFK-6 (8-0)

3. Livonia-5 (8-0)

4. Johnstown-2 (7-1)

5. Albany Academy-2 (8-0)

6. Penn Yan-5 (8-1)

7. John Jay, Cross River-1 (8-1)

8. Port Jervis-9 (8-0-1)

9. Waterloo-5 (8-1)

10. Springville-6 (7-1)

11. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

12. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-1)

13. Pleasantville-1 (6-2)

14. Ilion-3 (8-1)

15. Central Square-3 (8-1)

16. Windsor-4 (7-2)

17. Dryden-4 (9-0)

18. New York Mills-3 (9-0)

19. Portville-6 (9-0)

20. Fonda-Fultonville-2 (8-1)

21. Canisteo-5 (7-1)

22. Dundee-5 (9-0)

23. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill-3 (6-1-1)

24. Falconer-6 (8-0)

25. Seneca Falls Mynderse-5 (7-2)

 

1976

Large schools

1. Rush-Henrietta-5 (9-0)

2. Albany CBA-2 (9-0)

3. McQuaid-5 (8-0)

4. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-0-1)

5. Union-Endicott-4 (8-1)

6. Farmingdale-8 (7-1)

7. Horace Greeley-1 (8-1)

8. Yonkers Roosevelt-1 (8-1)

9. Copiague-11 (8-0-1)

10. Central Islip-11 (8-0-1)

11. Scarsdale-1 (7-2)

12. Jamesville-DeWitt-3 (7-1)

13. Cicero-3 (8-1)

14. Corning East-5 (9-0)

15. Cortland-4 (8-0)

16. West Genesee-3 (8-1)

17. East Rochester-5 (8-1)

18. Massapequa Berner-8 (7-1-1)

19. Rome Free Academy-3 (8-1)

20. Niagara LaSalle-6 (7-0-1)

21. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

22. Shenendehowa-2 (7-2)

23. Binghamton Central-4 (7-1)

24. Comsewogue-11 (7-1)

25. (tie) Kingston-1 (7-2)

25. (tie) Hamburg-6 (8-1)

25. (tie) Lewiston-Porter-6 (7-1-1)

Small schools

1. Penn Yan-5 (9-0)

2. Pleasantville-1 (8-1)

3. Chenango Forks-4 (8-1)

4. Albany Academy-2 (9-0)

5. Lockport DeSales-6 (7-1)

6. Port Jervis-9 (8-1)

7. Monroe-Woodbury-9 (8-1)

8. Rye Neck-1 (8-1)

9. Cazenovia-3 (7-1)

10. Windsor-4 (7-2)

11. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (7-1)

12. Livonia-5 (7-1)

13. Valhalla-1 (7-1)

14. Falconer-6 (8-0)

15. Wallkill-9 (8-0-1)

16. Oakfield-Alabama-5 (8-0)

17. Somers JFK-1 (6-2)

18. Lake Shore-6 (7-1)

19. Lyons-5 (8-1)

20. Watervliet-2 (7-1)

21. Royalton-Hartland-6 (7-1)

22. Salamanca-6 (7-2)

23. Dolgeville-3 (8-0)

24. Massena-10 (6-0-2)

25. (tie) Saranac Lake-10 (7-0-1)

25. (tie) Groton-4 (8-1)

 

1977

Large schools

1. New Rochelle-1 (9-0)

2. Fairport-5 (9-0)

3. Chaminade-8 (8-0)

4. New Hyde Park-8 (9-0)

5. Shenendehowa-2 (8-0)

6. Kingston-1 (9-0)

7. Horace Greeley-1 (9-0)

8. Rochester Aquinas-5 (8-1)

9. Syracuse Nottingham-3 (9-0)

10. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-1)

11. Johnson City-4 (8-1)

12. Oceanside-8 (8-1)

13. Sweet Home-6 (7-1)

14. Buffalo St. Joe's-6 (7-1)

15. East Syracuse-Minoa-3 (8-1)

16. Sachem-11 (8-1)

17. Webster Schroeder-5 (8-1)

18. Patchogue-11 (8-1)

19. Cold Spring Harbor-8 (9-0)

20. North Rockland-9 (8-1)

21. White Plains-1 (7-2)

22. Syracuse Henninger-3 (7-1)

23. Holy Family-11 (8-1)

24. Albany CBA-2 (7-2)

25. (tie) East Rochester-5 (7-2)

25. (tie) Fayetteville-Manlius-3 (8-1)

Small schools

1. (tie) Caledonia-Mumford-5 (8-0)

1. (tie) Olean-6 (8-0)

3. Harrison-1 (8-1)

4. Saranac Lake-10 (8-0)

5. Buffalo Lafayette-6 (7-0)

6. Goshen-9 (8-1)

7. Seneca Falls Mynderse-5 (8-0-1)

8. Lyons-5 (9-0)

9. Whitehall-2 (8-0)

10. John Jay, Cross River-1 (7-1)

11. Dryden-4 (9-0)

12. Mt. Markham-3 (8-0)

13. Medina-6 (7-0-1)

14. Croton-Harmon-1 (7-1)

15. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

16. Perth-2 (8-0)

17. Pleasantville-1 (7-1-1)

18. Port Jervis-9 (7-1-1)

19. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill-3 (7-1)

20. New Paltz-9 (9-0)

21. Depew-6 (8-1)

22. Plattsburgh-7 (8-0)

23. Le Roy-5 (7-2)

24. Maple Grove-6 (8-1)

25. Syracuse Bishop Grimes-3 (7-2)

 

1978

Large schools

1. (tie) East Rochester-5 (10-0)

1. (tie) Farmingdale-8 (9-0)

3. Vestal-4 (9-0)

4. Kingston-1 (10-0)

5. Albany Maginn-2 (10-0)

6. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-0)

7. Chaminade-8 (10-0)

8. Bethpage-8 (9-0)

9. Clarkstown South-9 (8-1)

10. Cold Spring Harbor-8 (9-0)

11. Union-Endicott-4 (6-2)

12. East Islip-11 (8-1)

13. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

14. Bethlehem-2 (9-1)

15. Buffalo Canisius-6 (7-1)

16. Mamaroneck-1 (8-1)

17. Fairport-5 (7-1-1)

18. Buffalo Timon-6 (7-1)

19. Sachem-11 (7-2)

20. West Islip-11 (8-1)

21. White Plains-1 (7-1)

22. Liverpool-3 (8-1)

23. Ithaca-4 (7-2)

24. Rush-Henrietta Sperry-5 (7-2)

25. (tie) McQuaid-5 (8-1)

25. (tie) Amherst-6 (7-1)

25. (tie) Arlington-1 (7-1)

Small schools

1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (9-0)

2. Springville-6 (9-0)

3. Chenango Forks-4 (8-1)

4. Harrison-1 (8-1)

5. Oneida-3 (8-0)

6. Johnstown-2 (9-0-1)

7. Irvington-1 (10-0)

8. Cornwall-9 (9-0)

9. Penn Yan-5 (8-1)

10. Solvay-3 (8-0)

11. Pleasantville-1 (8-2)

12. Walton-4 (7-1)

13. Peru-7 (9-0)

14. Tupper Lake-10 (7-1)

15. Niagara Catholic-6 (6-2)

16. Wellsville-5 (7-2)

17. Ballston Spa-2 (9-1)

18. Livonia-5 (7-1-1)

19. Salamanca-6 (7-2)

20. Washingtonville-9 (8-2)

21. Massena-10 (7-1)

22. Riverhead Mercy-11 (7-0-1)

23. Albany Academy-2 (7-1)

24. Deposit-4 (9-0)

25. (tie) Sleepy Hollow-1 (7-2)

25. (tie) Groton-4 (7-1)

25. (tie) Lowville-3 (8-1)

 

1979

Large schools

1. Union-Endicott-4 (9-0)

2. Liverpool-3 (10-0)

3. Sewanhaka-8 (9-0)

4. White Plains-1 (10-0)

5. Farmingdale-8 (8-1)

6. Sachem-11 (8-1)

7. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

8. Suffern-9 (9-0)

9. North Tonawanda-6 (9-0-1)

10. Jamestown-6 (8-1)

11. West Islip-11 (8-1)

12. Deer Park-11 (7-1)

13. West Hempstead-8 (9-0)

14. Rochester Aquinas-5 (9-1)

15. Shenendehowa-2 (9-1)

16. Bishop Timon-6 (8-1)

17. Yonkers Gorton-1 (9-0)

18. Ramapo-9 (9-1)

19. Eastridge-5 (8-1-1)

20. Greece Athena-5 (8-1)

21. Corning West-5 (9-1)

22. Ketcham-1 (9-1)

23. Elmira Free-4 (8-1)

24. Amsterdam-2 (8-2)

25. (tie) Orchard Park-6 (7-2)

25. (tie) Horace Greeley-1 (7-1)

Small schools

1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (9-0)

2. John Jay, Cross River-1 (9-0)

3. Solvay-3 (8-0-1)

4. Port Jervis-9 (9-1)

5. Nanuet-9 (9-0)

6. Albion-6 (9-0)

7. Scotia-2 (8-2)

8. Windsor-4 (8-1)

9. Beekmantown-7 (8-0-1)

10. Alden-6 (7-1-1)

11. Chenango Forks-4 (7-2)

12. Irvington-1 (9-1)

13. Clyde-Savannah-5 (7-2-1)

14. Johnstown-2 (9-1)

15. Westhampton-11 (7-1)

16. Queensbury-2 (6-1-1)

17. Springville-6 (7-2)

18. Dansville-5 (8-1)

19. Watervliet-2 (8-0-1)

20. Carthage-3 (8-2)

21. Massena-10 (8-1)

22. Oxford-4 (9-0)

23. Elmira Heights Edison-4 (9-0-1)

24. Croton-Harmon-1 (8-1-1)

25. (tie) Hudson-2 (8-1)

25. (tie) Depew-6 (7-1-1)

 

1980

Large schools

1. New Rochelle-1 (10-0)

2. East Islip-11 (9-0-1)

3. Massapequa-8 (9-0)

4. West Islip-11 (7-0-1)

5. Rome Free Academy-3 (9-1)

6. West Islip St. John Baptist-11 (9-0-1)

7. Fairport-5 (9-0-1)

8. Syracuse Henninger-3 (8-1)

9. Hamburg Frontier-6 (7-2)

10. Bethpage-8 (9-0)

11. Elmira Free Academy-4 (8-1)

12. Sewanhaka-8 (8-1)

13. Johnson City-4 (9-1)

14. Clarence-6 (8-1)

15. Kingston-1 (8-2)

16. Farmingdale-8 (7-1)

17. Amherst Sweet Home-6 (7-2)

18. Liverpool-3 (8-2)

19. Amherst-6 (7-2)

20. Gates Chili-5 (8-2)

21. Plainedge-8 (8-1)

22. Poughkeepsie Arlington-1 (7-2)

23. Shenendehowa-2 (9-1)

24. Clarkstown South-9 (9-1)

25. (tie) Pittsford Mendon-5 (9-1)

25. (tie) Vestal-4 (6-2)

25. (tie) Yorktown-1 (8-1)

Small schools

1. Caledonia-Mumford-5 (10-0)

2. Springville-6 (9-0)

3. Port Jervis-9 (10-0)

4. Peru-7 (9-0-1)

5. Windsor-4 (9-1)

6. Tonawanda Cardinal O’Hara-6 (9-0)

7. Ilion-3 (9-1)

8. Herkimer-3 (9-1)

9. Nanuet-1 (8-1)

10. Medina-6 (8-0-1)

11. Depew-6 (9-1)

12. Tioga-4 (10-0)

13. New Rochelle Blessed Sacrament-1 (8-1)

14. New Paltz-9 (10-0)

15. Newark Valley-4 (9-1)

16. Massena-10 (9-1)

17. Glens Falls-2 (9-1)

18. Canandaigua-5 (7-1-1)

19. Dunkirk-6 (7-1)

20. Dobbs Ferry-1 (9-1)

21. Gloversville-2 (7-2)

22. Rome Catholic-3 (9-1)

23. Albany Academy-2 (8-0-1)

24. Fonda-Fultonville-2 (9-1)

25. (tie) Plattsburgh-7 (7-1)

25. (tie) Westhampton-11 (7-2)

25. (tie) Minisink Valley-9 (8-2)

 


  
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