The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
2022 CIAC Football Divisions
2022 CIAC football playoff divisions grouped into six division by 2021 enrollment figures (figures unavailable as of June 15). Top eight CIAC playoff point averages qualify for 2022 state tournaments (48 teams).
Co-op teams listed in italics (co-op host teams in bold).
Class LL
756+ boys enrollment (23 Teams) Bridgeport Central Crosby Danbury East Hartford* Enfield Fairfield Prep* # Glastonbury Greenwich # Hamden # Kennedy Manchester McMahon* New Britain Norwalk* Norwich Free Academy* Ridgefield Southington* # Stamford Staples Trumbull* West Haven Westhill* Wilbur Cross Breakdown: 10 FCIAC, 6 CCC, 4 SCC, 2 NVL, 1 ECC; 0 Co-op teams; 7 schools of choice; 4 playoff teams from 2021.
Class L
755-611 boys enrollment (24 teams) Amity Bristol Central $ Cheshire Conard Darien # Fairfield Ludlowe Fairfield Warde Farmington Hall # Harding Maloney $ Middletown Naugatuck $ New Canaan # New Milford Newington Newtown Shelton # Simsbury* South Windsor St. Joseph** $ VG Techs* (Vinal Tech & Goodwin Tech) Wilby Xavier* Breakdown: 9 CCC, 5 FCIAC, 5 SCC, 2 SWC, 2 NVL, 1 CTC; 1 Co-Op; 4 schools of choice; 8 playoff teams
Class MM
610-513 boys enrollment (23 teams) Bassick Bristol Eastern Bunnell Cheney Tech* $ E.O. Smith* Fitch Guilford Hillhouse* Killingly ** & Masuk $ North Haven Northwest United* (Wolcott Tech, Litchfield, Nonnewaug, Shepaug & Wamogo) Platt Platt Tech Pomperaug Quinebaug Valley (Ellis Tech, Putnam & Tourtellotte) SMSA Coop* (SMSA, Bulkeley, Classical Magnet, HMTCA & University) Stratford Thames River* (Grasso Tech, Norwich Tech & St. Bernard) Wethersfield Wilcox/Kaynor* (Wilcox Tech & Kaynor Tech) Wilton Windsor $ Breakdown: 6 CTC, 5 CCC, 4 SCC, 4 SWC, 2 ECC, 1 FCIAC, 1 Pequot; 5 CoOps; 8 schools of choice; 4 playoff teams
Class M
512-409 boys enrollment (23 teams) ATI* (Abbott Tech & Immaculate) Avon & Berlin Bethel Branford & Brookfield Bullard/Kolbe (Bullard Havens Tech & Kolbe Cathedral) Coginchaug/Hale Ray/East Hampton East Haven East Lyme Hand $ Hartford Public Law Lyman Hall* New London* Notre Dame-West Haven* Prince Tech* RHAM Rockville & Torrington & Watertown Windsor Locks/Suffield*/East Granby Woodstock Academy* Breakdown: 6 SCC, 4 CCC, 3 CTC, 3 ECC 3 Pequot, 2 NVL, 2 SWC; 4 Co-Ops; 7 schools of choice; 5 playoff teams.
Class SS
408-344 boys enrollment (23 teams) Amistad Bacon Academy Barlow Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton/Lyman* CREC Coop* (Civic Leadership, Aerospace & MLC) Cromwell/Portland ! Ellington & Foran Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic & Granby/Canton & Ledyard* Lewis Mills O'Brien Tech* Plainville Rocky Hill Sheehan Stafford/Somers/East Windsor Tolland Valley Regional/Old Lyme Waterford Weaver Weston Windham Breakdown: 8 Pequot, 5 ECC, 4 CCC, 2 SCC, 2 SWC, 1 CTC, 1 independent; 7 Co-Ops; 4 schools of choice; 4 playoff teams
Class S
Up to 343 boys enrollment (23 teams) Ansonia ! Bloomfield ! Capital Prep/Achievement * Derby East Catholic* Griswold/Wheeler Haddam-Killingworth Holy Cross* ! Montville Morgan ! New Fairfield ! North Branford Northwest Catholic* Notre Dame-Fairfield* ! OSW (Old Saybrook/Westbrook) Oxford Plainfield Seymour ! St. Paul* Stonington Waterbury Career Academy Wolcott Woodland Breakdown: 9 NVL, 4 Pequot, 3 CCC, 3 ECC, 2 SWC, 2 independent; 3 Co-Ops; 5 schools of choice; 7 playoff teams * — Denotes CIAC designated school of choice. ** — Denotes school of choice promotion for reaching semifinals in three previous seasons. # — 2021 Class LL playoff team $ — 2021 Class L playoff team & — 2021 Class M playoff team ! — 2021 Class S playoff team