WTVY Friday Night Football Player of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the WTVY Friday Night Football Player of the Week and who runs it?

This weekly fan vote asks viewers in the Dothan and Wiregrass area to choose the standout Friday night performer each week, and it is branded as the WTVY Friday Night Football award. WTVY News 4, the Dothan station also known as WTVY CBS 4, runs the vote on its own Friday Night Football page at wtvy.com. The poll is a sport vertical, and its mechanic is a public vote rather than a panel decision by the newsroom.

The city and metro named for this poll are Dothan, and the coverage area is described as Wiregrass and southeast Alabama. The station's own site is the platform, so no separate voting service carries the ballot. The table below sets out those facts once, and later sections point back to it rather than repeating them.

Which weekly seasons are confirmed and when does the poll run?

The 2025 season is confirmed across Weeks 0 through 10, running from Aug 25 to Nov 4. A 2026 ballot is live on the same Friday Night Football page, and a dated 2026 Week 4 update appears with a September 18, 2026 timestamp. Those are the only dated facts the listing gives for this program.

Because the weekly series is a single programme, this page treats the 2025 Weeks 0 through 10 run and the live 2026 ballot as a single poll. The next ballot's date is not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The season's start and end dates are the only window the listing states for 2025, so a reader planning a vote should use the live page for the current week's close.

How does a supporter cast a vote each week today?

A supporter opens the Friday Night Football page on the station's site, finds the current week's Player of the Week fan vote, reads the nominated players, and submits one pick. Each week's ballot is listed on the same page, so the newest ballot is the one to use.

These are the steps the listing confirms for a weekly ballot. Any outside help is governed by the station's own terms, which the listing does not print. Readers looking for general guidance on casting votes online can read the steps for getting more votes online before the next ballot opens.

How does this weekly poll sit beside other Alabama football ballots?

The listing places this weekly poll beside six Alabama ballots, including the Gadsden Times preseason girls soccer and softball player-of-the-year polls, the statewide football weekly ballot, and the boys and baseball player polls. Among those, the WTVY ballot is the one run by a Dothan television station.

The clearest contrast is the geography. The Alabama high school football player poll carries a statewide name, while this ballot is built around the Dothan and Wiregrass market. The boys basketball player-of-the-year poll is named as a yearly award, so it sits in a different format from this weekly series.

How can a supporter help a weekly fan vote without breaking the rules?

A weekly fan vote is best supported honestly: share the current week's ballot with people who follow the players and ask them to read the nominees before choosing. Stations that run public polls generally expect that kind of attention, and it does not depend on any paid service.

Paid vote services are a separate category. The listing does not say whether purchased or third-party votes would count on the WTVY page, so the station's own terms decide that question. Before any outside help, read the live terms and treat the sports fan poll guide as background only, because no service can guarantee a result on a poll the station controls.

The station's rule on outside help is not printed in the listing, so there is no published standard beyond a supporter's own honest vote. Each weekly ballot is a fresh chance to vote, and a supporter who wants to stay clear of trouble should cast a single honest vote per ballot, skip any tool the station bans, and check the rules at the start of each new week. Readers wanting the broader legal framework can also review the legal position guide before deciding.