They start playing for real this week! Here’s our 2018 Florida Preseason Top 25 that is created with our proprietary algorithm. The top twelve teams in the Sunshine State 25 also find themselves in our national High School Football America 100 rankings.
Headlining this week are four head-to-head games within the Top 25, plus No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas playing a Top 100 showdown against Maryland-power DeMatha. STA enters the game ranked No. 17 in our national rankings while DeMatha is No. 51 in the nation.
The inner-Florida Top 25 games are: No. 2 Miami Central at No. 4 Cardinal Gibbons, No. 6 American Heritage (Plantation) takes on No. 16 Carol City, No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna hosts No. 11 Deerfield Beach and No. 14 Braden River plays No. 22 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville)
Florida Preseason Top 25
No. 1 IMG Academy
No. 2 Miami Central
No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas
No. 4 Cardinal Gibbons
No. 5 Armwood
No. 6 American Heritage (Plantation)
No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna
No. 8 Venice
No. 9 Wekiva
No. 10 Plant
No. 11 Deerfield Beach
No. 12 Northwestern
No. 13 Booker T. Washington (Miami)
No. 14 Braden River
No. 15 Immokalee
No. 16 Carol City
No. 17 Apopka
No. 18 Dr. Phillips
No. 19 Viera
No. 20 Cocoa
No. 21 Lakeland
No. 22 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville)
No. 23 University (Fort Lauderdale)
No. 24 Columbus
No. 25 Bartram Trail
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
