The High School Football America Florida Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football, gets a good shake-up from No. 14 on down. All of the movement was caused by unranked Oakleaf’s 31-14 win over former No. 15 Nease in the 6A Region 1 semifinals.
No. 22 Monarch’s season came to an end after losing to Southridge 20-14 in Class 6A Region 4. The win moves Southridge into the rankings at No. 25.
Raines makes its first appearance in the Top 25 at No. 24.
There are three head-to-head matchups in the regional finals:
- No. 3 Lakeland vs. No. 17 Tampa Bay Tech – 5A Region 2 final
- No. 5 American Heritage (Plantation) vs. No. 8 Norland – 4A Region 4 final
- No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas vs. No. 20 Atlantic (Delray Beach) – 5A Region 4 final
High School Football America Florida Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 IMG Academy | (7-2) | 1 |
| No. 2 Venice | (11-1) | 2 |
| No. 3 Lakeland | (11-0) | 3 |
| No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna | (10-2) | 4 |
| No. 5 American Heritage (Plantation) | (9-2)*+ | 5 |
| No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas | (9-3) | 6 |
| No. 7 Jones (Orlando) | (12-0) | 7 |
| No. 8 Norland | (9-2)*+ | 8 |
| No. 9 Clearwater Central Catholic | (10-2) | 9 |
| No. 10 Cocoa | (8-3) | 10 |
| No. 11 Northwestern (Miami) | (9-2)* | 11 |
| No. 12 Columbus (Miami) | (8-3) | 12 |
| No. 13 Armwood | (12-0) | 13 |
| No. 14 St. Augustine | (10-1) | 16 |
| No. 15 Lake Mary | (10-2) | 17 |
| No. 16 Seminole (Sanford) | (10-1)** | 18 |
| No. 17 Tampa Bay Tech | (9-2) | 21 |
| No. 18 Edgewater (Florida) | (10-2)** | 14 |
| No. 19 West Boca Raton | (12-0)*** | 19 |
| No. 20 Atlantic (Delray Beach) | (11-1)** | 20 |
| No. 21 Gadsden County | (11-1) | 23 |
| No. 22 Dr. Phillips | (11-1) | 24 |
| No. 23 Manatee | (9-1) | 25 |
| No. 24 Raines | (11-0) | NR |
| No. 25 Southridge | (9-2) | NR |
Dropped-out: No. 15 Nease, No. 22 Monarch
*Awarded win from Miami Central forfeits
**Awarded win from The First Academy forfeits
***Awareded win from Western (Davie) forfeits
+Awarded win from Norland forfeit, Norland also loses a win.
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
