HSFA Florida Top 25 heading into state semifinals

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Three head-to-head Florida Top 25 matchups highlight this weekend’s state semifinals.

After breaking into the High School Football America Florida Top 25, No. 19 Mandarin faces No. 23 Monarch in the Class 4M state semis. The Mustangs bust into the statewide rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm and powered by NFL Play Football, after beating former No. 16 Sanford Seminole 28-24 last weekend. The loss dropped the Seminoles to No. 21 in the latest rankings.

The Mandarin/Monarch winner will face the winner of No. 12 Miami Columbus and Plant for the state title next week.

In 3M, No. 8 Orlando Jones will square-off with No. 11 Homestead. The Fightin’ Tigers/Broncos winner will meet the winner of the game between No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas and Gaither.

Defending 4S state champ Lakeland, ranked No. 13 in the state rankings, tries to get back to the state title game this week when it plays No. 14 Buchholz. In the other 4S semi, No. 9 Venice faces DeLand.

High School Football America Florida Top 25

Ranking/TeamRecordLast Week
No. 1 Chaminade-Madonna (12-0)1
No. 2 IMG Academy(10-0)2
No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas(12-1)3
No. 4 Cocoa(12-1)4
No. 5 American Heritage (Plantation)(10-1)5
No. 6 Norland(13-0)6
No. 7 Miami Central(8-4)7
No. 8 Jones (Orlando)(10-3)8
No. 9 Venice (11-2)10
No. 10 Edgewater(11-1)9
No. 11 Homestead(10-1)11
No. 12 Columbus (Miami)(11-2)12
No. 13 Lakeland(10-3)13
No. 14 Buchholz(13-0)17
No. 15 St. Augustine (12-0)14
No. 16 Clearwater Central Catholic (12-0)20
No. 17 Coconut Creek (10-3)18
No. 18 Western (Davie)(9-4)19
No. 19 Mandarin(10-3)NR
No. 20 Booker T. Washington (Miami)(9-3)21
No. 21 Seminole (Sanford)(10-3)16
No. 22 Mainland (12-1)NR
No. 23 Monarch(11-2)NR
No. 24 Cardinal Gibbons(9-4)23
No. 25 Vero Beach(9-3)25

Dropped-out: No. 15 Treasure Coast, No. 22 Lake Wales, No. 24 Jesuit

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.