Chaminade-Madonna heads final 2023 HSFA Florida Top 25 high school football rankings

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After eight wins over teams in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, Chaminade-Madonna finishes the No. 1 team in our Florida Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. Also, the Lions, who won their third straight state title, came close to a national title, finishing No. 2 in America, just behind Southern California’s Mater Dei.

Overall, it was a great year of football across the Sunshine State with the top eight teams also finishing in our national Top 25 rankings.

Florida No. 2 IMG Academy was ranked No. 4 nationally. The Ascenders beat five HSFA 300 teams. Three of those teams — No. 7 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania), No. 13 Ben Davis (Indiana) and No. 113 Glenville (Ohio) — won state championships.

No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas won a state record fifth straight state championship in 2023. The Raiders finished No. 6 in America with their only loss coming in the season opener against No. 3 St. John Bosco (California).

Class 2S champ Cocoa checks-in at No. 4 in the final statewide rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm. The only loss for the Tigers, who finished No. 12 in the HSFA 300, came against St. Thomas Aquinas.

After an 8-2 regular season, Berkeley Prep shocked everyone by winning the state’s uber-tough Class 2M state championship. The Buccaneers’ first-ever state football championship lands the program at No. 5 in the state and No. 19 nationally.

2M runner-up Norland finishes No. 6, followed by Miami Central at No. 7, 4S state champ Lakeland at No. 8, 4M state champ Miami Columbus at No. 9 and Venice at No. 10.

Below is the entire Top 25.

High School Football America Florida Top 25

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

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.