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/Team | Record | Preseason 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.
2023 Florida Top 25’s
