Time to hand-out the gold in the Sunshine State. Half of the eight state championship games feature head-to-head match-ups within the High School Football America Florida Top 25.
In 6A, No. 3 Northwestern will face No. 5 Armwood for state gold. Both teams are also ranked highly in the High School Football America Top 100 with Northwestern at No. 9 and Armwood at No. 21.
Related: Top 100
The 7A title game features No. 6 Venice, fresh-off its big win over three-time defending champ St. Thomas, plays No. 13 Bartram Trail, which broke into the Top 100 at No. 90.
No. 9 Chaminade-Madonna will face No. 16 Oxbridge Academy will meet in the 3A title game, while No. 17 Dr. Phillips meets No. 23 Atlantic for the 8A championship.
High School Football America Florida Top 25
No. 1 IMG Academy (8-0), LW: #1
No. 2 American Heritage (Plantation) (12-0), LW: #2
No. 3 Northwestern (11-2), LW: #3
No. 4 Miami Central (9-3), LW: #4
No. 5 Armwood (13-0), LW: #6
No. 6 Venice (12-1), LW: #8
No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas (11-3), LW: #5
No. 8 Cocoa (11-1), LW: #7
No. 9 Chaminade-Madonna (10-2), LW: #11
No. 10 Cardinal Gibbons (10-2), LW: #11
No. 11 Plant (11-2), LW: #9
No. 12 Carol City (8-4), LW: #12
No. 13 Bartram Trail (11-3), LW: #20
No. 14 Viera (8-2), LW: #13
No. 15 Miramar (9-2), LW: #14
No. 16 Oxbridge Academy (10-1), LW: #17
No. 17 Dr. Phillips (11-2), LW: #19
No. 18 Deerfield Beach (8-3), LW: #15
No. 19 St. Augustine (12-1), LW: #16
No. 20 Wekiva (12-2), LW: #18
No. 21 Columbus (9-2), LW: #21
No. 22 Lakeland (10-1), LW: #22
No. 23 Atlantic (12-1), LW: NR
No. 24 Tampa Bay Tech (11-2), LW: #23
No. 25 Osceola (Kissimmee) (10-1), LW: #24
Dropped-out: No. 25 Vero Beach
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
