The Florida High School Athletic Association has approved the addition of a new 8-team Open Division for all team sports, including high school football. Under the proposal, the state’s governing body would use the MaxPreps rankings to determine the top eight teams that would go into the Open Division.
The new division would not come into being until the 2026 season.
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.
