Jesuit finishes No. 1 in the 2021 Florida Top 25 high school football rankings

The magical 2021 season for Jesuit High School in Tampa continues. Today, the Tigers close-out 2021 as the No. 1 team in the High School Football America Florida Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football.

Jesuit closed-out a perfect 15-0 season by beating Pine Forest 35-29 for the 6A title. It was the school’s first state football championship since 1968.

In addition to the state’s top ranking, Jesuit finished No. 5 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings. The season included a win over No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas, which won its third straight 7A state title.

STA finished No. 6 in our national rankings.

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IMG Academy, which held the No. 1 ranking for most of the year, finishes No. 3, followed by three-time champ Miami Central at No. 4 and 3A champ Chaminade-Madonna at No. 5.

8A state champ Venice closes-out 2021 ranked No. 6 in our statewide rankings created with our proprietary algorithm. Two-time 4A champ Cardinal Gibbons is No. 7, followed by Cocoa at No. 8, Apopka at No. 9 and Miami Northwestern at No. 10.

High School Football America Florida Top 25

Ranking/Team	Record	Last Week
No. 1 Jesuit	(15-0)	1
No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas	(14-1)	2
No. 3 IMG Academy	(9-1)	3
No. 4 Miami Central	(12-2)	4
No. 5 Chaminade-Madonna	(12-1)	5
No. 6 Venice	(14-1)	6
No. 7 Cardinal Gibbons	(11-2)	8
No. 8 Cocoa	(11-2)	7
No. 9 Apopka	(12-3)	9
No. 10 Northwestern (Miami)	(10-4)	10
No. 11 Jones (Orlando)	(11-3)	11
No. 12 Treasure Coast	(10-2)	12
No. 13 American Heritage (Plantation)	(6-4)	13
No. 14 Buchholz	(12-2)	14
No. 15 Seminole (Sanford)	(11-2)	15
No. 16 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville)	(10-4)	17
No. 17 Tampa Bay Tech	(14-1)	16
No. 18 Merritt Island	(13-2)	18
No. 19 Killian	(12-1)	19
No. 20 Edgewater	(10-2)	20
No. 21 Columbus (Miami)	(9-4)	21
No. 22 Palmetto (Miami)	(9-3)	22
No. 23 Berkeley Prep	(12-1)	23
No. 24 Lake Gibson	(9-4)	24
No. 25 Bolles School	(8-3)	25