2020 High School Football America national champ IMG Academy begins ’22 ranked No. 1 in the HSFA Florida Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football. How good with the national powers be this year? Last week they rolled by No. 5 Venice 41-3 in a Kickoff Classic that doesn’t count in either team’s record.
However, this week’s showdown with three-time defending state champ Miami Central will. The Rockets are ranked No. 3 in the state and No. 18 in the HSFA national rankings. IMG starts the season No. 7 in the nation.
Three-time defending 7A champ St. Thomas Aquinas is ranked No. 2 in the state. This week, the Raiders will open on national TV against Pennsylvania’s St. Joseph’s Prep, ranked No. 58 in America.
No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna opens with a tough out-of-state opponent, St. John’s College High School from Washington, DC. SJC is ranked No. 6 in the country, C-M is No. 21.
Two-time defending 4A champ Cardinal Gibbons, No. 8 in the state, faces No. 38 DeMatha (Maryland). The Chiefs are ranked No. 33 nationally.
Venice will try to rebound from its loss to IMG when it plays No. 9 Miami Northwestern.
High School Football America Florida Top 25
| Ranking/Team | ’21 Record | 2022 National Ranking |
| No. 1 IMG Academy | (9-1) | 7 |
| No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas | (14-1) | 9 |
| No. 3 Miami Central | (12-2) | 18 |
| No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna | (12-1) | 21 |
| No. 5 Venice | (14-1) | 23 |
| No. 6 American Heritage (Plantation) | (6-4) | 25 |
| No. 7 Jesuit | (15-0) | 32 |
| No. 8 Cardinal Gibbons | (11-2) | 33 |
| No. 9 Northwestern (Miami) | (10-4) | 42 |
| No. 10 Cocoa | (11-2) | 47 |
| No. 11 Lakeland | (9-2) | 53 |
| No. 12 Jones (Orlando) | (11-3) | 72 |
| No. 13 Columbus (Miami) | (9-4) | 79 |
| No. 14 Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) | (10-4) | 95 |
| No. 15 Tampa Bay Tech | (14-1) | 97 |
| No. 16 Edgewater | (10-2) | 100 |
| No. 17 Gulliver Prep | (9-2) | 107 |
| No. 18 Pine Forest | (12-2) | 126 |
| No. 19 Bartram Trail | (9-3) | 132 |
| No. 20 Seminole (Sanford) | (11-2) | 133 |
| No. 21 Apopka | (12-3) | 136 |
| No. 22 Treasure Coast | (10-2) | 139 |
| No. 23 Buchholz | (12-2) | 141 |
| No. 24 Berkeley Prep | (12-1) | 147 |
| No. 25 Edison (Miami) | (7-5) | 148 |
