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I have Lakeland ranked #66 and have American Heritage a 4-point favorite.    Florida High School Weekly Forecasts — LAZ INDEX    

Ray, on paper AHP should handle Lakeland.  The amount of experienced talent on AHP compared to Lakeland is rather daunting.  AHP does a good job promoting their players where Lakeland seems to let that happen organically.  That being said, the ghosts of Bryant Stadium has weird effects on visiting teams, especially in the 2nd half.  As a Kowboys fan nobody needs to tell you about that.  I picked Lakeland but I’m seriously questioning it.

Since we also played Lakeland, although losing badly they also seemed to be down this year and your ranking at 51 also reflects that.  So what do you really show them at since all the other polls seemed very high to me as well.  Only commenting on them as I have seen them up close and in person, whereas hardly any other teams on this list I have not.  This may alarm all those that just picked them against AHP and not criticizing that pick as I haven't seen AHP this year either though it looks iffy from my corner. 

Margin of victory is definitely incorporated in the rankings. However, It is also dependent on the "value" of the game. The game value is determined by the closeness of the opponents.  For example: A game between Armwood and Tampa Bay Tech has much more significance than a game between Armwood and Leto. I have a formula that measures that "value" and applies that value to the margin of victory. So in the case of Armwood vs TBT, the game value may be worth 97% or 98% of the margin of victory. In the case of Armwood vs Leto, the game value may be as low as 40 to 45%.  So basically, it doesn't matter if Armwood beats Leto 120-0 or 17-0. It is an insignificant game, UNLESS Armwood loses to Leto. Then we are talking a major reshuffle and me in the hospital bed recovering from a coronary.      

For the record, I currently have Lake Mary at #136.   They are shown on this list because two of the ranking systems had them in the Top 50. So, for the purpose of the consensus, they were given a rank of 51 for the systems that did not have them in the top 50. It's the same for any team not showing up in the Top 50.