JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
FORECAST FOR WEEK 3
Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings are calculated by a formula based on strength of opposition and margin of victory with greater weight given to recent games. The forecasted margin of victory for each game is determined by subtracting the power rating of the lower-rated team from the power rating of its higher-rated opponent.
Forecast Focus
This week’s featured forecasts listed by game day and game site from north to south.
Wednesday
Miami Carol City Chiefs (1-1) vs. Miami Booker T. Washington Tornadoes (2-0) at Traz Powell Stadium
Power Pick: Tornadoes by 49
Thursday
Havana East Gadsden Jaguars (2-1) at Tallahassee Godby Cougars (1-1)
Power Pick: Cougars by 19
Tampa Catholic Crusaders (1-1) at Tarpon Springs Spongers (2-0)
Power Pick: Crusaders by 13
Tampa Sickles Gryphons (2-0) at Lithia Newsome Wolves (2-0)
Power Pick: Gryphons by 7
St. Petersburg Green Devils (2-0) at St. Petersburg Lakewood Spartans (1-1)
Power Pick: Green Devils by 1
Belle Glade Glades Central Raiders (1-1) at Delray Bch. Amer. Heritage Stallions (1-1)
Power Pick: Stallions by 10
Naples First Baptist Lions (2-0) at Immokalee Indians (0-2)
Power Pick: Indians by 7
Fort Pierce John Carroll Rams (2-0) at Coral Springs Charter Panthers (2-0)
Power Pick: Rams by 7
Miami Columbus Explorers (1-1) at Plantation American Heritage Patriots (1-1)
Power Pick: Patriots by 21
Davie University School Suns (2-0) at Weston Cypress Bay Lightning (1-0)
Power Pick: Suns by 21
Plantation Colonels (2-0) at Miramar Patriots (2-0)
Power Pick: Patriots by 7
Friday
Cottondale Hornets (2-0) at Greensboro West Gadsden Panthers (2-0)
Power Pick: Hornets by 7
Jacksonville First Coast Buccaneers (2-0) at Jacksonville Raines Vikings (1-1)
Power Pick: Buccaneers by 1
Citra North Marion Colts (2-0) at Jacksonville Bolles Bulldogs (2-0)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 7
Jacksonville Sandalwood Saints (2-0) at Neptune Beach Fletcher Senators (1-1)
Power Pick: Senators by 3
Gainesville Buchholz Bobcats (2-0) at Lake City Columbia Tigers (2-0)
Power Pick: Tigers by 41
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (1-0) vs. River Ridge, Louisiana John Curtis Patriots (2-0) at Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Power Pick: Raiders by 4
Madison County Cowboys (1-1) at Gainesville Hurricanes (1-1)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 9
Trenton Tigers (1-0) at Cross City Dixie County Bears (2-0)
Power Pick: Tigers by 6
Lake Wales Highlanders (1-1) at Daytona Beach Mainland Buccaneers (2-0)
Power Pick: Buccaneers by 5
Titusville Astronaut War Eagles (2-0) at Cocoa Tigers (0-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 13
New Port Richey Mitchell Mustangs (2-0) at Zephyrhills Bulldogs (2-0)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 14
Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers (2-0) at St. Pete Catholic Barons (2-0)
Power Pick: Hustlers by 24
Washington DC Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights (1-0) at Bradenton Manatee Hurricanes (2-0)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 24
Kissimmee Osceola Kowboys (1-1) at Fort Pierce Central Cobras (1-0)
Power Pick: Cobras by 3
Tallahassee Lincoln Trojans (2-1) at Sarasota Sailors (2-0)
Power Pick: Trojans by 25
Loxahatchee Seminole Ridge Hawks (2-0) at Lake Worth Park Vista Cobras (1-1)
Power Pick: Cobras by 10
Cape Coral Ida Baker Bulldogs (2-0) at Cape Coral Seahawks (2-0)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 11
Saturday
New Smyrna Beach Barracudas (1-1) vs. Montvale, New Jersey St. Joseph Regional Green Knights (1-0) at Overpeck Park, Palisades Park, New Jersey
Power Pick: Green Knights by 42
Fort Lauderdale Dillard Panthers (0-1) vs. Stephenville, Texas Yellow Jackets (1-1) at Kincaide Stadium, Dallas, Texas
Power Pick: Yellow Jackets by 28
Statewide Forecast
Game forecasts are sorted by classification/conference of favorite and listed alphabetically. The underdog’s classification/conference is noted for inter-classification/inter-conference games.
Class 8A
Apopka 35 over (7A) Wekiva
Belen Jesuit 33 over (6A) Pembroke Pines Charter
Dr. Phillips 19 over Sanford Seminole
Everglades 20 over (7A) Hollywood Hills
First Coast 1 over (4A) Raines
Flagler Palm Coast 16 over University-Orange City
Flanagan 7 over (7A) Boyd Anderson
Fort Pierce Central 3 over (7A) Kissimmee Osceola
Hagerty 6 over (7A) Winter Springs
Hialeah 36 over (7A) Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Lake Brantley 1 over Evans
Manatee 24 over Friendship Collegiate Academy DC
Miramar 7 over (7A) Plantation
Monarch 13 over Western
North Miami Beach 2 over Killian
Olympia 10 over Freedom-Orlando
Oviedo 22 over (7A) Lake Howell
Palm Beach Central 15 over (7A) West Boca Raton
Palm Harbor University 32 over (7A) Clearwater
Park Vista 10 over Seminole Ridge
Piper 16 over (Ind.) West Broward
Plant 27 over (7A) Gaither
Reagan 13 over (7A) Westland Hialeah
Riverview 1 over (7A) Brandon
Santaluces 6 over (7A) Lake Worth
South Dade 18 over (7A) American
Southridge 24 over (7A) Goleman
Spruce Creek 9 over (4A) Jones
St. Petersburg 1 over (5A) Lakewood
Timber Creek 37 over (7A) East River
Treasure Coast 7 over (6A) Port St. Lucie
University-Orlando 18 over Boone
Vero Beach 20 over (6A) Lake Minneola
Wellington 11 over (6A) South Fork
West Orange 20 over (7A) Oak Ridge
Wharton 14 over (7A) Freedom-Tampa
Winter Park 9 over (7A) Ocoee
Class 7A
Atlantic Coast 45 over (5A) Wolfson
Atlantic-Delray Beach 47 over (8A) Spanish River
Bartow 16 over (6A) Lake Region
Charlotte 20 over (5A) Lely
Countryside 9 over Palmetto
East Bay 3 over (8A) Alonso
East Lake 54 over (5A) Dunedin
Eau Gallie 19 over Gateway
Fleming Island 41 over (6A) Middleburg
Fletcher 3 over (8A) Sandalwood
Fort Lauderdale 46 over (8A) Coral Glades
Fort Myers 40 over (5A) Cypress Lake
Haines City 55 over (5A) Tenoroc
Harmony 1 over (5A) Eustis
Lake Nona 18 over (8A) Colonial
Lakeland 6 over (8A) Lyman
Lakewood Ranch 11 over (5A) Bayshore
Lincoln 25 over Sarasota
Martin County 1 over (6A) Okeechobee
Mater Academy 21 over (Ind.) Doral Academy
Mourning 1 over (8A) Dr. Krop
Niceville 26 over (6A) Pine Forest
North Port 6 over (6A) Palmetto Ridge
Nova 10 over (6A) Coconut Creek
Oakleaf 49 over (6A) Pine Ridge
Pinellas Park 21 over (6A) Seminole Osceola
Port Charlotte 40 over (5A) Mariner
Ridge Community 24 over (5A) Auburndale
Seminole 12 over (6A) Dixie Hollins
Sickles 7 over )8A) Newsome
St. Cloud 7 over (8A) Cypress Creek
St. Thomas Aquinas 4 over John Curtis LA
Steinbrenner 18 over (5A) Spoto
Strawberry Crest 1 over Leon
Tampa Bay Tech 17 over Durant
Tate 7 over (5A) Bay
Viera 14 over (4A) Cocoa Beach
William T. Dwyer 24 over (8A) Palm Beach Gardens
Wiregrass Ranch 17 over (5A) River Ridge
Class 6A
Armwood 15 over Hillsborough
Barron Collier 16 over (5A) Golden Gate
Bayside 28 over (7A) Sebastian River
Blake 28 over Leto
Boynton Beach 23 over (7A) Olympic Heights
Chamberlain 7 over Lennard
Choctawhatchee 13 (5A) Gulf Breeze
Citrus 11 over (5A) Hernando
Columbia 41 over (7A) Buchholz
Ed White 3 over (8A) Mandarin
Englewood 6 over (4A) Baldwin
Escambia 10 over (5A) Rutherford
Estero 20 over Lehigh
Fort Walton Beach 9 over Milton
Gainesville 9 over (4A) Madison County
Gulf Coast 3 over (5A) North Fort Myers
Hallandale 34 over (7A) South Broward
Heritage 34 over (5A) Rockledge
Ida Baker 11 over (5A) Cape Coral
Jefferson 6 over Robinson
Jensen Beach 4 over (8A) Jupiter
King 18 over (5A) Middleton
Lake Gibson 19 over (7A) Kathleen
Lake Weir 16 over Deltona
Land O’ Lakes 24 over (5A) Ridgewood
Largo 28 over Gibbs
Mainland 5 over (5A) Lake Wales
Matanzas 7 over (Ind.) Arlington Country Day
Miami Central 31 over (8A) Coral Reef
Navarre 1 over Pace
Pensacola Washington 49 over Lake Area New Tech LA
Robert E. Lee 1 over (5A) Forrest
Seabreeze 10 over (8A) DeLand
Sebring 5 over (5A) Hardee
South Fort Myers 18 over (5A) Island Coast
South Lake 3 over Ocala Forest
Springstead 3 over (5A) Nature Coast
St. Joseph Regional NJ 42 over New Smyrna Beach
Stephenville TX 28 over Dillard
Sunlake 25 over (5A) Anclote
Terry Parker 7 over (4A) Andrew Jackson
Vanguard 28 over (8A) West Port
Venice 25 over (8A) Sarasota Riverview
Winter Haven 13 over (7A) George Jenkins
Class 5A
American Heritage-Plantation 21 over (8A) Columbus
Arnold 34 over (1A) Freeport
Baker County 21 over (1A) Crescent City
Bishop Moore 13 over (6A) Edgewater
Boca Ciega 7 over (7A) Northeast-St. Pete
Booker 24 over (3A) Out-of-Door Academy
Cardinal Gibbons 20 over (8A) Cooper City
Clay 2 over (6A) Orange Park
Crystal River 9 over (Ind.) Lecanto
DeSoto 6 over (6A) East Lee County
Dunbar 27 over (7A) Riverdale
Dunnellon 20 over (1A) Wildwood
Godby 19 over (4A) East Gadsden
Immokalee 7 over (2A) First Baptist
Key West 9 over Satellite
Lemon Bay 14 over (4A) LaBelle
Menendez 38 over (4A) Interlachen
Merritt Island 26 over (8A) Centennial
Miami Jackson 14 over (6A) Norland
Mosley 1 over (7A) Chiles
Mount Dora 6 over (6A) Leesburg
Palatka 7 over (6A) Creekside
Palm Bay 7 over (7A) Melbourne
Pasco 23 over Wesley Chapel
Pensacola Catholic 15 over (6A) Pensacola
Poinciana 16 over Central-Brooksville
Ponte Vedra 17 over (3A) Providence
Rickards 11 over (7A) Crestview
Ridgeview 7 over (6A) St. Augustine
South Sumter 44 over (7A) East Ridge
Southeast 1 over (7A) Braden River
Suwannee 14 over Santa Fe
Tavares 3 over (4A) Umatilla
Wakulla 24 over (4A) Marianna
Weeki Wachee 9 over Hudson
Zephyrhills 14 over (6A) Mitchell
Class 4A
Atlantic-Port Orange 1 over (5A) Titusville
Bolles 7 over (5A) North Marion
Booker T. Washington 49 over (6A) Carol City
Cocoa 13 over (5A) Astronaut
Edison 9 over (7A) Miami Springs
Fernandina Beach 13 over (1A) Hilliard
Florida High 28 over (2A) FAMU DRS
Fort White 10 over Bradford
Gulliver Prep 7 over (3A) Chaminade
Monsignor Pace 49 over (Ind.) Inlet Grove
North Broward Prep 3 over (3A) Bishop Verot
Space Coast 35 over (7A) Celebration
Taylor County 22 over (Ind.) Potter’s House Christian
The Villages 19 over (1A) Taylor-Pierson
University School 21 over (8A) Cypress Bay
Walton 35 over (1A) South Walton
West Nassau 6 over (6A) Nease
Class 3A
American Heritage-Delray 10 over (4A) Glades Central
Berkeley Prep 15 over (5A) Lake Highland Prep
Calvary-Clearwater 11 over (2A) Northside Christian
Cardinal Mooney 32 over (4A) Lake Placid
Clearwater Central Catholic 14 over (5A) Jesuit
Episcopal 42 over (Ind.) Christ’s Church Academy
Fort Meade 32 over (4A) Avon Park
Frostproof 23 over (5A) Mulberry
Lakleland Christian 3 over (7A) Liberty
Melbourne Central Catholic 24 over St. Pete Catholic
Orangewood Christian 7 over (Ind.) Montverde Academy
Pahokee 3 over (8A) John I. Leonard
Tampa Catholic 13 over (5A) Tarpon Springs
The First Academy 41 over (2A) Agape Christian
Trinity Catholic 21 over (5A) Eastside
Trinity Prep 14 over (GAFC) St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Westminster Christian 18 over (2A) Village Academy
Class 2A
Barrington Christian 56 over (GAFC) Oasis
Boca Raton Christian 38 over (GAFC) Northwest Christian
Bradenton Christian 21 over Imagine School
Cambridge 24 over (3A) Bishop McLaughlin
Canterbury-St. Pete 16 over Keswick Christian
Carrollwood Day 4 over (3A) Shorecrest Prep
Champagnat Catholic 35 over (6A) Archbishop McCarthy
Dade Christian 14 over (4A) Somerset Academy
Duval Charter 49 over (Ind.) Beacon of Hope
Evangelical Christian 14 over (GAFC) Gateway Charter
Foundation Academy 16 over Trinity Christian-Deltona
Glades Day 14 over Moore Haven
Harvest Community 27 over (SSAC) Faith Christian
Indian Rocks Christian 1 over (3A) Admiral Farragut
St. Edward’s 30 over Coral Springs Christian
Victory Christian 3 over (3A) Holy Trinity Episcopal
Warner Christian 33 over (3A) Father Lopez
Class 1A
Baker 20 over Holmes County
Blountstown 20 over Graceville
Branford 17 over (NFFC) Oak Hall
Bronson 8 over (2A) Cedar Creek Christian
Chiefland 26 over Hamilton County
Cottondale 7 over West Gadsden
Jay 1 over Vernon
Lafayette 24 over Bell
Liberty County 26 over Wewahitchka
Newberry 14 over Jefferson County
Northview 9 over Chipley
Port St. Joe 7 over Bozeman
Sneads 48 over Franklin County
Trenton 6 over Dixie County
Union County 17 over (4A) Keystone Heights
Williston 30 over Hawthorne
Independent
Bishop Snyder 3 over (3A) P.K. Yonge
IMG Academy 17 over (3A) Cardinal Newman
Gulf Atlantic Football Conference (GAFC)
Berean Christian 16 over (2A) Highlands Christian
Canterbury-Fort Myers 14 over (2A) Marco Island Academy
Community School of Naples 6 over (2A) St. John Neumann
Hillel 13 over Palmer Trinity
Oxbridge Academy 24 over (Ind.) Archbishop Carroll
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Aucilla Christian 32 over St. Joseph
Brookwood GA 10 over John Paul II Catholic
Florida Deaf 18 over St. Francis
Munroe Day 3 over Northside Methodist Academy AL
St. Johns Country Day 14 over Rocky Bayou Christian
Southeastern Football Conference (SFC)
Calvary-Fort Lauderdale 27 over St. Andrew’s
Coral Shores 23 over Ransom Everglades
John Carroll 7 over Coral Springs Charter
LaSalle 35 over Florida Christian
Marathon 14 over Miami Country Day
Pine Crest 17 over Pompano Beach
Pope John Paul II 18 over Benjamin
Westminster Academy 31 over Archbishop Curley
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Central Florida Christian 13 over Ocala Christian
City of Life 4 over (Ind.) Zion Lutheran
First Academy-Leesburg 54 over Seven Rivers Christian
Master’s Academy-Oviedo 1 over International Community
Mount Dora Bible 13 over (Ind.) All Saints’ Academy
Santa Fe Catholic 10 over Cornerstone Charter
Seffner Christian 38 over Merritt Island Christian
Windermere Prep 17 over Legacy Charter
Forecast Record
Last Week 202-45, 81.8%
Season 413-104-1, 79.8%
