JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
FORECAST FOR WEEK 7
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 Record
Last Week 204-46, 81.6%
Season 1,237-274, 81.9%
Forecast Focus
This week’s featured forecasts listed by game day and game site from north to south.
Friday
Niceville Eagles (6-0) at Navarre Raiders (4-2)
Power Pick: Eagles by 25
Tallahassee Florida High Seminoles (3-2) at Tallahassee North Florida Chr. Eagles (5-0)
Power Pick: Eagles by 1
Jacksonville Trinity Christian Conquerors (5-0) at Tallahassee Godby Cougars (4-1)
Power Pick: Cougars by 14
Jacksonville Atlantic Coast Stingrays (4-2) at Jacksonville Saints (4-1)
Power Pick: Saints by 1
Lake City Columbia Tigers (6-0) at Jacksonville Ed White Commanders (4-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 14
Fort Pierce Central Cobras (5-0) at Jacksonville Mandarin Mustangs (4-2)
Power Pick: Cobras by 13
Jacksonville Raines Vikings (4-1) at Neptune Beach Fletcher Senators (4-1)
Power Pick: Vikings by 3
Gainesville Buchholz Bobcats (3-2) at Gainesville Hurricanes (4-1)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 1
Chiefland Indians (5-0) at Trenton Tigers (3-1)
Power Pick: Indians by 3
Vero Beach St. Edward’s Pirates (4-1) at South Daytona Warner Christian Eagles (5-1)
Power Pick: Eagles by 28
Citra North Marion Colts (4-2) at Dunnellon Tigers (5-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 16
Daytona Beach Mainland Buccaneers (5-1) at Oviedo Lions (5-1)
Power Pick: Buccaneers by 6
Kissimmee Osceola Kowboys (4-2) at Orlando Lake Nona Lions (4-1)
Power Pick: Kowboys by 7
Daytona Beach Seabreeze Sandcrabs (4-0) at Cocoa Tigers (4-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 7
Hudson Cobras (4-1) at Land O’ Lakes Gators (5-0)
Power Pick: Gators by 10
Clearwater Countryside Cougars (4-1) at Tarpon Springs Spongers (4-2)
Power Pick: Cougars by 3
Melbourne Bulldogs (3-2) at Palm Bay Bayside Bears (5-0)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 1
Tampa Bay Tech Titans (4-1) at Plant City Raiders (4-1)
Power Pick: Titans by 12
Winter Park International Community Comets (4-1) at Seffner Christian Crusaders (5-0)
Power Pick: Crusaders by 13
Ocala Trinity Catholic Celtics (4-2) at Tampa Jesuit Tigers (3-3)
Power Pick: Tigers by 1
Tampa Sickles Gryphons (5-0) at Tampa Plant Panthers (4-1-1)
Power Pick: Gryphons by 7
Largo Indian Rocks Christian Golden Eagles (4-2) at St. Pete Canterbury Crusaders (5-1)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 17
Hialeah American Patriots (3-2) at Punta Gorda Charlotte Figthin’ Tarpons (3-2)
Power Pick: Patriots by 7
Fort Myers Bishop Verot Vikings (4-1) at Clewiston Tigers (4-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 26
Hialeah Thoroughbreds (4-1) at South Fort Myers Wolfpack (4-2)
Power Pick: Wolfpack by 1
Naples Golden Eagles (4-1) at Immokalee Indians (4-2)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 18
Jacksonville Bolles Bulldogs (4-1) at Plantation American Heritage Patriots (5-1)
Power Pick: Patriots by 14
Boynton Beach Tigers (6-0) at Fort Lauderdale Dillard Panthers (3-2)
Power Pick: Tigers by 1
Miami Coral Reef Barracudas (4-2) at North Miami Pioneers (5-0)
Power Pick: Barracudas by 3
Homestead South Dade (6-0) at Miami Jackson Generals (3-2)
Power Pick: Generals by 1
Miami Westminster Christian Warriors (4-1) at Miami Gulliver Prep Raiders (6-0)
Power Pick: Raiders by 4
Miami LaSalle Royal Lions (6-0) at Tavernier Coral Shores Hurricanes (5-1)
Power Pick: Royal Lions by 7
Saturday
Miami Northwestern Bulls (3-2) vs. Miami Booker T. Washington Tornadoes (6-0) at Traz Powell Stadium
Power Pick: Tornadoes by 40
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
Belen Jesuit 16 over (5A) Key West
Bloomingdale 5 over (7A) East Bay
Braddock 23 over Coral Park
Centennial 6 over (7A) Sebastian River
Coral Gables 13 over Killian
Coral Reef 3 over North Miami
Cypress Bay 24 over Western
Deerfield Beach 38 over Piper
Douglas 46 over Coral Glades
Ferguson 31 over Hialeah Gardens
First Coast 52 over (4A) Andrew Jackson
Flanagan 25 over Cooper City
Fort Pierce Central 13 over Mandarin
Freedom-Orlando 21 over (4A) Jones
Lake Brantley 14 over Spruce Creek
Lake Mary 26 over Olympia
Lyman 2 over DeLand
Manatee 41 over (7A) Palmetto
McArthur 8 over (7A) South Broward
Miami Beach 12 over (4A) Edison
Miami High 3 over Sunset
Miramar 34 over Everglades
Monarch 4 over Taravella
Newsome 1 over (7A) Durant
Palm Harbor University 26 over (5A) Dunedin
Park Vista 23 over Jupiter
Sandalwood 1 over (7A) Atlantic Coast
Sanford Seminole 7 over University-Orange City
Santaluces 3 over Seminole Ridge
Sarasota Riverview 17 over (5A) Southeast
South Plantation 17 over Coral Springs
Southridge 44 over Dr. Krop
Southwest Miami 28 over South Miami
St. Petersburg 20 over (7A) Seminole
Timber Creek 12 over (6A) Edgewater
Treasure Coast 6 over (5A) Rockledge
University-Orlando 24 over Colonial
Varela 6 over Reagan
Vero Beach 48 over (6A) East Lee County
West Orange 66 over Cypress Creek
Wharton 7 over (7A) Steinbrenner
Class 7A
American 7 over Charlotte
Chiles 39 over (Ind.) Potter’s House Christian
Countryside 3 over (5A) Tarpon Springs
Crestview 13 over (6A) Pine Forest
Gateway 7 over Liberty
Harmony 45 over Celebration
Hollywood Hills 25 over (Ind.) West Broward
Kissimmee Osceola 7 over Lake Nona
Lakeland 40 over Fort Lauderdale
Mater Academy 12 over Westland Hialeah
Melbourne 1 over (6A) Bayside
Miami Springs 27 over Goleman
Mourning 13 over Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Niceville 25 over (6A) Navarre
Oak Ridge 14 over Ocoee
Oakleaf 51 over (Ind.) Arlington Country Day
Palm Beach Lakes 14 over Lake Worth
Plantation 26 over Ely
Port Charlotte 30 over North Port
Ridge Community 33 over (5A) Mulberry
Riverdale 22 over (4A) LaBelle
Royal Palm Beach 16 over Atlantic-Delray Beach
Sickles 7 over (8A) Plant
St. Thomas Aquinas 46 over Northeast-Oakland Park
Strawberry Crest 26 over (8A) Riverview
Tampa Bay Tech 12 over Plant City
Tate 33 over (6A) Pensacola Washington
Viera 7 over (4A) Atlantic-Port Orange
Wekiva 8 over East River
West Boca Raton 29 over Olympic Heights
William T. Dwyer 43 over Forest Hill
Winter Springs 9 over Lake Howell
Wiregrass Ranch 14 over (5A) Ridgewood
Class 6A
Armwood 84 over Leto
Bartram Trail 11 over (5A) Ponte Vedra
Blake 10 over (5A) Middleton
Boynton Beach 7 over Dillard
Carol City 15 over (8A) North Miami Beach
Choctawhatchee 9 over (4A) East Gadsden
Citrus 17 over (5A) Mount Dora
Coconut Creek 23 over Pembroke Pines Charter
Columbia 14 over Ed White
Englewood 3 over Middleburg
Escambia 21 over (7A) Leon
Fivay 9 over (5A) Gulf
Gainesville 1 over (7A) Buchholz
Hallandale 41 over Suncoast
Heritage 66 over Westwood
Hillsborough 11 over Chamberlain
Homestead 37 over (8A) Miami Palmetto
Ida Baker 18 over (5A) Booker
Jefferson 50 over Lennard
Lake Gibson 30 over (5A) Auburndale
Land O’ Lakes 10 over (5A) Hudson
Leesburg 25 over Ocala Forest
Mainland 10 over (8A) Oviedo
Matanzas 13 over Pine Ridge
Miami Central 40 over Norland
Mitchell 5 over (Ind.) Lecanto
Naples 18 over (5A) Immokalee
Orange Park 24 over Robert E. Lee
Pace 4 over Fort Walton Beach
Port St. Lucie 3 over Okeechobee
Robinson 11 over King
Sebring 52 over (5A) Tenoroc
Seminole Osceola 41 over (7A) Northeast-St. Pete
South Fork 6 over Jensen Beach
South Fort Myers 1 over (8A) Hialeah
South Lake 33 over (7A) St. Cloud
Springstead 42 over (5A) Central-Brooksville
St. Augustine 12 over (5A) Clay
Stranahan 24 over Archbishop McCarthy
Sunlake 30 over (5A) Wesley Chapel
Venice 31 over (7A) Sarasota
Winter Haven 13 over (5A) Lake Wales
Class 5A
American Heritage-Plantation 14 over (4A) Bolles
Baker County 37 over Paxon
Bay 16 over Arnold
Bayshore 1 over (7A) Braden River
Bishop Kenny 35 over Forrest
Bishop Moore 17 over (8A) Hagerty
Cape Coral 6 over Lemon BayDunbar 47 over Cypress Lake
Dunnellon 16 over North Marion
Eustis 3 over (6A) Lake Weir
Gibbs 2 over (6A) Dixie Hollins
Godby 14 over (3A) Trinity Christian-Jacksonville
Golden Gate 17 over Mariner
Gulf Breeze 3 over Mosley
Hardee 44 over (4A) Avon Park
Island Coast 28 over North Fort Myers
Jesuit 1 over (3A) Trinity Catholic
Lely 1 over (6A) Gulf Coast
Menendez 20 over (6A) Nease
Miami Jackson 1 over (8A) South Dade
Palatka 17 over (8A) Flagler Palm Coast
Pasco 27 over Weeki Wachee
Pensacola Catholic 34 over (6A) Milton
Ribault 4 over Yulee
Rickards 51 over (2A) FAMU DRS
Ridgeview 14 over (6A) Creekside
Santa Fe 6 over Crystal River
South Sumter 27 over Hernando
Suwannee 11 over Belleview
Tavares 26 over (6A) Deltona
Wakulla 20 over (4A) Bradford
West Florida Tech 31 over Rutherford
Wolfson 11 over Stanton Prep
Zephyrhills 6 over Nature Coast
Class 4A
Booker T. Washington 40 over (6A) Northwestern
Clewiston 26 over (3A) Bishop Verot
Cocoa 7 over (6A) Seabreeze
Glades Central 5 over (8A) Palm Beach Gardens
Gulliver Prep 4 over (3A) Westminster Christian
Interlachen 4 over (3A) P.K. Yonge
Madison County 68 over True Institute GA
Monsignor Pace 22 over (2A) Dade Christian
Raines 3 over (7A) Fletcher
Space Coast 21 over (5A) Poinciana
Taylor County 34 over (1A) Jefferson County
West Nassau 2 over Fernandina Besch
Class 3A
Admiral Farragut 18 over (5A) Lake Highland Prep
Cardinal Newman 24 over (8A) Wellington
Episcopal 1 over (4A) Baldwin
Father Lopez 18 over (Ind.) Christ’s Church Academy
Frostproof 23 over (5A) DeSoto
Holy Trinity Episcopal 19 over Orangewood Christian
King’s Academy 17 over (GAFC) Oxbridge Academy
Maclay 14 over (1A) Wewahitchka
Melbourne Central Catholic 42 over (Ind.) Montverde Academy
Pahokee 2 over (8A) Boca Raton
Providence 16 over (2A) Village Academy
Shorecrest Prep 14 over Bishop McLaughlin
St. Pete Catholic 6 over Cardinal Mooney
Trinity Prep 33 over (2A) Highlands Christian
Class 2A
Agape Christian 5 over Trinity Christian-Deltona
Barrington Christian 6 over (4A) North Broward Prep
Boca Raton Christian 6 over (GAFC) Berean Christian
Bradenton Christian 1 over Northside Christian
Carrollwood Day 51 over Keswick Christian
Champagnat Catholic 14 over (3A) Chaminade
Duval Charter 39 over (Ind.) Temple Christian Academy
First Baptist 1 over Moore Haven
Foundation Academy 15 over (SSAC) Windermere Prep
Glades Day 13 over (4A) Somerset Academy
Indian Rocks Christian 17 over Canterbury-St. Pete
Jupiter Christian 20 over (Ind.) Inlet Grove
North Florida Christian 1 over (4A) Florida High
St. John Neumann 51 over Marco Island Academy
Southwest Florida Christian 6 over Evangelical Christian
Warner Christian 28 over St. Edward’s
Class 1A
Baker 38 over (Ind.) North Bay Haven
Bell 50 over (3A) St. Francis
Blountstown 70 over Franklin County
Bronson 28 over Taylor-Pierson
Chiefland 3 over Trenton
Chipley 9 over West Gadsden
Crescent City 7 over (2A) Harvest Community
Dixie County 24 over Hamilton County
Graceville 15 over Jay
Hawthorne 32 over (Ind.) Seacoast Christian
Liberty County 39 over Bozeman
South Walton 2 over Cottondale
Vernon 29 over Holmes County
Wildwood 5 over (4A) Umatilla
Williston 56 over (2A) Eagle’s View Academy
Independent
Archbishop Carroll 19 over (GAFC) Palmer Trinity
Bishop Snyder 16 over (1A) Branford
IMG Academy 39 over (6A) Lake Minneola
Keys Gate Charter 32 over Doral Academy
Zion Lutheran 18 over (GAFC) Hillel
Gulf Atlantic Football Conference (GAFC)
Community School of Naples 48 over (3A) Out-of-Door Academy
Northwest Christian 1 over Oasis
St. Stephen’s Episcopal 4 over Canterbury-Fort Myers
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Florida Deaf 3 over (Ind.) Beacon of Hope
Munroe Day 52 over Oak Hall
Rocky Bayou Christian 26 over John Paul II Catholic
St. Johns Country Day 4 over St. Joseph
Southeastern Football Conference (SFC)
Archbishop Curley 37 over Marathon
Benjamin 10 over Pine Crest
Calvary-Fort Lauderdale 42 over Pompano Beach
Coral Springs Charter 23 over Pope John Paul II
Florida Christian 21 over Miami Country Day
John Carroll 32 over St. Andrew’s
LaSalle 7 over Coral Shores
Westminster Academy 42 over Ransom Everglades
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
City of Life 6 over Santa Fe Catholic
Faith Christian 14 over (Ind.) All Saints’ Academy
First Academy-Leesburg 48 over Central Florida Christian
Master’s Academy-Oviedo 18 over Cornerstone Charter
Merritt Island Christian 17 over Calvary-Ormond Beach
Mount Dora Bible 54 over (Ind.) Citrus Park Christian
Ocala Christian 22 over Seven Rivers Christian
Orlando Christian Prep 27 over Legacy Charter
Seffner Christian 13 over International Community
