JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
FORECAST FOR WEEK 8
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 194-38, 83.6%
Season 1,431-312, 82.1%
Forecast Focus
This week’s featured forecasts listed by game day and game site from north to south.
Thursday
Neptune Bch. Fletcher Senators (5-1) at Orange Park Fleming Island Golden Eagles (6-0)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 3
Gulliver Prep Raiders (6-1) at Miami Booker T, Washington Tornadoes (7-0)
Power Pick: Tornadoes by 49
Friday
Blountstown Tigers (7-0) at Chipley Tigers (4-2)
Power Pick: Visiting Tigers by 11
Tallahassee Godby Cougars (5-1) vs. Tallahassee Rickards Raiders (6-0) at Gene Cox Stadium, Tallahassee
Power Pick: Cougars by 27
Dunnellon Tigers (5-2) at Live Oak Suwannee Bulldogs (4-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 6
Madison Madison County Cowboys (3-4) at Fort White Indians (4-0)
Power Pick: Indians by 1
Bradenton IMG Academy Ascenders (7-0) at Jacksonville Trinity Chr. Conquerors (5-1)
Power Pick: Ascenders by 10
Monticello Aucilla Chr. Warriors (5-1) at Jacksonville Bishop Snyder Cardinals (6-1)
Power Pick: Cardinals by 7
Groveland South Lake Eagles (5-1) at Leesburg Yellowjackets (6-1)
Power Pick: Eagles by 9
Orlando Chr. Prep Warriors (4-2) at Winter Park International Community Comets (5-1)
Power Pick: Comets by 9
Cocoa Tigers (5-1) at Cocoa Space Coast Vipers (5-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 45
Melbourne Bulldogs (4-2) at Viera Hawks (6-1)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 14
Land O’ Lakes Gators (6-0) at Land O’ Lakes Sunlake Seahawks (6-1)
Power Pick: Seahawks by 6
Sebring Blue Streaks (5-1) at Winter Haven Blue Devils (5-2)
Power Pick: Blue Devils by 24
Haines City Hornets (4-2) at Lakeland Kathleen Red Devils (5-1)
Power Pick: Red Devils by 7
Frostproof Bulldogs (5-2) at Lakeland Christian Vikings (6-0)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 20
Gibsonton East Bay Indians (5-2) at Dover Strawberry Crest Chargers (5-2)
Power Pick: Chargers by 1
Tampa Jefferson Dragons (5-1) at Tampa King Lions (5-2)
Power Pick: Dragons by 3
Tarpon Springs East Lake Eagles (6-0) at Clearwater Countryside Cougars (5-1)
Power Pick: Eagles by 14
Bradenton Manatee Hurricanes (7-0) at St. Petersburg Green Devils (5-1)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 42
Vero Beach Indians (5-1) at Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast Titans (4-2)
Power Pick: Indians by 13
Largo Packers (5-1) at Venice Indians (6-1)
Power Pick: Indians by 7
Pahokee Blue Devils (5-1) at West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman Crusaders (4-2)
Power Pick: Crusaders by 1
Ft. Lauderdale University School Suns (6-0) at Belle Glade Glades Central Raiders (3-3)
Power Pick: Suns by 30
Cape Coral Ida Baker Bulldogs (7-0) at South Fort Myers Wolfpack (5-2)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 1
Deerfield Beach Bucks (6-0) at Coconut Creek Monarch Knights (7-0)
Power Pick: Bucks by 11
Immokalee Indians (5-2) at Naples Palmetto Ridge Bears (5-1)
Power Pick: Indians by 29
Weston Cypress Bay Lightning (4-2) at Ft. Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (5-1)
Power Pick: Raiders by 33
Fort Lauderdale Dillard Panthers (4-2) at Hallandale Chargers (7-0)
Power Pick: Chargers by 19
Pembroke Pines Flanagan Falcons (7-0) at Miramar Patriots (7-0)
Power Pick: Patriots by 21
Miami Central Rockets (5-1) at Miami Northwestern Bulls (3-3)
Power Pick: Rockets by 36
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs (6-0) at Miami Jackson Generals (3-3)
Power Pick: Chiefs by 3
Saturday
Hialeah Thoroughbreds (4-2) at North Miami Pioneers (5-1)
Power Pick: Pioneers by 3
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 52 over Evans
Belen Jesuit 10 over Varela
Bloomingdale 14 over Riverview
Boone 10 over Freedom-Orlando
Colonial 23 over (5A) Weeki Wachee
Columbus 37 over South Miami
Cooper City 14 over Western
Coral Gables 38 over Miami High
Coral Reef 1 over Southridge
DeLand 16 over Sanford Seminole
Deerfield Beach 11 over Monarch
Douglas 13 over Piper
Dr. Krop 14 over Hialeah Gardens
Dr. Phillips 69 over Cypress Creek
Everglades 22 over McArthur
Ferguson 12 over Sunset
First Coast 14 over Flagler Palm Coast
Fort Pierce Central 28 over Centennial
Killian 34 over Miami Palmetto
Lake Mary 10 over Lyman
Manatee 42 over St. Petersburg
Miami Beach 44 over Coral Park
Miramar 21 over Flanagan
North Miami 3 over Hialeah
North Miami Beach 23 over Reagan
Palm Beach Central 32 over John I. Leonard
Palm Beach Gardens 24 over Jupiter
Park Vista 52 over Spanish River
Plant 14 over Newsome
Sandalwood 44 over West Port
Santaluces 1 over Boca Raton
Sarasota Riverview 16 over Palm Harbor University
Seminole Ridge 17 over Wellington
South Plantation 49 over Coral Glades
Southwest Miami 35 over Braddock
Spruce Creek 21 over University-Orange City
Taravella 11 over Coral Springs
Timber Creek 6 over University-Orlando
Vero Beach 13 over Treasure Coast
West Orange 27 over Olympia
Wharton 1 over Alonso
Winter Park 6 over Hagerty
Class 7A
American 13 over Miami Springs
Buchholz 4 over Oakleaf
Charlotte 10 over Fort Myers
Durant 19 over Brandon
East Lake 14 over Countryside
Eau Gallie 16 over Martin County
Ely 12 over Boyd Anderson
Fleming Island 3 over Fletcher
Fort Lauderdale 16 over Hollywood Hills
Harmony 10 over Liberty
Kathleen 7 over Haines City
Kissimmee Osceola 68 over Celebration
Lake Nona 22 over St. Cloud
Lakeland 31 over Bartow
Lincoln 28 over Leon
Mater Academy 37 over Mourning
Melbourne 14 over Viera
Niceville 40 over (6A) Fort Walton Beach
Northeast-Oakland Park 3 over (3A) Chaminade
Nova 35 over (IND) Doral Academy
Oak Ridge 27 over East River
Palm Beach Lakes 8 over Olympic Heights
Palmetto 17 over Lakewood Ranch
Pinellas Park 45 over Clearwater
Plant City 34 over (5A) Spoto
Plantation 49 over South Broward
Port Charlotte 17 over Riverdale
Ridge Community 1 over George Jenkins
Royal Palm Beach 21 over Forest Hill
Sarasota 13 over North Port
Seminole 24 over Northeast-St. Pete
Sickles 28 over Gaither
St. Thomas Aquinas 33 over (8A) Cypress Bay
Steinbrenner 14 over Wiregrass Ranch
Strawberry Crest 1 over East Bay
Tampa Bay Tech 37 over Freedom-Tampa
Tate 8 over Crestview
Wekiva 26 over East Ridge
West Boca Raton 28 over Atlantic-Delray Beach
Westland Hialeah 14 over Goleman
William T. Dwyer 49 over Lake Worth
Winter Springs 4 over Ocoee
Class 6A
Armwood 68 over Lennard
Barron Collier 18 over Estero
Bartram Trail 6 over Creekside
Bayside 11 over Port St. Lucie
Boynton Beach 24 over Suncoast
Carol City 1 over Homestead
Chamberlain 3 over Robinson
Citrus 48 over (IND) Lecanto
Coconut Creek 28 over Archbishop McCarthy
East Lee County 7 over Lehigh
Ed White 56 over Robert E. Lee
Englewood 3 over Terry Parker
Escambia 29 over Milton
Gainesville 1 over Vanguard
Hallandale 19 over Dillard
Hillsborough 24 over Blake
Ida Baker 1 over South Fort Myers
Jefferson 3 over King
Jensen Beach 34 over Westwood
Lake Gibson 48 over Lake Region
Lake Minneola 1 over Edgewater
Mainland 20 over New Smyrna Beach
Miami Central 36 over Northwestern
Mitchell 4 over Fivay
Naples 34 over Gulf Coast
Navarre 3 over Choctawhatchee
Nease 21 over Matanzas
Ocala Forest 7 over Lake Weir
Orange Park 21 over Middleburg
Pace 6 over Pensacola
Pine Forest 14 over Pensacola Washington
Seabreeze 52 over Deltona
Seminole Osceola 13 over Dixie Hollins
South Fork 6 over Okeechobee
South Lake 9 over Leesburg
Stranahan 13 over Pembroke Pines Charter
Sunlake 6 over Land O’ Lakes
Venice 7 over Largo
Winter Haven 24 over Sebring
Class 5A
American Heritage-Plantation 48 over Key West
Anclote 28 over Gulf
Auburndale 14 over Mulberry
Baker County 10 over Yulee
Bishop Kenny 42 over Stanton Prep
Cardinal Gibbons 3 over Miami Jackson
Dunbar 17 over Cape Coral
Dunnellon 6 over Suwannee
Eastside 6 over Crystal River
Gibbs 24 over Boca Ciega
Godby 27 over Rickards
Hardee 11 over Bayshore
Hernando 1 over Pasco
Hudson 14 over Ridgewood
Immokalee 29 over (6A) Palmetto Ridge
Island Coast 49 over Cypress Lake
Jesuit 18 over Bishop Moore
Lakewood 55 over Dunedin
Lely 17 over Golden Gate
Lemon Bay 31 over Mariner
Menendez 9 over Clay
Merritt Island 18 over Titusville
Middleton 30 over (6A) Leto
Mount Dora 23 over Eustis
Palm Bay 17 over Astronaut
Pensacola Catholic 46 over Arnold
Poinciana 20 over Tenoroc
Ribault 31 over Forrest
Ridgeview 19 over Ponte Vedra
River Ridge 9 over Wesley Chapel
Rockledge 4 over Satellite
Rutherford 14 over Bay
Santa Fe 15 over Belleview
South Sumter 31 over Nature Coast
Southeast 21 over DeSoto
Tavares 19 over Lake Highland Prep
West Florida Tech 31 over Gulf Breeze
Wolfson 3 over Paxon
Zephyrhills 41 over Central-Brooksville
Class 4A
Atlantic-Port Orange 19 over Cocoa Beach
Bolles 42 over Baldwin
Booker T. Washington 49 over Gulliver Prep
Clewiston 45 over Lake Placid
Cocoa 45 over Space Coast
Florida High 20 over East Gadsden
Fort White 1 over Madison County
Keystone Heights 10 over The Villages
Marianna 2 over Walton
Monsignor Pace 34 over Edison
Raines 52 over Andrew Jackson
Somerset Academy 17 over North Broward Prep
Taylor County 23 over Fernandina Beach
Umatilla 1 over Interlachen
University School 30 over Glades Central
Class 3A
American Heritage-Delray 20 over King’s Academy
Cardinal Mooney 63 over Out-of-Door Academy
Cardinal Newman 1 over Pahokee
Clearwater Central Catholic 55 over Calvary-Clearwater
Father Lopez 3 over Maclay
Fort Meade 55 over Bishop McLaughlin
Frostproof 20 over Lakeland Christian
Melbourne Central Catholic 33 over Trinity Prep
Providence 36 over Episcopal
St. Pete Catholic 34 over Shorecrest Prep
Tampa Catholic 27 over Berkeley Prep
The First Academy 32 over Orangewood Christian
Trinity Catholic 46 over P.K. Yonge
Westminster Christian 67 over (Ind.) Inlet Grove
Class 2A
Carrollwood Day 34 over Bradenton Christian
Cedar Creek Christian 21 over (Ind.) Christ’s Church Academy
Champagnat Catholic 54 over Barrington Christian
Duval Charter 29 over Eagle’s View Academy
Evangelical Christian 34 over Marco Island Academy
First Baptist 49 over Imagine School
Glades Day 28 over Boca Raton Christian
Highlands Christian 12 over Coral Springs Christian
Indian Rocks Christian 20 over Cambridge
Jupiter Christian 27 over (Ind.) Archbishop Carroll
Moore Haven 23 over Southwest Florida Christian
North Florida Christian 38 over Agape Christian
Northside Christian 24 over Keswick Christian
St. John Neumann 32 over (GAFC) Gateway Charter
University Christian 33 over Harvest Community
Victory Christian 21 over Foundation Academy
Village Academy 7 over (Ind.) Keys Gate Charter
Class 1A
Baker 28 over Jay
Blountstown 11 over Chipley
Chiefland 13 over Williston
Cottondale 32 over (Ind.) North Bay Haven
Hamilton County 38 over Branford
Hilliard 14 over Bronson
Lafayette 16 over Jefferson County
Liberty County 69 over (NFFC) John Paul II Catholic
Northview 34 over Freeport
Port St. Joe 11 over (2A) FAMU DRS
Sneads 18 over Wewahitchka
South Walton 43 over Holmes County
Trenton 63 over Hawthorne
Union County 10 over Newberry
West Gadsden 41 over Franklin County
Wildwood 35 over Taylor-Pierson
Independent
Beacon of Hope 10 over (SSAC) City of Life
Bishop Snyder 7 over (NFFC) Aucilla Christian
IMG Academy 10 over Trinity Christian-Jacksonville
Montverde Academy 52 over All Saints’ Academy
Potter’s House Christian 6 over Arlington Country Day
Temple Christian Academy 38 over Seacoast Christian
Zion Lutheran 19 over (SSAC) Faith Christian
Gulf Atlantic Football Conference (GAFC)
Berean Christian 10 over Hillel
Community School of Naples 40 over Canterbury-Fort Myers
Oxbridge Academy 68 over Palmer Trinity
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Florida Deaf 21 over Alabama Deaf
Rocky Bayou Christian 11 over Munroe Day
St. Johns Country Day 37 over Oak Hall
St. Joseph 20 over St. Francis
Southeastern Football Conference (SFC)
Benjamin 16 over St. Andrew’s
Calvary-Fort Lauderdale 25 over Pope John Paul II
Coral Shores 62 over Marathon
Coral Springs Charter 58 over Pompano Beach
John Carroll 36 over Pine Crest
LaSalle 19 over Archbishop Curley
Westminster Academy 24 over Florida Christian
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Central Florida Christian 13 over Seven Rivers Christian
First Academy-Leesburg 63 over Calvary-Ormond Beach
International Community 9 over Orlando Christian Prep
Ocala Christian 25 over Merritt Island Christian
Seffner Christian 21 over Windermere Prep
