LAKE CITY – The Florida HS Football Media Poll heading into Week 8 had a bit of shake up, but was pretty much limited to the Small School Division.
The biggest change in the Large Schools Division of the Media Poll, was Columbia tumbling from No. 7 to being tied at No. 15 with West Florida out of Pensacola after their 34-17 loss to Ed White in Jacksonville last week. The second biggest change was American Heritage-Plantation jumping up from No. 12 to No. 10 after steamrolling Bolles 60-21 last week at home.
However, in the Small Schools Division, things are looking quite different than what they were last week.
Cocoa jumps up to No. 3 from No. 4, Tampa Catholic jumps to No. 4 after being at No. 7 last week and Clearwater Central Catholic jumps up four spots from No. 9 to No. 5.
Trinity Christian-Jacksonville slips from No. 3 to N0. 6 after falling to one of the top Class 5A teams, Godby, 42-6. The Cougars are ranked No. 7 this week in the Large Schools Division of the Media Poll.
However, the biggest splash made was done by the Champagnat. The Lions jumped up six spots from No. 16 to No. 10 after pulling away a huge victory against a young, but tough Chaminade-Madonna team last week. As such Chaminade is catching big time attention as things head into the backstretch of district play.
Only one new team enters the Media Poll this week with Westminster Christian, which actually rejoins the rankings after being ranked earlier this season. The Warriors pulled off a very convincing 27-21 over a previously undefeated Gulliver Prep.
| FLORIDA HS FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL – LARGE SCHOOLS DIVISION | ||||
| Classes 5A, 6A, 7A & 8A | ||||
| Team | Points (FPV) | Rec | Prev | |
| 1 | Miami Central | 416 (18) | 5-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Manatee | 395 (2) | 7-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Apopka | 369 | 6-1 | 3 |
| 4T | St. Thomas Aquinas | 338 (1) | 5-1 | 4 |
| 4T | Miramar | 338 | 7-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dr. Phillips | 295 | 6-0 | 6 |
| 7 | Godby | 291 | 5-1 | 8 |
| 8 | Dwyer | 265 | 7-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Armwood | 253 | 6-0 | 10 |
| 10 | American Heritage (Plantation) | 210 | 6-1 | 12 |
| 11 | East Lake | 203 | 6-0 | 11 |
| 12 | Lakeland | 157 | 7-0 | 13 |
| 13 | Niceville | 144 | 7-0 | 14T |
| 14 | Pensacola Catholic | 128 | 7-0 | 14T |
| 15T | Columbia | 99 | 6-1 | 7 |
| 15T | West Florida | 99 | 6-0 | 16 |
| 17 | South Dade | 98 | 7-0 | 17 |
| 18 | Plant | 69 | 5-1-1 | 18 |
| 19 | Fort Pierce Central | 44 | 6-0 | 19 |
| 20 | Largo | 34 | 5-1 | 20 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Ed White – 27; Lincoln – 22; Deerfield Beach – 19; Mainland – 15; Venice – 14; Merritt Island – 10; Kathleen – 9; Wakulla – 7; Escambia – 6; Oviedo – 5; First Coast – 5; Cardinal Gibbons – 5; Gainesville – 4; Hallandale – 3; Rickards – 3; South Sumter – 2; Lake Mary – 2; Plantation – 1; Sickles – 1; Tampa Bay Tech – 1; Fleming Island – 1 | ||||
| FLORIDA HS FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL – SMALL SCHOOLS DIVISION | ||||
| Classes 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A | ||||
| Team | Points (FPV) | Rec | Prev | |
| 1 | Booker T. Washington | 419 (20) | 7-0 | 1 |
| 2 | University School | 400 (1) | 6-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Cocoa | 372 | 5-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tampa Catholic | 337 | 5-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Clearwater Central Catholic | 323 | 5-1 | 9 |
| 6 | Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) | 266 | 5-1 | 3 |
| 7 | Raines | 264 | 4-2 | 5 |
| 8 | University Christian | 239 | 4-2 | 10 |
| 9 | Warner Christian | 211 | 6-1 | 12 |
| 10T | Champagnat | 194 | 7-0 | 16 |
| 10T | North Florida Christian | 194 | 5-1 | 6 |
| 12 | Blountstown | 179 | 7-0 | 15 |
| 13 | Bolles | 169 | 4-2 | 8 |
| 14 | Lakeland Christian | 133 | 6-0 | 17 |
| 15 | Pahokee | 114 | 5-1 | 19 |
| 16 | Dixie County | 103 | 5-0 | 18 |
| 17 | Gulliver Prep | 88 | 6-1 | 11 |
| 18 | Glades Central | 67 | 3-3 | 13 |
| 19 | Westminster Christian | 53 | 5-1 | NR |
| 20 | Glades Day | 51 | 6-0 | 20 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Melbourne Central Catholic – 45; Trinity Catholic – 36; Fort White – 29; Fort Meade – 27; Liberty County – 21; Union County – 20; Madison County – 15; Florida High – 11; American Heritage (Delray) – 10; Cardinal Newman – 7; Cardinal Mooney – 6; Frostproof – 4 | ||||
| Our Panel of Pollsters | ||||
| Eric Clark – Big County Preps; Danny Klein – Daytona Beach News-Journal; Philip Piccirillo – FloridaHSFooball.com; Joshua Wilson – FloridaHSFootball.com; Justin Barney – Florida Times-Union; Larry Savage – Gainesville Sun; Adam Fisher – Naples Daily News; Andre Fernandez – Miami Herald; Anthony Chiang – Palm Beach Post; Brad Milner – Panama City News Herald; Brady Aymond – Pensacola News Journal; Shaquille Jackson – South Florida High School Football Show; Matt Baker – Tampa Bay Times; Nick Williams – Tampa Tribune; Laurel Pfhaler – TC Palm; Chris Green – South Dade News Leader; Nick Gryniewicz – ESPN 580 Orlando; Wells Dusenbury – ESPN 106.3 West Palm Beach; Marc Adams – 4 Quarters Online; Carson Ingle – 740 The Game Orlando; Doug Pugh – Bright House Sports Network; Austen Gregerson – St. Augustine Record | ||||
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