JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
FORECAST FOR WEEK 9
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 218-29, 88.3%
Season 1,649-341, 82.9%
Forecast Focus
This week’s featured forecasts listed by game day and game site from north to south.
Thursday
Miami LaSalle Royal Lions (7-1) at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian Eagles (6-2)
Power Pick: Eagles by 3
Fort Pierce John Carroll Golden Rams (7-1) at Tavernier Coral Shores Hurricanes (7-1)
Power Pick: Golden Rams by 4
Friday
Tallahassee Florida High Seminoles (5-2) at Tallahassee Godby Cougars (6-1)
Power Pick: Cougars by 39
Tallahassee North Florida Chr. Eagles (6-1) at Crawfordville Wakulla War Eagles (6-1)
Power Pick: War Eagles by 1
Live Oak Suwannee Bulldogs (5-1) at Fort White Indians (5-0)
Power Pick: Indians by 6
Hilliard Red Flashes (5-2) at Bell Bulldogs (5-2)
Power Pick: Red Flashes by 4
Inverness Citrus Hurricanes (7-0) at Gainesville Hurricanes (6-1)
Power Pick: Visiting Hurricanes by 7
Lake Butler Union County Tigers (6-1) at Chiefland Indians (6-1)
Power Pick: Indians by 1
Melbourne Palm Bay Pirates (6-1) at Merritt Island Mustangs (7-0)
Power Pick: Pirates by 10
Largo Pinellas Park Patriots (7-0) at Tarpon Springs East Lake Eagles (7-0)
Power Pick: Eagles by 18
Largo Packers (6-1) at Lakeland Lake Gibson Braves (4-2)
Power Pick: Packers by 10
Davenport Ridge Community Bolts (5-2) at Lakeland Dreadnaughts (8-0)
Power Pick: Dreadnaughts by 17
Dover Strawberry Crest Chargers (6-2) at Plant City Raiders (5-2)
Power Pick: Chargers by 1
St. Pete Admiral Farragut Bluejackets (4-2) at Clearwater Cent. Catholic Marauders (6-1)
Power Pick: Marauders by 31
Tampa Plant Panthers (6-1-1) at Tampa Wharton Wildcats (6-2)
Power Pick: Panthers by 20
Lakeland Christian Vikings (6-1) at Tampa Catholic Crusaders (6-1)
Power Pick: Crusaders by 34
Fort Meade Miners (6-1) at Frostproof Bulldogs (6-2)
Power Pick: Bulldogs by 14
Palm Beach Gardens Gators (5-2) at Vero Beach Indians (6-1)
Power Pick: Indians by 9
Fort Lauderdale University School Suns (7-0) at Bradenton Manatee Hurricanes (8-0)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 17
Lakeland Victory Christian Storm (5-2) at Sarasota Cardinal Mooney Cougars (5-1)
Power Pick: Cougars by 6
Clewiston Tigers (6-1) at Belle Glade Glades Day Gators (7-0)
Power Pick: Tigers by 16
Fort Myers Dunbar Tigers (5-2) at Cape Coral Island Coast Gators (6-1)
Power Pick: Gators by 6
Punta Gorda Charlotte Fightin’ Tarpons (5-2) at Cape Coral Ida Baker Bulldogs (7-1)
Power Pick: Fightin’ Tarpons by 1
South Plantation Paladins (5-2) at Coconut Creek Monarch Knights (7-1)
Power Pick: Knights by 16
Naples Palmetto Ridge Bears (5-2) at Naples Golden Eagles (5-2)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 29
Miami Central Rockets (6-1) at Miami Carol City Chiefs (5-2)
Power Pick: Rockets by 30
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy Lions (6-1) at Miami Springs Golden Hawks (5-2)
Power Pick: Golden Hawks by 1
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
Alonso 28 over Riverview
Apopka 52 over (6A) Edgewater
Belen Jesuit 44 over Sunset
Boone 27 over Cypress Creek
Columbus 40 over Miami High
Cooper City 2 over Everglades
Coral Gables 56 over Coral Park\
Coral Springs 1 over Piper
DeLand 3 over (4A) Madison County
Deerfield Beach 68 over Coral Glades
Dr. Phillips 39 over Evans
First Coast 47 over West Port
Flanagan 49 over (Ind.) West Broward
Freedom-Orlando 5 over Colonial
Hialeah 34 over Dr. Krop
Lake Brantley 20 over Sanford Seminole
Lake Mary 16 over Spruce Creek
Lyman 27 over University-Orange City
Manatee 17 over (4A) University School
McArthur 13 over Western
Miami Beach 12 over South Miami
Miramar 33 over Cypress Bay
Monarch 16 over South Plantation
Newsome 10 over Bloomingdale\
North Miami 28 over Reagan
North Miami Beach 61 over Hialeah Gardens
Palm Beach Central 54 over Spanish River
Park Vista 27 over Boca Raton
Plant 20 over Wharton
Sandalwood 6 over Mandarin
Santaluces 23 over John I. Leonard
Sarasota Riverview 7 over (7A) Lakewood Ranch
South Dade 15 over Killian
Southridge 27 over Miami Palmetto
Southwest Miami 28 over Ferguson
St. Petersburg 31 over (6A) Dixie Hollins
Taravella 3 over Douglas
Timber Creek 3 over Hagerty
Varela 18 over Braddock
Vero Beach 9 over Palm Beach Gardens
Winter Park 15 over Oviedo
Class 7A
American 45 over Mourning
Boyd Anderson 10 over Fort Lauderdale
Braden River 14 over North Port
Charlotte 1 over (6A) Ida Baker
Countryside 25 over Seminole
East Bay 6 over Brandon
East Lake 18 over Pinellas Park
Eau Gallie 21 over Sebastian River
Fleming Island 21 over Atlantic Coast
Fletcher 16 over Buchholz
Fort Myers 22 over (6A) Estero
Haines City 21 over Bartow
Kathleen 26 over George Jenkins
Kissimmee Osceola 30 over Gateway\
Lake Nona 52 over Celebration
Lakeland 17 over Ridge Community
Lincoln 17 over (4A) Taylor County
Melbourne 38 over Martin County
Miami Springs 1 over Mater Academy
Northeast-St. Pete 6 over Clearwater
Nova 10 over South Broward
Oak Ridge 9 over Lake Howell
Ocoee 11 over Wekiva
Palm Beach Lakes 6 over Forest Hill
Palmetto 22 over Sarasota
Plantation 26 over Northeast-Oakland Park
Riverdale 27 over (6A) East Lee County
Royal Palm Beach 29 over Olympic Heights
Sickles 41 over Wiregrass Ranch
St. Cloud 6 over Liberty
St. Thomas Aquinas 60 over Hollywood Hills
Steinbrenner 3 over Freedom-Tampa
Strawberry Crest 1 over Plant City
Tampa Bay Tech 31 over Gaither
Tate 10 over (6A) Fort Walton Beach
Viera 10 over (4A) Space Coast
West Boca Raton 38 over Lake Worth
Westland Hialeah 1 over Hialeah-Miami Lakes
William T. Dwyer 44 over Atlantic-Delray Beach
Winter Springs 21 over East Ridge
Class 6A
Armwood 27 over King
Bartram Trail 31 over Matanzas
Bayside 21 over Okeechobee
Boynton Beach 22 over Coconut Creek
Citrus 7 over Gainesville
Columbia 59 over Robert E. Lee
Dillard 25 over Suncoast
Ed White 48 over Middleburg
Gulf Coast 7 over Barron Collier
Hallandale 27 over Stranahan
Heritage 29 over South Fork
Hillsborough 1 over (7A) Durant
Homestead 52 over (4A) Edison
Jefferson 16 over Chamberlain
Lake Region 31 over (5A) Tenoroc
Land O’ Lakes 19 over Fivay
Largo 10 over Lake Gibson
Lennard 25 over Leto
Miami Central 30 over Carol City
Naples 29 over Palmetto Ridge
Nease 39 over (Ind.) Arlington Country Day
New Smyrna Beach 48 over Deltona
Northwestern 18 over (4A) Glades Central
Ocala Forest 7 over (5A) Nature Coast
Orange Park 22 over Terry Parker
Pace 1 over Escambia
Pembroke Pines Charter 3 over Archbishop McCarthy
Pensacola 25 over Pensacola Washington
Pine Forest 3 over Milton
Port St. Lucie 29 over Westwood
Robinson 16 over Blake
Seabreeze 56 over Pine Ridge
Seminole Osceola 14 over (8A) Palm Harbor University
South Lake 8 over (6A) Mount Dora
Springstead 20 over Mitchell
St. Augustine 28 over Creekside
Vanguard 25 over Lake Weir
Class 5A
Anclote 33 over Wesley Chapel
Astronaut 2 over Satellite
Baker County 45 over Stanton Prep
Bay 1 over (7A) Chiles
Bishop Kenny 8 over Yulee
Bishop Moore 31 over Lake Highland Prep
Boca Ciega 18 over Dunedin
Booker 5 over Bayshore
Cape Coral 27 over (6A) Lehigh
Cardinal Gibbons 16 over (7A) Ely
Crystal River 4 over Belleview
Cypress Lake 11 over Mariner
Eastside 14 over Dunnellon\
Eustis 6 over Tavares
Forrest 4 over Wolfson
Godby 39 over (4A) Florida High
Golden Gate 34 over (Ind.) Archbishop Carroll
Hardee 16 over Southeast
Hudson 1 over River Ridge
Island Coast 6 over Dunbar
Lake Wales 21 over Auburndale
Lakewood 21 over Tarpon Springs
Lely 14 over (6A) Sebring
Lemon Bay 4 over North Fort Myers\
Menendez 6 over Ponte Vedra
Miami Jackson 14 over (4A) Monsignor Pace
Middleton 3 over Spoto
Mosley 13 over Rutherford
Mulberry 7 over Poinciana
North Marion 15 over Santa Fe
Palatka 11 over Clay
Palm Bay 10 over Merritt Island
Pasco 42 over Central-Brooksville
Pensacola Catholic 20 over Gulf Breeze
Ribault 31 over Paxon
Ridgewood 7 over Gulf
Rockledge 9 over Titusville
South Sumter 5 over Weeki Wachee
Wakulla 1 over (2A) North Florida Christian
West Florida Tech 58 over Arnold
Zephyrhills 10 over Hernando
Class 4A
Bolles 42 over Andrew Jackson
Booker T. Washington 39 over (6A) Norland
Bradford 18 over Umatilla
Clewiston 16 over (2A) Glades Day
Cocoa 35 over Atlantic-Port Orange
Fort White 6 over (5A) Suwannee
Jones 11 over Cocoa Beach
Keystone Heights 27 over Interlachen
LaBelle 13 over Avon Park
Raines 27 over West Nassau
Walton 6 over (1A) Northview
Class 3A
Berkeley Prep 59 over Bishop McLaughlin
Bishop Verot 3 over (4A) Lake Placid
Cardinal Mooney 6 over (2A) Victory Christian
Cardinal Newman 45 over (4A) North Broward Prep
Chaminade 36 over (Ind.) Inlet Grove
Clearwater Central Catholic 31 over Admiral Farragut
Frostproof 14 over Fort Meade
Maclay 50 over (NFFC) John Paul II Catholic
Melbourne Central Catholic 22 over Orangewood Christian
Pahokee 9 over (8A) Seminole Ridge
Shorecrest Prep 1 over Calvary-Clearwater
St. Pete Catholic 24 over Episcopal
Tampa Catholic 34 over Lakeland Christian
The First Academy 3 over Holy Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Catholic 13 over (6A) Lake Minneola
Westminster Christian 25 over (5A) Key West
Class 2A
Barrington Christian 21 over Highlands Christian
Boca Raton Christian 30 over (SSAC) City of Life
Bradenton Christian 6 over (GAFC) Canterbury-Fort Myers
Canterbury-St. Pete 6 over Northside Christian
Carrollwood Day 3 over Cambridge
Dade Christian 52 over Coral Springs Christian
Duval Charter 17 over (Ind.) Christ’s Church Academy
First Baptist 38 over Evangelical Christian
Foundation Academy 6 over (Ind.) Montverde Academy
Harvest Community 3 over Cedar Creek Christian
Imagine School 23 over Marco Island Academy
Indian Rocks Christian 69 over Keswick Christian
St. Edward’s 16 over Trinity Christian-Deltona
St. John Neumann 21 over Southwest Florida Christian
University Christian 77 over Eagle’s View Academy
Village Academy 10 over Jupiter Christian
Class 1A
Baker 49 over Franklin County
Blountstown 47 over Holmes County
Bronson 3 over Hawthorne\
Chiefland 1 over Union County
Chipley 42 over Bozeman
Cottondale 18 over Jay
Crescent City 26 over (2A) Agape Christian
Dixie County 21 over Newberry
Hilliard 4 over Bell
Jefferson County 17 over (Ind.) Potter’s House Christian
Lafayette 21 over (3A) P.K. Yonge
Port St. Joe 10 over West Gadsden
Sneads 40 over (Ind.) North Bay Haven
South Walton 42 over Freeport
Trenton 10 over (4A) Marianna
Vernon 35 over Wewahitchka
Wildwood 4 over (4A) The Villages
Williston 18 over (Ind.) Lecanto
Independent
Keys Gate Charter 11 over (4A) Somerset Academy
Zion Lutheran 54 over (GAFC) Palmer Trinity
Gulf Atlantic Football Conference (GAFC)
Berean Christian 35 over Northwest Christian
Gateway Charter 54 over Oasis
Oxbridge Academy 38 over Hillel
St. Stephen’s Episcopal 21 over (3A) Out-of-Door Academy
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Aucilla Christian 3 over Baconton Charter GA
Munroe Day 12 over (Ind.) Temple Christian Academy
St. Johns Country Day 24 over (Ind.) Beacon of Hope
St. Joseph 40 over Oak Hall
Southeastern Football Conference (SFC) Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Calvary-Fort Lauderdale 3 over LaSalle
Coral Springs Charter 26 over Archbishop Curley
John Carroll 4 over Coral Shores
Westminster Academy 20 over Pope John Paul II
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Cornerstone Charter 26 over Seven Rivers Christian
Faith Christian 60 over (Ind.) Seacoast Christian
First Academy-Leesburg 22 over Legacy Charter
Master’s Academy-Oviedo 38 over Central Florida Christian
Mount Dora Bible 9 over Ocala Christian
Orlando Christian Prep 16 over Santa Fe Catholic
Seffner Christian 50 over (Ind.) All Saints’ Academy
