LAKE CITY – After eight weeks of football, things are starting to become pretty clear on which teams are the top teams in the state and who is on the edge of being there.
In the Florida HS Football Media Poll Large Schools Division section, no teams dropped our or entered, but some teams did swap places with others with Homestead South Dade making the biggest movement by moving up two spots from No. 15 from No. 17.
However, in the Small Schools Division, three new teams enter the rankings for the first time this year. Melbourne Central Catholic checks in at No. 17, while Fort White enters at No. 18 after a convincing win over Madison County last week. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman checks in at No. 20 after defeating previously ranked Pahokee 20-28 at home last week.
| FLORIDA HS FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL – LARGE SCHOOLS DIVISION | ||||
| Classes 5A, 6A, 7A & 8A | ||||
| Team | Points (FPV) | Rec | Prev | |
| 1 | Miami Central | 398 (18) | 6-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Manatee | 379 (2) | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Apopka | 350 | 7-1 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 329 | 6-1 | 4T |
| 5 | Miramar | 321 | 8-0 | 4T |
| 6 | Dr. Phillips | 281 | 7-0 | 6 |
| 7 | Godby | 278 | 6-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Armwood | 259 | 7-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Dwyer | 248 | 8-0 | 8 |
| 10T | American Heritage (Plantation) | 197 | 7-1 | 10 |
| 10T | East Lake | 197 | 7-0 | 11 |
| 12 | Lakeland | 150 | 8-0 | 12 |
| 13 | Niceville | 142 | 8-0 | 13 |
| 14 | Pensacola Catholic | 123 | 8-0 | 14 |
| 15 | South Dade | 106 | 8-0 | 17 |
| 16 | Columbia | 85 | 6-1 | 15T |
| 17 | West Florida | 84 | 7-0 | 15T |
| 18 | Plant | 62 | 6-1-1 | 18 |
| 19 | Fort Pierce Central | 53 | 7-0 | 19 |
| 20 | Largo | 42 | 6-1 | 20 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Ed White – 19; Merritt Island – 18; Lincoln – 14; Deerfield Beach – 14; Mainland – 13; South Sumter – 10; Cardinal Gibbons – 9; Kathleen – 9; Lake Mary – 5; Tampa Bay Tech – 2; Sickles – 1; Fleming Island – 1; Rickards – 1 | ||||
| FLORIDA HS FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL – SMALL SCHOOLS DIVISION | ||||
| Classes 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A | ||||
| Team | Points (FPV) | Rec | Prev | |
| 1 | Booker T. Washington | 399 (19) | 8-0 | 1 |
| 2 | University School | 381 (1) | 7-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Cocoa | 353 | 6-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tampa Catholic | 334 | 6-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) | 311 | 6-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Clearwater Central Catholic | 310 | 6-1 | 5 |
| 7 | Raines | 275 | 5-2 | 7 |
| 8 | University Christian | 250 | 5-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Champagnat | 213 | 8-0 | 10T |
| 10 | Warner Christian | 208 | 6-1 | 9 |
| 11 | North Florida Christian | 192 | 6-1 | 10T |
| 12 | Bolles | 174 | 5-2 | 13 |
| 13 | Blountstown | 155 | 8-0 | 12 |
| 14 | Dixie County | 117 | 5-0 | 16 |
| 15 | Westminster Christian | 106 | 6-1 | 19 |
| 16 | Glades Day | 76 | 7-0 | 20 |
| 17 | Melbourne Central Catholic | 71 | 7-0 | NR |
| 18 | Fort White | 56 | 5-0 | NR |
| 19 | Gulliver Prep | 33 | 6-2 | 17 |
| 20 | Cardinal Newman | 30 | 5-2 | NR |
| Others Receiving Votes: Frostproof – 28; Fort Meade – 22; Pahokee – 22; Trinity Catholic – 20; Union County – 12; Lakeland Christian – 11; American Heritage (Delray) – 8; Glades Central – 8; Cardinal Mooney – 2; Chiefland – 2; Florida High – 1 | ||||
| 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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