Florida HS Football Media Poll - Week 9

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