JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
Forecast Record
Last Week 213-46, 82.2%
Season 2,057-430, 82.7%
FORECAST FOR WEEK 11
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 Focus
This week’s featured forecasts listed by game day and game site from north to south.
Thursday
Crawfordville Wakulla War Eagles (7-2) at Gainesville Hurricanes (8-1)
Power Pick: Hurricanes by 10
Miami Carol City Chiefs (6-3) at Hialeah American Patriots (6-3)
Power Pick: Chiefs by 20
Coral Gables Cavaliers (8-1) at Southwest Miami Eagles (9-0)
Power Pick: Eagles by 1
Friday
Cantonment Tate Aggies (7-2) at Pensacola Escambia Gators (7-2)
Power Pick: Aggies by 11
Santa Rosa Beach South Walton Seahawks (7-2) at Baker Gators (9-0)
Power Pick: Gators by 18
Tallahassee Florida High Seminoles (6-3) at Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee Indians (6-3)
Power Pick: Indians by 3
Jacksonville Bolles Bulldogs (7-2) at Niceville Golden Eagles (8-1)
Power Pick: Eagles by 7
Tallahassee Godby Cougars (8-1) at Tallahassee Lincoln Trojans (6-3)
Power Pick: Cougars by 20
Lake City Columbia Tigers (8-1) at Live Oak Suwannee Bulldogs (7-1)
Power Pick: Tigers by 17
Jacksonville First Coast Buccaneers (8-1) at Jacksonville Ed White Commanders (8-1)
Power Pick: Commanders by 8
Orange Park Raiders (6-3) at Orange Park Fleming Island Golden Eagles (9-0)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 25
Cross City Dixie County Bears (7-0) at Mayo Lafayette Hornets (7-1)
Power Pick: Bears by 38
Palatka Panthers (5-4) at St. Augustine Yellowjackets (8-1)
Power Pick: Yellowjackets by 21
Fort Pierce Central Cobras (8-0) at Daytona Beach Mainland Buccaneers (8-1)
Power Pick: Cobras by 3
Leesburg Yellowjackets (7-2) at Bushnell South Sumter Raiders (9-0)
Power Pick: Raiders by 10
Winter Park Wildcats (8-1) Orlando Dr. Phillips Panthers (9-0)
Power Pick: Panthers by 21
Land O’ Lakes Sunlake Seahawks (8-1) at Zephyrhills Bulldogs (7-2)
Power Pick: Seahawks by 1
Lakeland Lake Gibson Braves (6-2) at Davenport Ridge Community Bolts (6-3)
Power Pick: Braves by 14
Melbourne Palm Bay Pirates (7-2) at Palm Bay Bayside Bears (7-2)
Power Pick: Pirates by 11
Plantation American Heritage Patriots (8-1) at Lakeland Kathleen Red Devils (8-1)
Power Pick: Patriots by 14
Holiday Anclote Sharks (6-3) at Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders (7-2)
Power Pick: Marauders by 20
Pinellas Park Largo Packers (7-2) at Clearwater Countryside Cougars (6-3)
Power Pick: Packers by 18
Tampa Catholic Crusaders (8-1) at Tampa Jesuit Tigers (6-3)
Power Pick: Crusaders by 9
Tarpon Springs East Lake Eagles (9-0) at St. Petersburg Green Devils (6-3)
Power Pick: Eagles by 34
Sarasota Cardinal Mooney Cougars (7-1) at Sarasota Booker Tornadoes (5-3)
Power Pick: Tornadoes by 13
Sarasota Sailors (5-4) at Sarasota Riverview Rams (6-2)
Power Pick: Rams by 11
Pahokee Blue Devils (6-3) at Belle Glade Glades Central Raiders (4-5)
Power Pick: Raiders by 2
Palm Beach Gardens Gators (6-3) at Wellington Palm Beach Central Broncos (6-3)
Power Pick: Broncos by 23
Miami Gulliver Prep Raiders (7-2) at Delray Beach American Heritage Stallions (5-3)
Power Pick: Stallions by 4
Royal Palm Beach Wildcats (7-2) at Loxahatchee Seminole Ridge Hawks (6-3)
Power Pick: Wildcats by 10
South Fort Myers Wolfpack (7-2) at Immokalee Indians (7-2)
Power Pick: Indians by 3
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (8-1) at Deerfield Beach Bucks (9-0)
Power Pick: Raiders by 18
South Plantation Paladins (6-3) at Plantation Colonels (7-2)
Power Pick: Colonels by 17
IMG Academy Ascenders (8-1) at Naples Golden Eagles (7-2)
Power Pick: Golden Eagles by 1
Fort Lauderdale University School Suns (8-1) at Miami Central Rockets (7-1)
Power Pick: Rockets by 7
Saturday
St. Augustine, Florida School for the Deaf Dragons (7-1) at Fremont, California School for the Deaf Eagles (4-5)
Power Pick: Eagles by 6
Jacksonville Raines Vikings (7-2) at Jacksonville Ribault Trojans (7-2)
Power Pick: Vikings by 17
Fort Lauderdale Dillard Panthers (7-2) at Pompano Beach Ely Tigers (4-5)
Power Pick: Tigers by 10
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
Bloomingdale 26 over (5A) Middleton
Boone 13 over (6A) Edgewater
Centennial 15 over (6A) Port St. Lucie
Columbus 27 over Miami Palmetto
Coral Reef 4 over Hialeah
Cypress Bay 14 over (7A) Northeast-Oakland Park
Dr. Phillips 21 over Winter Park
Everglades 20 over Piper
Flagler Palm Coast 4 over Spruce Creek
Fort Pierce Central 3 over (6A) Mainland
Killian 62 over Dr. Krop
Lake Brantley 6 over (7A) Lake Howell
Lake Mary 17 over Hagerty
Lyman 1 over (7A) Winter Springs
McArthur 10 over (7A) Hollywood Hills
Miami Beach 5 over Reagan
Miami High 13 over (7A) Mourning
North Miami 36 over (4A) Edison
Olympia 10 over (4A) Jones
Oviedo 1 over Sanford Seminole
Palm Beach Central 23 over Palm Beach Gardens
Park Vista 35 over (7A) Olympic Heights
Sandalwood 28 over (6A) Terry Parker
Sarasota Riverview 11 over (7A) Sarasota
South Dade 1 over (6A) Homestead
Southwest Miami 3 over Coral Gables
Taravella 9 over (7A) Boyd Anderson
Timber Creek 7 over Freedom-Orlando
University-Orlando 15 over (7A) Wekiva
Varela 17 over South Miami
Vero Beach 4 over Santaluces
Wellington 7 over John I. Leonard
West Orange 28 over (7A) Ocoee
Western 3 over (7A) South Broward
Class 7A
Atlantic Coast 6 over (8A) Mandarin
Braden River 10 over (5A) DeSoto
Brandon 1 (3A) Berkeley Prep
Charlotte 47 over (6A) East Lee County
Crestview 14 over (6A) Pensacola
East Lake 34 over (8A) St. Petersburg
Eau Gallie 11 over Harmony
Ely 10 over (6A) Dillard
Fleming Island 25 over (6A) Orange Park
Fletcher 44 over (5A) Wolfson
Fort Myers 13 over (5A) Dunbar
Freedom-Tampa 7 over (8A) Riverview
George Jenkins 31 over (5A) Mulberry
Goleman 18 over (8A) Hialeah Gardens
Haines City 44 over (6A) Lake Region
Lake Nona 28 over East River
Leon 6 over (3A) Providence
Liberty 3 over (5A) Poinciana
Mater Academy 20 over (2A) Barrington Christian
Melbourne 14 over (5A) Astronaut
Miami Springs 3 over (8A) Ferguson
Niceville 7 over (4A) Bolles
Nova 11 over (8A) Douglas
Oak Ridge 12 over (8A) Evans
Palm Beach Lakes 2 over (8A) Boca Raton
Palmetto 16 over (5A) Southeast
Pinellas Park 31 over (5A) Dunedin
Plant City 3 over Gaither
Plantation 17 over (8A) South Plantation
Port Charlotte 21 over Lakewood Ranch
Riverdale 22 over (6A) Lehigh
Royal Palm Beach 10 over (8A) Seminole Ridge
Sickles 15 over (8A) Alonso
St. Thomas Aquinas 18 over (8A) Deerfield Beach
Tampa Bay Tech 4 over (6A) Hillsborough
Tate 11 over (6A) Escambia
Wiregrass Ranch 38 over (5A) Wesley Chapel
Class 6A
Armwood 33 over (7A) Strawberry Crest
Bartram Trail 1 over (5A) Ridgeview
Carol City 20 over (7A) American
Choctawhatchee 3 over (4A) Florida High
Citrus 31 over (5A) Crystal River
Columbia 17 over (5A) Suwannee
Ed White 8 over (8A) First Coast
Englewood 8 over (5A) Stanton Prep
Estero 32 over (5A) Cypress Lake
Gainesville 10 over (5A) Wakulla
Heritage 44 over (7A) Sebastian River
Jefferson 21 over (7A) Steinbrenner
Jensen Beach 14 over (7A) Martin County
Lake Gibson 14 over (7A) Ridge Community
Lake Minneola 1 over (7A) East Ridge
Land O’ Lakes 22 over (Ind.) Lecanto
Largo 18 over (7A) Countryside
Miami Central 7 over (4A) University School
Mitchell 17 over (5A) Gulf
Naples 1 over (Ind.) IMG Academy
Navarre 18 over (5A) Gulf Breeze
New Smyrna Beach 13 over (8A) Treasure Coast
Norland 42 over (7A) Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Northwestern 3 over (5A) Miami Jackson
Ocala Forest 21 over (5A) Belleview
Robert E. Lee 1 over (4A) Andrew Jackson
Seabreeze 17 over Nease
Sebring 17 over (4A) Avon Park
South Fork 7 over (8A) Jupiter
South Lake 14 over (7A) Gateway
Springstead 11 over (5A) Hernando
St. Augustine 21 over (5A) Palatka
Stranahan 4 over (7A) Fort Lauderdale
Suncoast 42 over (Ind.) Inlet Grove
Sunlake 1 over (5A) Zephyrhills
Venice 45 over (5A) Bayshore
Winter Haven 35 over (5A) Auburndale
Class 5A
American Heritage-Plantation 14 over (7A) Kathleen
Bishop Kenny 46 over (3A) Episcopal
Bishop Moore 15 over (8A) Colonial
Boca Ciega 18 over (7A) Clearwater
Booker 13 over (3A) Cardinal Mooney
Cardinal Gibbons 28 over (8A) Coral Springs
Clay 28 over (6A) Middleburg
Eastside 11 over (4A) Bradford
Gibbs 6 over (8A) Palm Harbor University
Godby 20 over (7A) Lincoln
Golden Gate 12 over (6A) Palmetto Ridge
Hardee 20 over (7A) North Port
Hudson 19 over (6A) Fivay
Immokalee 3 over (6A) South Fort Myers
Key West 6 over (8A) Braddock
Lake Wales 18 over (7A) Bartow
Lakewood 33 over (7A) Northeast-St. Pete
Lely 18 over (6A) Barron Collier
Lemon Bay 49 over (4A) Lake Placid
Menendez 1 over (7A) Oakleaf
Merritt Island 31 over Ponte Vedra
Mosley 24 over (4A) Walton
Nature Coast 11 over (6A) Lake Weir
North Marion 17 over (8A) West Port
North Fort Myers 17 over (3A) Bishop Verot
Palm Bay 11 over (6A) Bayside
Pasco 31 over River Ridge
Paxon 3 over (4A) Baldwin
Rickards 35 over (4A) East Gadsen
Santa Fe 1 over (4A) Keystone Heights
Satellite 9 over (4A) Cocoa Beach
South Sumter 10 over (6A) Leesburg
Spoto 47 over (6A) Leto
Tarpon Springs 14 over (6A) Dixie Hollins
Tavares 22 over (6A) Pine Ridge
Titusville 1 over (4A) Space Coast
West Florida Tech 56 over (6A) Pensacola Washington
Yulee 1 over (4A) West Nassau
Class 4A
Atlantic-Port Orange 11 over (6A) Matanzas
Clewiston 22 over (6A) Okeechobee
Cocoa 28 over (5A) Rockledge
Fernandina Beach 37 over (Ind.) Christ’s Church Academy
Fort White 10 over (7A) Buchholz
Glades Central 2 over (3A) Pahokee
Marianna 6 over (5A) Rutherford
Monsignor Pace 9 over (8A) Belen Jesuit
Raines 17 over (5A) Ribault
Somerset Academy 28 over (2A) Boca Raton Christian
Taylor County 21 over (1A) Hamilton County
The Villages 19 over (1A) Hawthorne
Umatilla 16 over (6A) Deltona
Class 3A
American Heritage-Delray 4 over (4A) Gulliver Prep
Bishop McLaughlin 6 over (2A) Keswick Christian
Cardinal Newman 48 over (8A) Spanish River
Clearwater Central Catholic 20 over (5A) Anclote
Father Lopez 43 over (1A) Taylor-Pierson
Fort Meade 63 over (5A) Tenoroc
Holy Trinity Episcopal 14 over (2A) Foundation Academy
King’s Academy 17 over (4A) North Broward Prep
Lakeland Christian 14 over (2A) Agape Christian
Melbourne Central Catholic 54 over (5A) Lake Highland Prep
Orangewood Christian 22 over (2A) Trinity Christian-Deltona
Shorecrest Prep 47 over (Ind.) All Saints’ Academy
St. Pete Catholic 38 over (2A) Northside Christian
Tampa Catholic 9 over (5A) Jesuit
Trinity Christian-Jacksonville 27 over (6A) Vanguard
Class 2A
Cambridge 32 over (3A) Out-of-Door Academy
Canterbury-St. Pete 3 over Southwest Florida Christian
Champagnat Catholic 70 over (Ind.) Archbishop Carroll
Dade Christian 33 over (7A) Westland Hialeah
Duval Charter 3 over (NFFC) St. Johns Country Day
FAMU DRS 10 over (1A) Jefferson County
Glades Day 6 over (6A) Archbishop McCarthy
Highlands Christian 1 over Marco Island Academy
Indian Rocks Christian 22 over (3A) Calvary-Clearwater
Jupiter Christian 3 over St. Edward’s
Moore Haven 21 over (4A) LaBelle
University Christian 52 over (Ind.) Arlington Country Day
Victory Christian 44 over Coral Springs Christian
Village Academy 7 over (7A) Forest Hill
Warner Christian 21 over (3A) Admiral Farragut
Class 1A
Baker 18 over South Walton
Bell 39 over Branford
Blountstown 14 over Northview
Bozeman 10 over (Ind.) North Bay Haven
Chiefland 77 over (Ind.) Beacon of Hope
Chipley 21 over Graceville
Crescent City 7 over (3A) The First Academy
Dixie County 38 over Lafayette
Hilliard 12 over (2A) Cedar Creek Christian
Jay 3 over (3A) Maclay
Liberty County 11 over Sneads
Newberry 7 over (7A) Chiles
Port St. Joe 10 over (5A) Arnold
Trenton 73 over (3A) St. Francis
Union County 84 over (2A) Eagle’s View Academy
Vernon 56 over Franklin County
West Gadsden 36 over Wewahitchka
Wildwood 3 over (Ind.) Montverde Academy
Independent
Bishop Snyder 32 over (NFFC) St. Joseph
Keys Gate Charter 35 over Doral Academy
West Broward 3 over (8A) Coral Glades
Gulf Atlantic Football Conference (GAFC) Playoffs
Semifinals
Community School of Naples 35 over Hillel
Oxbridge Academy 21 over Gateway Charter
Cross-Divisional Games
Canterbury-Fort Myers 13 over Palmer Trinity
St. Stephen’s Episcopal 10 over Berean Christian
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Aucilla Christian 17 over (Ind.) Temple Christian Academy
California Deaf 6 over Florida Deaf
Munroe Day 25 over John Paul II Catholic
Rocky Bayou Christian 28 over (1A) Freeport
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC) Playoffs
Semifinals
Orlando Christian Prep 6 over Mount Dora Bible
Seffner Christian 7 over First Academy-Leesburg
Bowl Games
International Community 4 over Windermere Prep
Legacy Charter 27 over Merritt Island Christian
Master’s Academy-Oviedo 21 over Central Florida Christian
Santa Fe Catholic 8 over Ocala Christian
Regular Season
City of Life 30 over (Ind.) Citrus Park Christian
Faith Christian 27 over (NFFC) Oak Hall
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