JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
20th Year of Excellence
Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings enters its 20th season in a big way with a forecast for 274 games including 19 contests against out-of-state opponents… both record high numbers for a single weekend of Florida high school football.
Last season, Pinkos’ forecast record was 2,459-534 for a correct selection percentage of 82.2%. That’s more accurate, and always has been, than any Florida high school football statewide forecast! And Joe Pinkos forecasts every game from Week 1 through the state finals!
FORECAST FOR WEEK 1
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.
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
Apopka 27 over (7A) Oak Ridge
Bloomingdale 6 over (7A) Strawberry Crest
Columbus 4 over South Dade
Coral Gables 10 over Southridge
Coral Reef 24 over Varela
Coral Springs 7 over Cooper City
Cypress Bay 1 over (7A) Atlantic-Delray Beach
Deerfield Beach 21 over (7A) Northeast-Oakland Park
Delaware Valley PA 10 over University-Orlando
Douglas 45 over (Ind.) West Broward
Dr. Phillips 11 over Timber Creek
Everglades 14 over (7A) South Broward
Ferguson 10 over Miami Palmetto
First Coast 35 over (5A) Ribault
Flagler Palm Coast 31 over (6A) Matanzas
Flanagan 18 over (6A) Stranahan
Fort Pierce Central 63 over (6A) Westwood
Fountain Valley CA 7 over South Plantation
Hialeah 7 over (7A) Miami Springs
Lake Mary 24 over (7A) Winter Springs
Lyman 3 over Hagerty
Manatee 7 over Ware County GA
Mandarin 28 over (6A) Terry Parker
Miami Beach 21 over (7A) Mourning
Miramar 13 over (3A) American Heritage-Delray
North Miami 1 over (7A) American
Oviedo 3 over Lake Brantley
Palm Beach Gardens 24 over John I. Leonard
Piper 3 over (7A) Hollywood Hills
Plant 7 over Lowndes GA
Sandalwood 21 over (6A) Creekside
Sarasota Riverview 24 over (5A) Bayshore
Seminole Ridge 8 over Boca Raton
South Miami 20 over Sunset
Southwest Miami 49 over Coral Park
St. Petersburg 14 over (5A) Gibbs
Taravella 7 over Dakota Ridge CO
University-Orange City 33 over (6A) Deltona
Vero Beach 31 over (7A) Sebastian River
Wellington 6 over Santaluces
West Orange 14 over Boone
Wharton 7 over (5A) Spoto
Class 7A
Atlantic Coast 31 over (4A) Andrew Jackson
Bartow 1 over (5A) Auburndale
Braden River 24 over (5A) North Fort Myers
Brandon 7 over (6A) Blake
Buchholz 1 over (5A) Eastside
Charlotte 18 over North Port
Crestview 1 over (6A) Milton
Eaglecrest CO 14 over St. Cloud
East Lake 28 over (8A) Palm Harbor University
East River 27 over (8A) Cypress Creek
Eau Gallie 38 over (6A) Pine Ridge
Ely 14 over (4A) Clewiston
Fleming Island 3 over (5A) Clay
Fletcher 49 over (5A) Stanton Prep
Forest Hill 38 over (GCFC) Inlet Grove
Fort Lauderdale 11 over Nova
Fort Myers 38 over (3A) Bishop Verot
Gaither 14 over (6A) Chamberlain
Gateway 17 over (5A) Poinciana
Hialeah-Miami Lakes 3 over (8A) Miami High
Kathleen 18 over (8A) Centennial
Kissimmee Osceola 35 over (8A) Freedom-Orlando
Lake Howell 3 over (8A) Sanford Seminole
Lake Nona 1 over (8A) Winter Park
Lake Worth 7 over (6A) Jensen Beach
Lakeland 28 over (8A) Treasure Coast
Liberty 17 over (5A) Tenoroc
Melbourne 7 over (5A) Satellite
Niceville 28 over (5A) Rutherford
Oakleaf 21 over (5A) Westside
Ocoee 11 over (8A) Colonial
Palm Beach Lakes 3 over (8A) Jupiter
Pinellas Park 28 over (5A) Boca Ciega
Plant City 14 over Steinbrenner
Plantation 7 over (6A) Dillard
Port Charlotte 28 over (5A) Lemon Bay
Royal Palm Beach 10 over (8A) Palm Beach Central
Sickles 25 over (6A) Robinson
St. Thomas Aquinas 1 over (5A) American Heritage-Plantation
Tampa Bay Tech 6 over (8A) Newsome
Viera 20 over (5A) Rockledge
Wekiva 14 over (4A) Jones
West Boca Raton 42 over (8A) Spanish River
Westland Hialeah 14 over (8A) Hialeah Gardens
William T. Dwyer 27 over (4A) Glades Central
Wiregrass Ranch 11 over (5A) Gulf
Class 6A
Armwood 24 over (7A) Durant
Barron Collier 24 over (8A) Braddock
Biloxi MS 1 over Fort Walton Beach
Boynton Beach 35 over (7A) Olympic Heights
Carol City 1 over (8A) Killian
Columbia 10 over Gainesville
Ed White 13 over (4A) Raines
Edgewater 21 over (8A) Evans
Englewood 4 over (5A) Paxon
Escambia 21 over Vidor TX
Estero 28 over (5A) Mariner
Gulf Coast 25 over (GCFC) Pembroke Pines Charter
Hallandale 27 over (8A) McArthur
Heritage 34 over (5A) Eustis
Homestead 34 over (7A) Boyd Anderson
Jefferson 14 over (8A) Alonso
King 7 over (7A) Freedom-Tampa
Lake Gibson 28 over (7A) George Jenkins
Lake Minneola 14 over Lake Weir
Lake Region 6 over (5A) DeSoto
Land O’ Lakes 10 over (5A) River Ridge
Largo 45 over (7A) Northeast-St. Pete
Leesburg 10 over (5A) Tavares
Lennard 14 over (7A) East Bay
Mainland 20 over (8A) DeLand
Miami Central 28 over Stephenson GA
Mitchell 1 over (5A) Anclote
Naples 34 over (5A) Dunbar
Nease 1 over (5A) Ponte Vedra
Norland 7 over M.L. King GA
Northwestern 21 over (7A) Mater Academy
Pace 7 over Choctawhatchee
Palmetto Ridge 7 over Lehigh
Pensacola 3 over (7A) Lincoln
Pensacola Washington 6 over (5A) Gulf Breeze
Pine Forest 20 over (4A) East Gadsden
Robert E. Lee 4 over (4A) Baldwin
Seabreeze 3 over (8A) Spruce Creek
Sebring 1 over (2A) Jupiter Christian
Seminole Osceola 10 over (7A) Seminole
South Fork 17 over (7A) Martin County
South Fort Myers 21 over (7A) Riverdale
South Lake 34 over (7A) East Ridge
Springstead 10 over Citrus
St. Augustine 10 over (5A) Baker County
Upper Dublin PA 3 over Coconut Creek
Venice 7 over (7A) Palmetto
Winter Haven 3 over (7A) Haines City
Class 5A
Arnold 35 over (1A) Holmes County
Bay 3 over Dickinson TX
Bishop Kenny 10 over (6A) Bartram Trail
Bishop Moore 1 over (3A) The First Academy
Booker 14 over (7A) Sarasota
Cape Coral 38 over (6A) East Lee County
Cardinal Gibbons 24 over (8A) Western
Cypress Lake 1 over (2A) St. John Neumann
Dunedin 6 over (6A) Dixie Hollins
Dunnellon 11 over (8A) West Port
Golden Gate 14 over (7A) Goleman
Hudson 4 over Central-Brooksville
Immokalee 6 over (8A) Park Vista
Island Coast 6 over (6A) Ida Baker
Jesuit 7 over Hardee
Lake Wales 14 over (7A) Ridge Community
Lakewood 7 over (7A) Countryside
Marist GA 10 over Godby
Menendez 14 over (6A) Middleburg
Merritt Island 3 over (6A) New Smyrna Beach
Miami Jackson 17 over (8A) North Miami Beach
Mosley 11 over (7A) Leon
Mount Dora 1 over Astronaut
Nature Coast 11 over Crystal River
North Marion 13 over (6A) Ocala Forest
Palatka 14 over (6A) Vanguard
Pasco 3 over (6A) Sunlake
Pensacola Catholic 10 over (6A) Navarre
Rickards 17 over (7A) Chiles
Ridgeview 6 over (6A) Orange Park
Ridgewood 14 over (6A) Fivay
Santa Fe 6 over (1A) Newberry
South Sumter 56 over (1A) Wildwood
Southeast 1 over (7A) Lakewood Ranch
Suwannee 24 over (4A) Bradford
Tarpon Springs 25 over (7A) Clearwater
Titusville 28 over (4A) Cocoa Beach
Weeki Wachee 14 over (4A) Interlachen
West Florida Tech 7 over (7A) Tate
Yulee 10 over (4A) Fernandina Beach
Zephyrhills 27 over Wesley Chapel
Class 4A
Bolles 38 over (5A) Hernando
Booker T. Washington 38 over Tucker GA
Edison 11 over (8A) Dr. Krop
Florida High 6 over (5A) Wakulla
Fort White 21 over (1A) Hamilton County
Gulliver Prep 31 over (GCFC) Archbishop McCarthy
Lake Placid 4 over (7A) Celebration
Madison County 1 over (3A) Tampa Catholic
Monsignor Pace 14 over (8A) Reagan
Somerset Academy 20 over (Ind.) Doral Academy
Space Coast 21 over (7A) Harmony
The Villages 6 over (5A) Belleview
West Nassau 3 over Keystone Heights
Class 3A
Admiral Farragut 3 over (2A) Victory Christian
Berkeley Prep 28 over (5A) Middleton
Cardinal Mooney 21 over (4A) LaBelle
Chaminade 6 over (2A) Village Academy
Clearwater Central Catholic 21 over (5A) Lely
Episcopal 42 over (2A) Eagle’s View Academy
Fort Meade 38 over (5A) Mulberry
Frostproof 31 over (4A) Avon Park
Holy Trinity Episcopal 14 over Father Lopez
John Carroll 34 over (GCFC) Coral Glades
Lakeland Christian 13 over (2A) Foundation Academy
Melbourne Central Catholic 3 over Columbine CO
Pahokee 7 over (6A) Suncoast
Providence 7 over (4A) Atlantic-Port Orange
Trinity Catholic 38 over (Ind.) Montverde Academy
Trinity Prep 17 over (2A) Agape Christian
Westminster Christian 49 over (2A) Harvest Community
Class 2A
Boca Raton Christian 13 over (SFC) Marathon
Bradenton Christian 14 over (3A) Out-of-Door Academy
Cambridge 7 over (3A) Calvary-Clearwater
Canterbury-St. Pete 35 over (Ind.) New Generation Prep
Cedar Creek Christian 10 over (1A) Hawthorne
Champagnat Catholic 35 over (4a) University School
Dade Christian 7 over Moore Haven
Evangelical Christian 30 over (1A) Franklin County
First Baptist 31 over St. Edward’s
Glades Day 6 over (6A) Okeechobee
Indian Rocks Christian 14 over (3A) St. Pete Catholic
North Florida Christian 21 over Deerfield-Windsor GA
Northside Christian 1 over (Ind.) Shorecrest Prep
Trinity Christian-Deltona 1 over (5A) Lake Highland Prep
University Christian 17 over Carrollwood Day
Warner Christian 21 over (3A) Orangewood Christian
Class 1A
Baker 6 over Graceville
Blountstown 3 over (4A) Walton
Branford 1 over (NFFC) Aucilla Christian
Brookwood GA 17 over Bell
Chiefland 21 over Bronson
Chipley 1 over Vernon
Cottondale 24 over Freeport
Crescent City 49 over (SSAC) All Saints Academy
Dixie County 17 over (4A) Taylor County
Jay 4 over Flomaton AL
Lafayette 3 over Trenton
Liberty County 20 over (3A) Maclay
Northview 20 over Bozeman
Port St. Joe 37 over Wewahitchka
Sneads 34 over (NFFC) John Paul II Catholic
South Walton 34 over (2A) Christ’s Church Academy
Taylor-Pierson 7 over (Ind.) Halifax Academy
Union County 30 over (Ind.) Potter’s House Christian
West Gadsden 7 over (2A) FAMU DRS
Williston 17 over (3A) P.K. Yonge
Independent
Bishop Snyder 3 over (2A) Duval Charter
IMG Academy 17 over St. John’s DC
Lecanto 1 over (4A) Umatilla
Somerset Charter 7 over Pinecrest Prep
Florida Independent Football Conference (FIFC)
Highlands Christian 8 over (2A) Marco Island Academy
Hillel 1 over (SFC) Miami Country Day
Gold Coast Football Conference (GCFC)
Key West 1 over (Ind.) Keys Gate Charter
North Florida Football Conference (NFFC)
Florida Deaf 28 over Oak Hall
Rocky Bayou Christian 19 over (Ind.) North Bay Haven
St. Johns Country Day 21 over (SSAC) St. Francis
St. Joseph 1 over Munroe Day
Southeastern Football Conference (SFC)
Benjamin 1 over Immaculata-LaSalle
Calvary-Fort Lauderdale 28 over Archbishop Curley
Coral Springs Charter 7 over Coral Shores
King’s Academy 31 over Florida Christian
Pompano Beach 3 over (GCFC) North Broward Prep
Pope John Paul II 27 over St. Andrew’s
Ransom Everglades 35 over (FIFC) Palmer Trinity
Westminster Academy 27 over Pine Crest
Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Community School of Naples 24 over (Ind.) St. John Lutheran
Faith Christian 14 over Legacy
First Academy-Leesburg 33 over (Ind.) Cornerstone Charter
Ocala Christian 14 over Central Florida Christian
Orlando Christian Prep 42 over Merritt Island Christian
Santa Fe Catholic 7 over Keswick Christian
Seffner Christian 31 over Lake Mary Prep
Southwest Florida Christian 1 over (Ind.) Gateway Charter
St. Stephen’s Episcopal 7 over Bishop McLaughlin
Temple Christian Academy 16 over (Ind.) Beacon of Hope
The Master’s Academy 3 over International Community
Windermere Prep 7 over Mount Dora Bible
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