JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
RANKINGS
(Based on games through Saturday, September 13, 2014)
Rankings, based on Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings, of Florida’s top high school football teams overall and by classification.
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. To determine the forecasted margin of victory between any two teams, simply figure the difference in the respective power ratings.
FLORIDA’S POWER 25 listings show rank, team, record and classification in parentheses, and power rating.
FLORIDA’S POWER 25
1. Booker T. Washington (4-0, 4A) 201.3
2. Mainland (3-0, 6A) 201.1
3. First Coast (3-0, 8A) 199.3
4. Miami Central (3-1, 6A) 198.8
5. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-1, 7A) 196.5
6. IMG Academy (2-1, Ind.) 195.3
7. American Heritage-Plantation (1-1, 5A) 194.6
8. Manatee (2-1, 8A) 194.1
9. Miramar (2-1, 8A) 194.0
10. Niceville (3-1, 7A) 192.6
11. American Heritage-Delray (2-1, 3A) 191.9
12. University-Orange City (3-0, 8A) 191.3
13. Armwood (3-0, 6A) 190.3
14. Lakeland (3-0, 7A) 190.2
15. Columbus (3-0, 8A) 190.1
16. East Lake (3-0, 7A) 190.0
17. Boynton Beach (4-0, 6A) 189.1
18. Clearwater Central Catholic (3-0, 3A) 188.5
19. Trinity Christian-Jacksonville (1-1, 3A) 187.8
20. Kissimmee Osceola (2-1, 7A) 187.5
21. South Fort Myers (3-0, 6A) 186.6
22. Lake Mary (2-0, 8A) 186.5
23. Godby (2-1, 5A) 186.4
24. West Orange (3-0, 8A) 186.3
25. Bolles (3-0, 4A) 186.0
Rankings by Classification
Rankings for each classification show rank, team, record in parentheses, and power rating.
CLASS 8A POWER 10
1. First Coast (3-0) 199.3
2. Manatee (2-1) 194.1
3. Miramar (2-1) 194.0
4. University-Orange City (3-0) 191.3
5. Columbus (3-0) 190.1
6. Lake Mary (2-0) 186.5
7. West Orange (3-0) 186.3
8. Monarch (2-0) 185.5
9. Dr. Phillips (3-0) 184.3
10. Plant (2-1) 184.0
CLASS 7A POWER 10
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-1) 196.5
2. Niceville (3-1) 192.6
3. Lakeland (3-0) 190.2
4. East Lake (3-0) 190.0
5. Kissimmee Osceola (2-1) 187.5
6. Oak Ridge (2-1) 183.7
7. Viera (2-0) 182.5
8. Royal Palm Beach (2-0) 182.4
9. Fletcher (2-1) 181.5
10. Lincoln (3-1) 181.2
CLASS 6A POWER 10
1. Mainland (3-0) 201.1
2. Miami Central (3-1) 198.8
3. Armwood (3-0) 190.3
4. Boynton Beach (4-0) 189.1
5. South Fort Myers (3-0) 186.6
6. Naples (2-1) 185.7
7. Escambia (3-0) 185.0
8. Venice (3-0) 184.1
9. Northwestern (2-0) 182.9
10. Hallandale (3-0) 182.8
CLASS 5A POWER 10
1. American Heritage-Plantation (1-1) 194.6
2. Godby (2-1) 186.4
3. South Sumter (3-0) 180.4
4. West Florida Tech (2-1) 179.3
5. Cardinal Gibbons (3-0) 176.4
6. Lake Wales (2-1) 174.9
7. Palm Bay (2-0) 173.8
8. Auburndale (3-0) 173.6
9. Bishop Moore (3-0) 172.8
10. Clay (3-0) 172.6
CLASS 4A POWER 5
1. Booker T. Washington (4-0) 201.3
2. Bolles (3-0) 186.0
3. Glades Central (2-1) 182.3
4. Madison County (3-0) 181.8
5. Cocoa (2-0) 181.4
CLASS 3A POWER 5
1. American Heritage-Delray (2-1) 191.9
2. Clearwater Central Catholic (3-0) 188.5
3. Trinity Christian-Jacksonville (1-1) 187.8
4. Trinity Catholic (2-0) 184.6
5. Westminster Christian (3-0) 182.2
CLASS 2A POWER 5
1. North Florida Christian (1-1) 163.3
2. Champagnat Catholic (1-1) 161.1
3. Indian Rocks Christian (3-0) 159.6
4. Victory Christian (2-1) 159.5
5. University Christian (1-2) 158.4
CLASS 1A POWER 5
1. Dixie County (3-0) 170.8
2. Union County (3-0) 170.0
3. Liberty County (2-0) 166.3
4. Trenton (2-1) 156.8
5. Hamilton County (2-1) 156.5











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