Below is our ratings of games to watch for the weekend slate.. The best rating is five turkeys and the worst rating is one turkey. No turkeys were harmed in the creation of this list and all turkeys on the page were trained to like football. Got to gobble and pluck our turkey’s feathers as a disagreement with the list? Comment below or send us tweet on twitter @FlaHSFootball or chime in on our facebook page!
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| Manatee (11-1) at Dr. Phillips (12-0) – 8A Columbus (11-1) at Miami Killian (12-0) – 8A Niceville (10-2) at Oakleaf (12-0) – 7A Fort Myers (12-0) at East Lake (12-0) – 7A Booker T. Washington (12-0) at Cocoa (11-1) – 4A Vernon (11-1) at Port St. Joe (10-2) – 1A Hamilton County (9-2) at Dixie County (11-0) – 1A |
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| Apopka (8-4) at First Coast (12-0) – 8A Wellington (11-1) at Flanagan (12-0) – 8A Royal Palm Beach (11-1) at St. Thomas Aquinas (11-1) – 7A Mainland (12-0) at South Fort Myers (10-2) – 6A Lakeland Christian (11-1) at Trinity Christian (10-2) – 3A |
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| Godby (10-2) at Bishop Kenny (10-1) – 5A Lakewood (9-3) at Suwannee (11-1) – 5A Island Coast (10-2) at American Heritage-Plantation (9-2) – 5A Bolles (10-2) at Madison County (9-3) – 4A American Heritage-Delray (10-1) at Clearwater Central Catholic (11-1) – 3A Indian Rocks Christian (11-0) at Glades Day (10-2) – 2A |
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| Gainesville (7-5) at Armwood (12-0) – 6A Jesuit (8-4) at Bishop Moore (12-0) – 5A North Florida Christian (7-4) at Victory Christian (10-1) – 2A |
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| Tampa Bay Tech (7-5) at Osceola-Kissimmee (11-1) – 7A Miami Central (12-0) at Heritage-Palm Bay (8-3) – 6A |











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