JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS
Florida High School Football
RANKINGS
(Based on games through Saturday, October 24, 2015)
Rankings, based on Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings, of Florida’s top high school football teams overall and by classification follow.
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. IMG Academy (7-0, Ind.) 208.2
2. Cocoa (6-2, 4A) 203.0
3. Flanagan (7-1, 8A) 201.9
4. Miami Central (7-2, 6A) 200.3
5. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (8-0, 3A) 199.2
6. American Heritage (Plantation) (7-1, 5A) 199.0
7. Hallandale (7-1, 5A) 198.0
8. South Dade (6-1, 8A) 196.6
9. Mainland (8-1, 6A) 196.1
10. Coral Gables (7-0, 8A) 196.0
11. Columbia (7-1, 7A) 195.8
12. Carol City (6-2, 6A) 195.4
13. Braden River (8-0, 7A) 195.1
14. Niceville (7-1, 6A) 194.6
15. Armwood (8-0, 6A) 192.1
16. West Orange (7-1, 8A) 190.8
17. Oxbridge Academy (6-2, 3A) 190.5
18. Apopka (8-1, 8A) 190.2
19. Bolles (8-1, 4A) 190.0
20. Columbus (9-0, 8A) 189.8
21. Tate (7-1, 6A) 189.7
22. Deerfield Beach (7-1, 8A) 189.4
23. American Heritage (Delray Beach) (6-2, 3A) 189.2
24. North Marion (8-0, 5A) 189.1
25. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-1, 7A) 188.8
Rankings by Classification
Rankings for each classification show rank, team, record in parentheses, and power rating.
CLASS 8A POWER 10
1. Flanagan (7-1) 201.9
2. South Dade (6-1, 8A) 196.6
3. Coral Gables (7-0) 196.0
4. West Orange (7-1) 190.8
5. Apopka (8-1) 190.2
6. Columbus (9-0) 189.8
7. Deerfield Beach (7-1) 189.4
8. Dr. Phillips (5-3) 187.6
9. Atlantic (Delray Beach) (8-0) 186.1
10. Vero Beach (7-0) 183.0
CLASS 7A POWER 10
1. Columbia (7-1) 195.8
2. Braden River (8-0) 195.1
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-1) 188.8
4. Venice (7-1) 186.0
5. Plant (7-2) 185.4
6. Buchholz (7-1) 181.7
7. Plant City (7-1) 181.0
8. Kathleen (9-0) 180.6
9. Sickles (7-1) 180.2
10. William T. Dwyer (8-0) 180.1
CLASS 6A POWER 10
1. Miami Central (7-2) 200.3
2. Mainland (8-1) 196.1
3. Carol City (6-2) 195.4
4. Niceville (7-1) 194.6
5. Armwood (8-0) 192.1
6. Tate (7-1) 189.7
7. Northwestern (4-4) 189.0
8. Navarre (8-0) 187.8
9. Charlotte (8-0) 187.7
10. Heritage (7-1) 185.8
CLASS 5A POWER 10
1. American Heritage (Plantation) (7-1) 199.0
2. Hallandale (7-1) 198.0
3. North Marion (8-0) 189.1
4. Coconut Creek (5-3) 186.7
5. Bishop Moore (8-0) 183.6
6. Wakulla (7-1) 182.9
7. Jesuit (8-0) 180.8
8. Merritt Island (6-2) 180.0
9. Palm Bay (6-2) 179.4
10. Godby (3-4) 178.5
CLASS 4A POWER 5
1. Cocoa (6-2) 203.0
2. Bolles (8-1) 190.0
3. Dunnellon (8-0) 183.7
4. Raines (8-0) 183.4
5. Walton (8-0) 178.3
CLASS 3A POWER 5
1. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (8-0) 199.2
2. Oxbridge Academy (6-2) 190.5
3. American Heritage (Delray Beach) (6-2) 189.2
4. Clearwater Central Catholic (9-0) 179.2
5. Tampa Catholic (7-1) 178.4
CLASS 2A POWER 5
1. University Christian (6-2) 177.1
2. Northside Christian (8-0) 166.3
3. Cambridge Christian (8-0) 166.2
4. North Florida Christian (5-4) 164.0
5. First Baptist (7-1) 156.4
CLASS 1A POWER 5
1. Trenton (8-0) 180.5
2. Pahokee (7-1) 178.7
3. Madison County (6-3) 174.5
4. Port St. Joe (6-1) 173.0
5. Blountstown (7-2) 169.2










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