Joe Pinkos’ latest power ratings heading into Week 9

JOE PINKOS’ POWER RATINGS

Florida High School Football

RANKINGS
(Based on games through Saturday, October 15, 2016)

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 (6-0, Ind.) 216.1
2. Mainland (7-0, 6A) 206.4
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-2, 7A) 205.9
4. American Heritage (Plantation) (7-0, 5A) 205.7
5. Venice (6-0, 7A) 202.0
6. Coral Gables (6-0, 8A) 201.9
7. Oxbridge Academy (6-1, 3A) 201.8
8. Carol City (4-2, 6A) 201.2
9. Northwestern (6-1, 6A) 200.2
10. Miami Central (6-2, 6A) 199.6
11. Cocoa (4-1, 4A) 199.5
12. Plant (7-0, 7A) 198.5
13. Niceville (7-0, 6A) 198.3
14. Armwood (6-1, 6A) 197.9
15. Vanguard (6-0, 6A) 196.6
16. Jesuit (7-0, 5A) 196.5
17. Lakeland (6-1, 7A) 196.4
18. Apopka (7-0, 8A) 195.7
19. Bolles (6-0, 4A) 194.2
20. Charlotte (6-0, 6A) 192.8
21. Cardinal Gibbons (5-1, 5A) 191.8
22. Tampa Bay Tech (6-1, 7A) 191.3
23. Mandarin (5-0, 8A) 189.9
24. Madison County (7-0, 1A) 189.8
25. Dr. Phillips (5-2, 8A) 189.6

Rankings by Classification

CLASS 8A POWER 10
1. Coral Gables (6-0) 201.9
2. Apopka (7-0) 195.7
3. Mandarin (5-0) 189.9
4. Dr. Phillips (5-2) 189.6
5. Sandalwood (5-1) 188.8
6. Vero Beach (7-0) 188.0
7. Seminole (Sanford) (7-0) 186.5
8. Southridge (6-2) 186.3
9. Columbus (5-2) 185.7
10. Deerfield Beach (5-1) 185.6

CLASS 7A POWER 10
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-2) 205.9
2. Venice (6-0) 202.0
3. Plant (7-0) 198.5
4. Lakeland (6-1) 196.4
5. Tampa Bay Tech (6-1) 191.3
6. William T. Dwyer (6-0) 189.1
7. Lincoln (4-2) 188.3
8. Viera (5-2) 187.0
9. Braden River (5-1) 185.8
10. Durant (7-1) 184.4

CLASS 6A POWER 10
1. Mainland (7-0) 206.4
2. Carol City (4-2) 201.2
3. Northwestern (6-1) 200.2
4. Miami Central (6-2) 199.5
5. Niceville (7-0) 198.3
6. Armwood (6-1) 197.9
7. Vanguard (6-0) 196.6
8. Charlotte (6-0) 192.8
9. Gulf Breeze (7-1) 187.3
10. Naples (7-0) 186.1

CLASS 5A POWER 10
1. American Heritage (Plantation) (7-0) 205.7
2. Jesuit (7-0) 196.5
3. Cardinal Gibbons (5-1) 191.8
4. Rickards (6-1) 188.9
5. Baker County (6-0) 188.7
6. West Florida Tech (5-2) 187.9
7. Bishop Moore (6-1) 185.9
8. Palm Bay (6-0) 182.5
9. Ponte Vedra (6-0) 181.0
10. Wakulla (4-2) 177.0

CLASS 4A POWER 5
1. Cocoa (4-1) 199.6
2. Bolles (6-0) 194.2
3. Booker T. Washington (Miami) (5-3) 186.9
4. Raines (5-0) 185.0
5. Dunnellon (6-0) 177.2

CLASS 3A POWER 5
1. Oxbridge Academy (6-1) 201.8
2. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (5-2) 187.7
3. Melbourne Central Catholic (6-0) 187.6
4. Chaminade-Madonna (5-1) 179.6
5. Episcopal (7-0) 172.5

CLASS 2A POWER 5
1. University Christian (5-2) 169.5
2. Cambridge Christian (7-0) 167.7
3. Champagnat Catholic (5-0) 158.3
4. Victory Christian (6-0) 156.4
5. Northside Christian (6-1) 155.8

CLASS 1A POWER 5
1. Madison County (7-0) 189.8
2. Pahokee (7-0) 168.7
3. Trenton (5-1) 168.6
4. Newberry (6-1) 168.1
5. Fort White (5-2) 167.9