Joe Pinkos’ 2021 Week 1 game forecast

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27 Seasons of Excellence in Ratings

JOE PINKOS POWER RATINGS

Florida High School Football

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 of favorite and listed alphabetically. The underdog’s classification is noted for inter-classification games.

Class 8A
Alonso 7 over (7A) Strawberry Crest
Apopka 56 over Colonial
Boca Raton 13 over (5A) Boynton Beach
Boone 17 over Timber Creek
Celebration 18 over (6A) Gateway (Kissimmee)
Columbus 11 over Benedictine GA
Coral Glades 28 over Coral Springs
Coral Reef 1 over (Ind.) Miami Sunset
Creekside 10 over (5A) Ribault
Cypress Bay 1 over (7A) South Plantation
Deerfield Beach 13 over (3A) Miami Edison
Durant 14 over (6A) Sumner
Flanagan 7 over (7A) Everglades
Fort Pierce Central 4 over (6A) Auburndale
Freedom (Orlando) 14 over (5A) Horizon
John I. Leonard 10 over (Ind.) Spanish River
Lake Brantley 7 over Hagerty
Lakewood Ranch 10 over (6A) Seminole
Mandarin 17 over (7A) Atlantic Coast
Miami Palmetto 21 over (7A) Homestead
Monarch 3 over (6A) Plantation
Newsome 27 over (7A) Lennard
Oakleaf 31 over (6A) Orange Park
Ocoee 30 over Oak Ridge
Olympia 1 over (7A) Wekiva
Oviedo 35 over (7A) Winter Springs
Palm Beach Central 20 over Forest Hill
Riverview 7 over (6A) King
Seminole (Sanford) 18 over Riverview (Sarasota)
Southwest Miami 28 over (Ind.) Miami Coral Park
Stoneman Douglas 24 over (7A) Cooper City
University (Orlando) 28 over Cypress Creek (Orlando)
West Orange 37 over (7A) East River
Windermere 48 over (5A) Lake Buena Vista
Winter Park 16 over Lake Nona

Class 7A
Armwood 18 over (5A) Chamberlain
Atlantic (Delray Beach) 27 over (8A) Palm Beach Gardens
Bartow 7 over Ridge Community
Buchholz 27 over (3A) Trinity Catholic
Chiles 14 over Autauga Academy AL
Dakota Ridge CO 14 over First Coast
Dillard 42 over (6A) Boyd Anderson
Doral Academy 11 over (8A) South Dade
East Bay 7 over (5A) Robinson
Edgewater 10 over (5A) Bishop Moore
Fleming Island 3 over (5A) Clay
Fletcher 7 over (8A) Sandalwood
Forest 1 over (5A) North Marion
Fort Lauderdale 17 over (5A) Hallandale
Gaither 3 over Bloomingdale
Harmony 33 over (5A) Mount Dora
Hialeah 2 over (5A) Miami Springs
Lake Gibson 14 over (8A) Lake Mary
Lake Howell 1 over (5A) Satellite
Lakeland 14 over (5A) Clearwater
Lyman 6 over (8A) Evans
Martin County 34 over (8A) Royal Palm Beach
Mater Academy 35 over (Ind.) Reagan
Miami Southridge 14 over (6A) South Miami
Mitchell 34 over (6A) Fivay
Navarre 18 over (6A) Fort Walton Beach
Niceville 16 over Lincoln
North Port 1 over (5A) Estero
Pace 3 over (6A) Choctawhatchee
Palmetto 15 over (6A) Southeast
Palmetto Ridge 12 over (5A) Key West
Ponte Vedra 6 over Nease
Seminole Ridge 10 over (8A) Santaluces
Sickles 21 over (5A) Middleton
South Broward 14 over Nova
Spruce Creek 18 over (5A) Seabreeze
St. Thomas Aquinas 7 over St. Frances Academy MD
Tampa Bay Tech 14 over (8A) Plant City
Tate 3 over (5A) Pensacola
University (Orange City) 27 over (5A) Deltona
Wharton 30 over (6A) Freedom (Tampa)
William T. Dwyer 6 over (8A) Jupiter
Winter Haven 1 over Largo
Wiregrass Ranch 3 over (4A) Hernando

Class 6A
American 1 over (8A) Miami High
Barron Collier 10 over (8A) Sarasota
Belen Jesuit 21 over Greeley West CO
Belleview 23 over (4A) Umatilla
Blake 20 over Brandon
Booker T. Washington (Pensacola) 3 over (2A) University Christian
Charlotte 11 over (5A) Island Coast
Coconut Creek 10 over (7A) Piper
Columbia 14 over (4A) American Heritage (Delray Beach)
Countryside 21 over (5A) Dunedin
Dunbar 9 over (5A) Port Charlotte
Eau Gallie 14 over (4A) Astronaut
Englewood 10 over (5A) Paxon
Fort Myers 11 over (7A) Riverdale
Golden Gate 16 over Cape Coral
Gulf Breeze 6 over (3A) Pensacola Catholic
Heritage 13 over (5A) Palm Bay
Hillsborough 1 over (8A) Steinbrenner
Hollywood Hills 24 over (Ind.) Pompano Beach
Ida Baker 22 over (5A) Mariner
Jefferson 7 over (8A) Plant
Jesuit 40 over (8A) West Port
Jones 20 over (8A) Dr. Phillips
Lake Minneola 55 over (8A) Tohopekaliga
Lake Wales 24 over (7A) East Ridge
Miami Northwestern 7 over (2A) Champagnat Catholic
Middleburg 32 over (Ind.) Stanton
Milton 14 over (7A) Crestview
Mosley 31 over (4A) Rutherford
Naples 28 over (8A) Gulf Coast
New Smyrna Beach 36 over (5A) Atlantic (Port Orange)
North Fort Myers 7 over (7A) Lehigh
Northeast (St. Petersburg) 14 over (8A) Palm Harbor University
Okeechobee 28 over (Ind.) DeSoto
Pinellas Park 7 over (8A) East Lake
River Ridge 30 over (5A) Gulf
Riverside 27 over (5A) Terry Parker
South Fort Myers 3 over (5A) Cypress Lake
South Lake 4 over (5A) Leesburg
Spoto 6 over (7A) Leto
Springstead 20 over (5A) Citrus
St. Augustine 13 over (5A) Dunnellon
St. Petersburg 9 over (5A) Tarpon Springs
Suncoast 10 over (8A) Lake Worth
Vanguard 17 over Gainesville

Class 5A
American Heritage (Plantation) 20 over (8A) Treasure Coast
Baker County 21 over (1A) Bradford
Bayside 28 over (4A) Space Coast
Bishop Kenny 10 over (3A) Providence
Ed White 1 over (4A) Baldwin
Eustis 34 over (4A) Central (Brooksville)
Gibbs 13 over (6A) Hollins
Hudson 16 over Anclote
Jensen Beach 12 over (6A) South Fork
Menendez 21 over (6A) Matanzas
Merritt Island 3 over (7A) Melbourne
Miami Jackson 6 over (8A) Dr. Krop
Miami Killian 4 over (7A) Miramar
Nature Coast Tech 26 over Tavares
North Miami Beach 31 over (7A) North Miami
Rockledge 17 over (7A) Viera
St. Brendan 35 over (Ind.) True North Classical
Stranahan 48 over (8A) Taravella
Suwannee 27 over (1A) Dixie County
Wakulla 1 over Delaware Valley PA
Wesley Chapel 1 over (6A) Sunlake
Zephyrhills 21 over (7A) Kathleen

Class 4A
Andrew Jackson 1 over (6A) Westside
Bay 13 over (5A) Arnold
Bolles 41 over West Nassau
Booker T. Washington (Miami) 3 over (6A) Miami Norland
Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) 17 over Pine Crest
Clewiston 34 over (3A) Frostproof
Cocoa 3 over (8A) Vero Beach
Fernandina Beach 12 over Keystone Heights
Glades Central 39 over (8A) Palm Beach Lakes
Gulliver Prep 13 over (7A) Manatee
Immaculata-LaSalle 7 over Coral Springs Charter
Lakewood 4 over (6A) Boca Ciega
Lemon Bay 21 over (SSAC) St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Miami Carol City 7 over (Ind.) Goleman
Monsignor Pace 22 over (8A) Coral Gables
North Broward Prep 6 over (5A) Somerset Academy
Parrish Community 7 over Davenport
Santa Fe 3 over (1A) Newberry
South Sumter 23 over (5A) Crystal River
South Walton 8 over (1A) Jay
The Villages 35 over (6A) Lecanto

Class 3A
Avon Park 1 over (4A) Discovery
Berkeley Prep 11 over Clearwater Central Catholic
Bishop Verot 14 over (6A) Lely
Cardinal Mooney 18 over (5A) Booker
Cardinal Newman 1 over King’s Academy
Carrollwood Day 20 over St. Petersburg Catholic
Chaminade-Madonna 21 over (8A) Western
Chipley 17 over (1A) Graceville
Episcopal 28 over (Ind.) Tocoi Creek
Florida Christian 13 over (2A) Evangelical Christian
Florida High 14 over (5A) Godby
Lake Placid 17 over (Ind.) Lake Region
Lakeland Christian 15 over (2A) St. John Paul II Catholic
Maclay 3 over (1A) Hamilton County
PK Yonge 7 over (5A) Eastside
Somerset Silver Palms 32 over (Ind.) Braddock
St. Andrew’s 15 over Palmer Trinity
Tampa Catholic 37 over (Ind.) IMG Academy-Blue
The First Academy 28 over (Ind.) West Oaks Academy
Walton 6 over (1A) Vernon
Westminster Christian 24 over Everglades Prep

Class 2A
Avant Garde Academy 21 over Marathon
Cambridge Christian 3 over Foundation Academy
Community School of Naples 6 over (5A) Bonita Springs
Dade Christian 6 over (Ind.) Miami International Academy
Father Lopez 1 over )3A) Interlachen
First Baptist Academy 56 over (Ind.) Ambassadors Christian
Holy Trinity Episcopal 20 over (3A) Melbourne Central Catholic
Indian Rocks Christian 31 over St. Francis Catholic
Munroe Day 3 over FAMU DRS
North Florida Educational Institute 21 over Bishop McLaughlin
Orangewood Christian 1 over (3A) Windermere Prep
Rocky Bayou Christian 21 over Snook Christian AL
Seffner Christian 6 over Northside Christian
St. John Neumann 1 over (5A) LaBelle
St. Joseph Academy 7 over (SSAC) Eagle’s View Academy
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) 35 over (5A) Raines
Victory Christian 7 over (3A) Calvary Christian (Clearwater)
Westminster Academy 27 over Glades Day
Zephyrhills Christian 12 over (6A) Pasco

Class 1A
Bell 14 over Franklin County
Blountstown 31 over Seminole County GA
Branford 5 over Williston
Bronson 8 over (4A) Tenoroc
Chiefland 28 over (3A) Crescent City
Flomaton AL 3 over Northview
Fort Meade 7 over (5A) Hardee
Freeport 6 over Bozeman
Hawthorne 26 over (5A) Yulee
Hilliard 21 over (4A) Wolfson
Holmes County 13 over (4A) North Bay Haven
Lafayette 14 over Brookwood School GA
Pahokee 13 over (8A) Wellington
Port St. Joe 7 over (4A) Marianna
Sneads 25 over Cottondale
Taylor (Pierson) 6 over (2A) Halifax Academy
Trenton 19 over Jefferson County
Union County 40 over Fort White
Valdosta GA 10 over Madison County
Wewahitchka 9 over Liberty County
Wildwood 6 over (2A) Orlando Christian Prep

Independent
American Collegiate Academy 7 over Westover GA
Archbishop McCarthy 1 over (3A) Somerset South Homestead
Boca Raton Christian 3 over Palm Beach Christian Prep
Clearwater Academy International 7 over (4A) Gadsden County
Coral Shores 21 over Varela
Hialeah Gardens 28 over Ferguson
IMG Academy (National) 42 over Bishop Sycamore OH
IMG Academy-White 14 over (2A) Bradenton Christian
Inlet Grove 7 over (8A) West Boca Raton
Jordan Christian Prep 20 over TDH Christian
Land O’ Lakes 7 over (5A) Weeki Wachee
Liberty 7 over Haines City
Moore Haven 19 over SSAC) Santa Fe Catholic
Mulberry 7 over (7A) George Jenkins
Osceola Fundamental 27 over Bayshore
Palm Glades Prep 7 over (2A) Archbishop Carroll
Pembroke Pines Charter 41 over (6A) Northeast (Oakland Park)
Vidalia Heritage Academy GA 6 over World of Knowledge
Westland Hialeah 8 over (5A) Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Young Kids In Motion 3 over Zarephath Academy

Sunshine State Athletic Conference (SSAC)
Canterbury (Fort Myers) 25 over (Ind.) Marco Island Academy
Christ’s Church Academy 21 over Harvest Community
Faith Christian 7 over (3A) Trinity Prep
Gateway Charter 21 over (3A) Gateway (Fort Myers)
Jupiter Christian 40 over Berean Christian
Lake Highland Prep 14 over (5A) Titusville
Legacy Charter 20 over (3A) Oasis
Mount Dora Christian 7 over Central Florida Christian
Oak Hall 55 over First Academy-Leesburg
Out-of-Door Academy 1 over (2A) Southwest Florida Christian
Seven Rivers Christian 6 over Trinity Christian (Deltona)
St. Edward’s 24 over Bishop Snyder
The Master’s Academy 47 over (Ind.) Cocoa Beach

SSAC 8-Man
Academy at the Lakes 14 over Riverside Christian
All Saints Academy 32 over Shorecrest Prep
Hope Christian 36 over St. Johns Country Day
Lakeside Christian 47 over Oasis Christian
Master’s Academy (Vero Beach) 25 over Eastland Christian
Merritt Island Christian 14 over City of Life Christian
Ocala Christian 22 over (Ind.) Four Corners
Real Life Christian 36 over Calvary Chapel