Week 10 FHSAA RPI Class 8A Football Playoff Rankings

Nine weeks are in the books for the 2021 Florida high school football season and the FHSAA has released their latest look at the RPI football playoff rankings as we head into Week 10 of the season.

As such this update provides the entire state a glimpse of what the potential playoff matchups could be looking like come the second week of November, but remember things change, as we still have three weeks worth of games (including this week) to go, however, the playoff picture is starting to become much more clearer with few games left.

In Classes 5A-8A, district record was taken into consideration except on certain exceptions which are noted.

For Class 8A, you will find a breakdown of RPI rankings for each team in every region and a projected seeding (including tiebreakers) based upon the guidelines as published by the FHSAA (click here to view), as well as quick thoughts about each region.

REGION 1

PROJECTED DISTRICT CHAMPS
This is based on current district standings and taking the highest-rated team among the district standings if they have won district games. Should a district not have any district games played as of yet, the highest-rated team will be mythically slotted in as a district champion for projection purposes only. Teams highlighted in red have officially clinched their district championship. 

8A-1: Bartram Trail – No. 2
8A-2: Seminole (Sanford) – No. 1
8A-3: Apopka – No. 3
8A-4: Winter Park – No. 4

PROJECTED REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL PAIRINGS

No. 8 Lake Brantley vs. No. 1 Seminole
No. 5 Lake Mary vs. No. 4 Apopka
No. 6 Creekside vs. No. 3 Winter Park
No. 7 Timber Creek vs. No. 2 Bartram Trail

QUICK THOUGHTS: A lot changed in the region this week with Seminole and Bartram Trail locking up playoff spots and very likely the top two seeds while the at-large berths saw shifts. Lake Mary moved into the No. 5 seed while Creekside moved up to the No. 6 seed with Lake Brantley sliding in at the No. 8 seed as DeLand fell to the outside after their stunning loss to Flagler Palm Coast.

REGION 2

REGION 3

PROJECTED DISTRICT CHAMPS
This is based on current district standings and taking the highest-rated team among the district standings if they have won district games. Should a district not have any district games played as of yet, the highest-rated team will be mythically slotted in as a district champion for projection purposes only. Teams highlighted in red have officially clinched their district championship. 

8A-9: West Orange – No. 2
8A-10: Newsome – No. 3
8A-11: Steinbrenner – No. 4
8A-12: Venice – No. 1

PROJECTED REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL PAIRINGS

No. 8 Plant City vs. No. 1 Venice
No. 5 Riverview (Sarasota) vs. No. 4 Steinbrenner
No. 6 Durant vs. No. 3 Newsome
No. 7 Osceola (Kissimmee) vs. No. 2 West Orange

QUICK THOUGHTS: Despite the loss to Cardinal Gibbons, Venices maintains the No. 1 overall seed in the region while West Orange has locked in a top-four seed in the region with their district championship-clinching win over Kissimmee Osceola. None of the other top seeds change position either this week. However, things did change up for the at-large berths and that could set up for a rematch with Osceola and West Orange in the first round if things hold while Plant City slides in at the No. 8 seed bumping Plant out of contention for now.

REGION 4