When people talk about their teams and the teams they play on their schedule, they usually will find a way to incorporate how their strength of schedule is better compared to another team’s strength of schedule. However, is that always the case?
FloridaHSFootball.com has developed a strength of schedule formula that factors in from a select number of years along with recent success, including playoff success or going further by winning a state championship. These factors are valued into a weighted formula that then gives us a look at the team’s strength of schedule.
Listed are the rankings for Class 3S for the entire classification and then broken down by district.
CLASSIFICATION
| Rank | Team | SOS |
| 1 | Rockledge | 0.917 |
| 2 | Columbia (Lake City) | 0.788 |
| 3 | Eau Gallie (Melbourne) | 0.776 |
| 4 | Zephyrhills | 0.716 |
| 5 | Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach) | 0.707 |
| 6 | Lincoln (Tallahassee) | 0.695 |
| 7 | Vanguard (Ocala) | 0.695 |
| 8 | Mainland (Daytona Beach) | 0.685 |
| 9 | Rickards (Tallahassee) | 0.667 |
| 10 | Fort Myers | 0.660 |
| 11 | Bayside (Palm Bay) | 0.656 |
| 12 | River Ridge (New Port Richey) | 0.636 |
| 13 | Golden Gate (Naples) | 0.636 |
| 14 | Merritt Island | 0.625 |
| 15 | Satellite (Satellite Beach) | 0.623 |
| 16 | Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) | 0.622 |
| 17 | Sebring | 0.615 |
| 18 | Pine Forest (Pensacola) | 0.614 |
| 19 | Southeast (Bradenton) | 0.613 |
| 20 | Dunbar (Fort Myers) | 0.613 |
| 21 | St. Augustine | 0.608 |
| 22 | Middleburg | 0.607 |
| 23 | Deltona | 0.604 |
| 24 | Naples | 0.594 |
| 25 | Fort Walton Beach | 0.590 |
| 26 | Liberty (Kissimmee) | 0.588 |
| 27 | Gainesville | 0.585 |
| 28 | South Fort Myers | 0.584 |
| 29 | Leesburg | 0.580 |
| 30 | North Fort Myers | 0.576 |
| 31 | Orange Park | 0.575 |
| 32 | Gulf (New Port Richey) | 0.572 |
| 33 | Belleview | 0.559 |
| 34 | Arnold (Panama City Beach) | 0.558 |
| 35 | Citrus (Inverness) | 0.556 |
| 36 | Pasco (Dade City) | 0.555 |
| 37 | Tavares | 0.551 |
| 38 | Lake Wales | 0.551 |
| 39 | Port Charlotte | 0.549 |
| 40 | Lecanto | 0.544 |
| 41 | Barron Collier (Naples) | 0.544 |
| 42 | Cypress Lake (Fort Myers) | 0.539 |
| 43 | Fort Pierce Westwood | 0.536 |
| 44 | Okeechobee | 0.531 |
| 45 | Davenport | 0.530 |
| 46 | Jensen Beach | 0.529 |
| 47 | Escambia (Pensacola) | 0.527 |
| 48 | Braden River (Bradenton) | 0.514 |
| 49 | Pine Ridge (Deltona) | 0.511 |
| 50 | Bonita Springs | 0.508 |
| 51 | Auburndale | 0.506 |
| 52 | Lake Region (Eagle Lake) | 0.504 |
| 53 | Wesley Chapel | 0.501 |
| 54 | Lely (Naples) | 0.491 |
| 55 | East Lee County (Lehigh Acres) | 0.487 |
| 56 | Island Coast (Cape Coral) | 0.480 |
| 57 | Mariner (Cape Coral) | 0.479 |
| 58 | Menendez (St. Augustine) | 0.476 |
| 59 | Clay (Green Cove Springs) | 0.475 |
| 60 | Fivay (Hudson) | 0.475 |
| 61 | South Fork (Stuart) | 0.474 |
| 62 | Parrish Community | 0.467 |
| 63 | Cape Coral | 0.464 |
| 64 | Gateway (Kissimmee) | 0.458 |
| 65 | Ridgeview (Orange Park) | 0.457 |
| 66 | Booker T. Washington (Pensacola) | 0.447 |
| 67 | Matanzas (Palm Coast) | 0.426 |
| 68 | Port St. Lucie | 0.414 |
| 69 | Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel) | 0.394 |
BY DISTRICT
| District 3S-1 | SOS |
| Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach) | 0.707 |
| Pine Forest (Pensacola) | 0.614 |
| Fort Walton Beach | 0.590 |
| Escambia (Pensacola) | 0.527 |
| Booker T. Washington (Pensacola) | 0.447 |
| District 3S-2 | SOS |
| Lincoln (Tallahassee) | 0.695 |
| Rickards (Tallahassee) | 0.667 |
| Arnold (Panama City Beach) | 0.558 |
| District 3S-3 | SOS |
| Columbia (Lake City) | 0.788 |
| Middleburg | 0.607 |
| Orange Park | 0.575 |
| Ridgeview (Orange Park) | 0.457 |
| District 3S-4 | SOS |
| St. Augustine | 0.608 |
| Gainesville | 0.585 |
| Menendez (St. Augustine) | 0.476 |
| Clay (Green Cove Springs) | 0.475 |
| Matanzas (Palm Coast) | 0.426 |
| District 3S-5 | SOS |
| Vanguard (Ocala) | 0.695 |
| Leesburg | 0.580 |
| Belleview | 0.559 |
| Tavares | 0.551 |
| District 3S-6 | SOS |
| River Ridge (New Port Richey) | 0.636 |
| Gulf (New Port Richey) | 0.572 |
| Citrus (Inverness) | 0.556 |
| Lecanto | 0.544 |
| Fivay (Hudson) | 0.475 |
| District 3S-7 | SOS |
| Zephyrhills | 0.716 |
| Pasco (Dade City) | 0.555 |
| Wesley Chapel | 0.501 |
| Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel) | 0.394 |
| District 3S-8 | SOS |
| Liberty (Kissimmee) | 0.588 |
| Lake Wales | 0.551 |
| Davenport | 0.530 |
| Auburndale | 0.506 |
| Lake Region (Eagle Lake) | 0.504 |
| Gateway (Kissimmee) | 0.458 |
| District 3S-9 | SOS |
| Mainland (Daytona Beach) | 0.685 |
| Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) | 0.622 |
| Deltona | 0.604 |
| Pine Ridge (Deltona) | 0.511 |
| District 3S-10 | SOS |
| Rockledge | 0.917 |
| Eau Gallie (Melbourne) | 0.776 |
| Bayside (Palm Bay) | 0.656 |
| Merritt Island | 0.625 |
| Satellite (Satellite Beach) | 0.623 |
| District 3S-11 | SOS |
| Sebring | 0.615 |
| Fort Pierce Westwood | 0.536 |
| Okeechobee | 0.531 |
| District 3S-12 | SOS |
| Jensen Beach | 0.529 |
| South Fork (Stuart) | 0.474 |
| Port St. Lucie | 0.414 |
| District 3S-13 | SOS |
| Southeast (Bradenton) | 0.613 |
| Port Charlotte | 0.549 |
| Braden River (Bradenton) | 0.514 |
| Parrish Community | 0.467 |
| District 3S-14 | SOS |
| North Fort Myers | 0.576 |
| Island Coast (Cape Coral) | 0.480 |
| Mariner (Cape Coral) | 0.479 |
| Cape Coral | 0.464 |
| District 3S-15 | SOS |
| Fort Myers | 0.660 |
| Dunbar (Fort Myers) | 0.613 |
| South Fort Myers | 0.584 |
| Cypress Lake (Fort Myers) | 0.539 |
| East Lee County (Lehigh Acres) | 0.487 |
| District 3S-16 | SOS |
| Golden Gate (Naples) | 0.636 |
| Naples | 0.594 |
| Barron Collier (Naples) | 0.544 |
| Bonita Springs | 0.508 |
| Lely (Naples) | 0.491 |
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