Welcome to the FloridaHSFootball.com Power Rankings Index. The index ranks teams and forecasts games based on the strength of schedule, including the strength of opposition and margin of victory, with more recent games weighing more heavily as a factor. The forecasted margin of victory is determined by subtracting the power ranking of the lower-rated team from the power ranking of the higher-rated team.
While it should be noted that things look similar in style to what the legendary Joe Pinkos did in determining his forecasts (which we honor his legacy in formatting the forecast the way he did), the formula created here is not part of Joe’s formula which was a secret and unfortunately lost when Joe passed away almost two years ago.
Game forecasts are sorted by classification of favorites and listed alphabetically. The underdog’s classification is noted for inter-classification games.
Here is the forecast for Week 8:
CLASS 4M
Alonso 10 over Strawberry Crest
Apopka 13 over Lake Brantley
Boca Raton 4 over Santaluces
Coral Gables 7 over (3M) Miami Beach
Coral Glades 17 over Taravella
Coral Springs 5 over Olympic Heights
Durant 13 over Newsome
East Lake 16 over Sickles
Goleman 14 over Miami High
Hagerty 36 over Colonial
Jupiter 26 over Palm Beach Lakes
Lake Mary 28 over Evans
Lake Nona 10 over Freedom (Orlando)
Mandarin 4 over (4S) Fleming Island
Miami Palmetto 5 over South Dade
Oak Ridge 1 over Cypress Creek (Orlando)
Olympia 10 over Dr. Phillips
Palm Beach Central 23 over Forest Hill
Palm Beach Gardens 32 over Royal Palm Beach
Palm Harbor University 4 over Steinbrenner
Park Vista 13 over Lake Worth
Plant 19 over Plant City
Sandalwood 6 over Atlantic Coast
Seminole (Sanford) 8 over (4S) DeLand
Somerset Academy (Pembroke Pines) 17 over Cooper City
Stoneman Douglas 14 over (3M) Boyd Anderson
Sumner 11 over Riverview (Riverview)
Timber Creek 19 over University (Orlando)
Wellington 18 over John I. Leonard
West Broward 1 over (4S) Gulf Coast
West Orange 24 over Windermere
Western 2 over Cypress Bay
CLASS 3M
Blanche Ely 8 over Deerfield Beach
Coconut Creek 10 over West Boca Raton
Dr. Krop 6 over Hollywood Hills
East Bay 37 over Lennard
Edgewater 13 over (4M) Ocoee
First Coast 4 over Terry Parker
Fletcher 3 over Englewood
Hialeah 3 over North Miami
Hillsborough 33 over Leto
Homestead 18 over Miami Southridge
Horizon 3 over Wekiva
Jesuit 14 over Gaither
Jones 9 over (4M) Boone
Largo 14 over Seminole
Lyman 12 over East River
Miramar 25 over American
Northeast (St. Petersburg) 35 over Hollins
Osceola (Seminole) 19 over Countryside
Oviedo 20 over Lake Howell
Pembroke Pines Charter 7 over Everglades
Pinellas Park 17 over St. Petersburg
Piper 12 over Nova
Plantation 12 over Dillard
South Broward 11 over McArthur
Spoto 1 over Bloomingdale
St. Thoams Aquinas 43 over Fort Lauderdale
Tampa Bay Tech 15 over Wharton
CLASS 2M
American Heritage (Plantation) 17 over Stranahan
Berkeley Prep 41 over Dunedin
Bishop Kenny 9 over Episcopal
Bolles 22 over Wolfson
Booker T. Washington (Miami) 1 over Miami Northwestern
Calvary Christian (Clearwater) 5 over Clearwater
Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) 14 over North Broward Prep
Cardinal Gibbons 49 over Hallandale
Immaculata-LaSalle 10 over Miami Jackson
Inlet Grove 12 over Glades Central
King 3 over Chamberlain
King’s Academy 38 over Suncoast
Lakewood 16 over Gibbs
Miami Central 10 over Miami Norland
Miami Killian 4 over South Miami
Miami Springs 4 over (3M) Mater Academy
Middleton 20 over Brandon
North Miami Beach 3 over Miami Carol City
Raines 21 over Ribault
Robinson 23 over Jefferson
Saint Andrew’s 9 over Boynton Beach
Somerset Canyons 8 over American Heritage (Delray Beach)
St. Brendan 2 over Westland Hialeah
Tampa Catholic 10 over Blake
CLASS 1M
Cardinal Newman 48 over St. John Paul II (Boca Raton)
Carrollwood Day 20 over Seffner Christian
Clearwater Central Catholic 24 over Cambridge Christian
First Academy (Orlando) 16 over Duval Charter
Florida Christian 22 over (IND) Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Indian Rocks Christian 3 over (4S) New Smyrna Beach
Northside Christian 14 over (IND) American Collegiate
Orlando Christian Prep 6 over (2M) Bishop Moore
Somerset South Homestead 17 over Everglades Prep
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) 1 over University Christian
True North 2 over (2S) Bradford
Westminster Christian 1 over Palmer Trinity
CLASS 4S
Bartram Trail 6 over Creekside
Buchholz 24 over Oakleaf
Chiles 15 over Leon
Forest 14 over East Ridge
Gulf Breeze 4 over Tohopekaliga
Haines City 6 over Bartow
Heritage 3 over Melbourne
Ida Baker 4 over Riverdale
Immokalee 11 over Palmetto Ridge
Lake Gibson 20 over Kathleen
Lake Minneola 37 over South Lake
Lakeland 29 over George Jenkins
Land O’ Lakes 1 over Springstead
Lehigh 8 over Charlotte
Mosley 15 over Crestview
Navarre 17 over Milton
Nease 4 over Flagler Palm Coast
Osceola (Kissimmee) 26 over Celebration
Pace 21 over Tate
Palmetto 8 over Lakewood Ranch
Ponte Vedra 6 over Tocoi Creek
Ridge Community 2 over Winter Haven
St. Cloud 1 over (IND) TRU Prep
Treasure Coast 21 over Fort Pierce Central
University (Orange City) 1 over Spruce Creek
Venice 28 over Sarasota
Vero Beach 28 over Centennial
Viera 13 over Harmony
Wiregrass Ranch 29 over Sunlake
CLASS 3S
Barron Collier 4 over Golden Gate
Booker T. Washington (Pensacola) 14 over Fort Walton Beach
Braden River 6 over Parrish Community
Cape Coral 1 over Island Coast
Clay 7 over Menendez
Columbia 6 over Middleburg
Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel) 30 over Wesley Chapel
Cypress Lake 6 over East Lee County
Dunbar 15 over Lowndes (GA)
Escambia 5 over Choctawhatchee
Fivay 11 over Citrus
Fort Myers 6 over South Fort Myers
Jensen Beach 22 over South Fork
Lake Region 2 over Davenport
Lake Wales 54 over Gateway (Kissimmee)
Lecanto 5 over Gulf
Leesburg 7 over Belleview
Lincoln 15 over Rickards
Mainland 19 over Deltona
Matanzas 9 over Gainesville
Merritt Island 27 over Bayside
Naples 25 over Lely
North Fort Myers 1 over Mariner
Orange Park 13 over Ridgeview
Port St. Lucie 10 over Okeechobee
Rockledge 6 over Satellite
Seabreeze 14 over Pine Ridge
Sebring 26 over Fort Pierce Westwood
Vanguard 23 over Tavares
Zephyrhills 21 over Pasco
CLASS 2S
Astronaut 12 over (SSAA) Space Coast
Baker County 7 over Yulee
Baldwin 34 over (2M) Westside
Booker 4 over DeSoto County
Clewiston 8 over Lake Placid
Cocoa 23 over Titusville
Crescent City 15 over Atlantic (Port Orange)
Dunnellon 22 over Crystal River
Estero 15 over Key West
Eustis 17 over Umatilla
Fernandina Beach 5 over West Nassau
Florida High 30 over Godby
Frostproof 6 over Mulberry
Hardee 12 over Avon Park
Hudson 48 over Weeki Wachee
Lemon Bay 32 over Bayshore
Marianna 2 over Gadsden County
Mount Dora 4 over The Villages
North Bay Haven 11 over Rutherford
North Marion (4S) West Port
Palatka 2 over Keystone Heights
Palm Bay 10 over (SSAA) Sebastian River
Port Charlotte 32 over Southeast
South Sumter 31 over Hernando
South Walton 14 over Bay
Suwannee 1 over (1R) Madison County
Tenoroc 3 over Central (Brooksville)
Walton 15 over Pensacola Catholic
West Florida 43 over Pensacola
CLASS 1S
Evangelical Christian 1 over Moore Haven
First Baptist 17 over St. John Neumann
Holy Trinity 31 over Melbourne Central Catholic
John Carroll 1 over Cardinal Mooney
John Carroll 1 over Cardinal Newman
Lakeland Christian 15 over Victory Christian
Munroe Day 2 over Maclay
North Florida Christian 20 over Rocky Bayou Christian
St. John Paul II (Tallahassee) 30 over (3S) Arnold
Trinity Catholic 22 over (IND) Central Florida Christian
CLASS 1R
Aucilla Christian 22 over Georgia Christian (GA)
Baker 22 over (1S) FAMU DRS
Chipley 32 over Destin
Cottondale 27 over Baconton Charter (GA)
Fort White 9 over Dixie County
Hawthorne 6 over Union County
Hilliard 34 over Hamilton County
Holmes County 19 over Freeport
Newberry 3 over (2S) Eastside
Northview 27 over Jay
Pahokee 2 over (1M) Benjamin
Pike Liberal Arts (AL) 2 over Liberty County
Port St. Joe 7 over Bozeman
Sneads 32 over (SSAA) Lighthouse PCA
Trenton 4 over (SSAA) Bronson
Wewahitchka 21 over Franklin County
Wildwood 14 over (4M) Spanish River
SSAA 11-MAN
All Saints 53 over Berean Christian
Boca Raton Christian 1 over St. Edward’s
Bradenton Christian 18 over (IND) Bishop McLaughlin
Christ’s Church Academy 11 over (IND) Young Kids In Motion
Coral Springs Charter 1 over (2M) Pine Crest
Covenant Day (NC) 8 over Orangewood Christian
Eagle’s View Academy 1 over Bishop Snyder
Gateway Charter 7 over Tradition Prep
Glades Day 9 over (1S) Southwest Florida Christian
Harvest Community 7 over Stanton
Impact Christian 21 over North Florida Educational
Interlachen 11 over Bell
Jupiter Christian 3 over (1M) Avant Garde
Lake Weir 3 over (2S) Taylor (Pierson)
Legacy Charter 18 over Bell Creek Academy
Oak Hall 32 over (1S) P.K. Yonge
Out-of-Door 17 over Cocoa Beach
Oxbridge Academy 6 over (IND) Somerset Academy Key
Santa Fe Catholic 26 over Oasis
The Master’s Academy (Oviedo) 7 over (1M) Providence
Trinity Christian (Deltona) 13 over Trinity Prep
Westminster Academy 1 over NSU University School
SSAA 8-MAN
Canterbury (St. Petersburg) 31 over Academy at the Lakes
Classical Academy 3 over Cornerstone Academy
Florida Deaf & Blind 4 over First Coast Christian
Gainesville Christian 9 over Four Corners Charter
Geneva Classical 13 over Foundation Christian
Lake Mary Prep 15 over Eastland Christian
Lakeside Christian 23 over City of Life Christian
Merritt Island Christian 2 over Hernando Christian
Oasis Christian 10 over St. John Lutheran
Ocala Christian 40 over Liberty Christian
Old Plank Christian 23 over SLAM Tampa
Real Life Christian 10 over Geneva School
Shorecrest Prep 21 over Sarasota Christian
INDEPENDENTS
Beachside 29 over (SSAA) Paxon
Braddock 23 over Varela
Clearwater Academy International 11 over (4S) Riverview (Sarasota)
Coral Reef 23 over Miami Sunset
Dr. Joaquin Garcia 1 over Aubrey Rogers
Ferguson 29 over (3M) Southwest Miami
Hollis Christian 10 over Joshua Christian
IMG Academy National 5 over (3S) Pine Forest
Keswick Christian 1 over (SSAA) First Academy-Leesburg
LaBelle 6 over (1M) St. Petersburg Catholic
Lake Highland Prep 43 over (2M) Lake Buena Vista
Miami Coral Park 4 over Hialeah Gardens
Miami Country Day 15 over Somerset Prep
Poinciana 9 over North Port
Pompano Beach 1 over South Plantation
Reagan 7 over Mourning
Saint Francis Catholic 2 over (SSAA) Cedar Creek Christian
West Oaks 13 over (SSAA) St. Joseph
