Joshua Wilson’s FHSF Florida Top 25 & Classification Rankings – Final Regular Season Rankings

It is the first week of the playoffs of the 2023 football season is here, and with that, it is time to look at the third set of rankings of the season as we continue to find out who will continue to make the headlines across the Sunshine State.

This will be the final set of rankings until after the conclusion of the 2023 FHSAA State Series playoffs.

Ranking, Team, Current Record, Previous

FLORIDA TOP 25

1. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) (1M), 10-0, 1
2. IMG Academy National (Bradenton) (IND), 8-0, 2
3. Miami Norland (2M), 10-0, 3
4. American Heritage (Plantation) (2M), 7-1, 4
5. Miami Central (2M), 6-3, 5
6. Cocoa (2S), 9-1, 6
7. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) (3M), 9-1, 7
8. Edgewater (Orlando) (3M), 10-0, 9
9. Buchholz (Gainesville) (4S), 10-0, 10
10. Homestead (3M), 8-1, 12
11. Armwood (Seffner) (3M), 9-1, 11
12. Miami Palmetto (4M), 8-1, 13
13. Seminole (Sanford) (4M), 8-2, 14
14. Lake Mary (4M), 9-1, 15
15. St. Augustine (3S), 9-0, 16
16. Mainland (Daytona Beach) (3S), 9-1, 8
17. Lake Wales (3S), 10-0, 17
18. Venice (4S), 8-2, 18
19. Bradford (Starke) (2S), 10-0, 19
20. Clearwater Central Catholic (1M), 10-0, 20
21. Lakeland (4S), 7-3, 21
22. Columbus (Miami) (4M), 8-2, 22
23. Jesuit (Tampa) (3M), 8-2, 23
24. Hawthorne (1R), 9-0, 24
25. Coconut Creek (3M), 8-2, 25

CLASS 4M

1. Miami Palmetto, 8-1, 1
2. Seminole (Sanford), 8-2, 2
3. Lake Mary, 9-1, 3
4. Columbus (Miami), 8-2, 4
5. Winter Park, 9-0, 5
6. Western (Davie), 7-3, 8
7. Monarch (Coconut Creek), 8-2, 9
8. Olympia (Orlando), 8-2, 10
9. Palm Beach Central (Wellington), 8-2, 6
10. Mandarin (Jacksonville), 7-3, 7

ON THE BUBBLE: Apopka (7-3), Cypress Bay (Weston) (8-2), Durant (Plant City) (8-2), Jupiter (9-1), Palm Harbor University (8-2), Plant (Tampa) (8-2), Sumner (Riverview) (9-1)

CLASS 3M

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 9-1, 1
2. Edgewater (Orlando), 10-0, 2
3. Homestead, 8-1, 3
4. Armwood (Seffner), 9-1, 4
5. Jesuit (Tampa), 8-2, 5
6. Coconut Creek 8-2, 6
7. Atlantic (Delray Beach), 9-1, 7
8. Jones (Orlando), 7-3, 8
9. Tampa Bay Tech, 8-2, 10
10. Largo, 8-2, 9

ON THE BUBBLE: Hialeah (9-1), South Broward (Hollywood) (9-1), West Boca Raton (8-2)

CLASS 2M

1. Miami Norland, 10-0, 1
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 7-1, 2
3. Miami Central, 6-3, 3
4. Raines (Jacksonville), 9-1, 4
5. Booker T. Washington (Miami), 8-2, 6
6. Calvary Christian (Clearwater), 8-2, 7
7. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 7-3, 5
8. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 8-2, 8
9. Riverside (Jacksonville), 8-2, 9
10. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 7-3, NR

ON THE BUBBLE: Bolles (Jacksonville) (5-5), Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest) (7-3), King’s Academy (West Palm Beach) (8-2), Robinson (Tampa) (8-2), Saint Andrew’s (Boca Raton) (9-1)

CLASS 1M

1. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood), 10-0, 1
2. Clearwater Central Catholic, 10-0, 2
3. Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach), 8-1, 3
4. Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens), 8-2, 4
5. Orlando Christian Prep, 9-1, 5
6. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville), 7-3, 6
7. Carrollwood Day (Tampa), 7-1, 7
8. True North (Miami), 8-2, 8
9. Archbishop Carroll (Miami), 9-1, 10
10. Providence (Jacksonville), 7-3, 9

ON THE BUBBLE: Northside Christian (St. Petersburg) (6-4), Palmer Trinity (Palmetto) (6-3), University Christian (Jacksonville) (5-5)

CLASS 4S

1. Buchholz (Gainesville), 10-0, 1
2. Venice, 8-2, 2
3. Lakeland, 7-3, 3
4. DeLand, 8-2, 4
5. Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie), 7-2, 5
6. Vero Beach, 8-2, 6
7. Manatee (Bradenton), 8-2, 7
8. Heritage (Palm Bay), 9-1, 8
9. Niceville, 8-2, NR
10. Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 6-4, NR

ON THE BUBBLE: Bartram Trail (St. Johns) (6-4), Lake Minneola (6-3), Mosley (Lynn Haven) (6-4), Nease (Ponte Vedra) (7-3), Navarre (7-3), Pace (8-2), Ponte Vedra (7-3); University (Orange City) (9-1)

CLASS 3S

1. St. Augustine, 8-0, 2
2. Mainland (Daytona Beach), 9-1, 1
3. Lake Wales, 10-0, 3
4. Eau Gallie (Melbourne), 9-1, 4
5. Vanguard (Ocala), 8-2, 6
6. Lincoln (Tallahassee), 8-2, 5
7. Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 8-2, 7
8. Zephyrhills, 8-2, 8
9. Golden Gate (Naples), 8-2, 9
10. Naples, 8-2, 10

ON THE BUBBLE: Barron Collier (Naples) (8-2), Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel) (9-1), Dunbar (Fort Myers) (8-2), Escambia (Pensacola) (7-3), Fort Myers (8-2), Jensen Beach (9-1), Mariner (Cape Coral) (8-2), Port Charlotte (8-2), Sebring (7-2)

CLASS 2S

1. Cocoa, 9-1, 1
2. Bradford (Starke), 10-0, 2
3. South Sumter (Bushnell), 9-1, 3
4. Wakulla (Crawfordville), 10-0, 4
5. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 9-1, 5
6. Florida High (Tallahassee), 8-2, 6
7. Fort Meade, 9-0, 7
8. Walton (DeFuniak Springs), 10-0, 8
9. Hudson, 9-1, NR
10. Lemon Bay (Englewood), 9-1, NR

ON THE BUBBLE: Dunnellon (7-3), Estero (8-2), Nature Coast (Brooksville) (8-2), Pensacola Catholic (8-2), Suwannee (Live Oak) (6-3), Titusville (9-1), Yulee (8-2)

CLASS 1S

1. First Baptist (Naples), 7-2, 1
2. Zephyrhills Christian, 8-2, 2
3. Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota), 8-2, 3
4. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 7-3, 4
5. Victory Christian (Lakeland), 5-5, 5
6. Lakeland Christian, 7-3, 6
7. Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), 6-4, 7
8. Community School (Naples), 8-1, 8
9. Melbourne Central Catholic, 8-2, 10
10. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 3-7, 9

ON THE BUBBLE:  Holy Trinity (Melbourne) (7-2), Moore Haven (6-3)

CLASS 1R

1. Hawthorne, 9-0, 1
2. Williston, 10-0, 2
3. Madison County (Madison), 7-1, 4
4. Bozeman (Panama City), 10-0, 6
5. Newberry, 8-2, 5
6. Holmes County (Bonifay), 8-2, 6
7. Fort White, 9-1, 7
8. Chipley, 6-2, 8
9. Pahokee, 5-4, NR
10. Blountstown, 6-3, 10

ON THE BUBBLE: Lafayette (Mayo) (6-4), Union County (Lake Butler) (6-3)