The FHSF PRI computer has crunched the numbers and told us who is going to get victories for Thursday’s Week 1 slate

Welcome to the FloridaHSFootball.com Power Rankings Index for the 2024 season with a revamped formula. 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 three years ago.

Game forecasts are sorted by classification of favorites and listed alphabetically. The underdog’s classification is noted for inter-classification games.

LAST WEEK – WEEK 0

20 Touchdowns, 16 fumbles (20-16) (.556)

WEEK 1 FORECAST – THURSDAY GAMES

CLASS 7A

Centennial (Port St. Lucie) 1 over Wellington

Chardon (OH) 35 over Timber Creek (Orlando)

Columbus (Miami) 24 over (6A) Miami Southridge

Coral Gables 7 over (IND) Ferguson (Miami)

Lake Worth 15 over (4A) Dr. Joaquin Garcia (Lake Worth)

Miami 1 over (2A) Immaculata-LaSalle (Miami)

Spruce Creek (Port Orange) 7 over (4A) Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)

CLASS 6A

Miami Springs 4 over (6A) Miami Beach

Monarch (Coconut Creek) 7 over Peachtree Ridge (GA)

South Fort Myers 24 over (6A) Gateway (Fort Myers)

Southwest Miami 19 over (IND) Miami Coral Park

CLASS 5A

Coconut Creek 13 over (3A) Miami Northwestern

Everglades (Miramar) 12 over (6A) Fort Lauderdale

Pembroke Pines Charter 29 over (4A) Northeast (Oakland Park)

CLASS 4A

Dunbar (Fort Myers) 38 over (3A) Cypress Lake (Fort Myers)

Golden (CO) 4 over New Smyrna Beach

CLASS 3A

St. Brendan (Miami) 11 over (6A) Dr. Krop (Miami)

CLASS 2A

Booker T. Washington (Miami) 27 over (7A) South Dade (Homestead)

Tarpon Springs 20 over (IND) Seminole (Seminole)

Westland Hialeah 1 over (IND) Hialeah-Miami Lakes

CLASS 1A

Avant Garde (Hollywood) 1 over (2A) Inlet Grove (Riviera Beach)

Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens) 6 over (6A) West Boca Raton

First Academy (Orlando) 4 over Lipscomb Academy (TN)

Miami Edison 24 over (4A) American (Hialeah)

Somerset Prep (North Lauderdale) 11 over Somerset Academy Key (Deerfield Beach)

True North (Miami) 27 over (IND) TRU Prep (Miami Gardens)

SSAA 11-MAN

NSU University School (Fort Lauderdale) 34 over Coral Springs Charter

Oasis (Cape Coral) 17 over Gateway Charter (Fort Myers)

SSAA 8-MAN

Merritt Island Christian 4 over Hernando Christian (Brooksville)

Ocala Christian 3 over Oasis Christian (Winter Haven)

INDEPENDENT

IMG Academy (Bradenton) 24 over Corner Canyon (UT)

Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale) 2 over (SSAA) Oxbridge Academy (West Palm Beach)

Wellington (CO) 37 over Colonial (Orlando)