Predicting The Districts: 2024 Class 4A district projections

The 2024 Florida High School Football Season is upon us and we are going to predict the order of finish for every district in the Sunshine State. No we are not just predicting the district champion, we are predicting the finish of every team in the district. To note only district champions are guaranteed a playoff berth, so teams that finish second or even third could be in consideration for playoff berths.

Looking at historical trends over the last few years including talent, strength of schedule, coaching, and potential program rebuilds are factors in considering where we predict teams to finish at.

Here is a look at Class 4A:

District projections are listed in order of projected finish.

DISTRICT 4A-1

Escambia (Pensacola)
Pine Forest (Pensacola)
Booker T. Washington (Pensacola)

DISTRICT 4A-2

Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach)
Rickards (Tallahassee)
Fort Walton Beach
Arnold (Panama City Beach)

DISTRICT 4A-3

St. Augustine
Columbia (Lake City)
Clay (Green Cove Springs)
Ridgeview (Orange Park)

DISTRICT 4A-4

Riverside (Jacksonville)
Ed White (Jacksonville)
Englewood (Jacksonville)

DISTRICT 4A-5

Vanguard (Ocala)
Leesburg
Gainesville
Lecanto

DISTRICT 4A-6

Rockledge
New Smyrna Beach
Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)
Deltona
Pine Ridge (Deltona)

DISTRICT 4A-7

Jones (Orlando)
Lake Wales
Auburndale
Lake Region (Eagle Lake)

DISTRICT 4A-8

Zephyrhills
Fivay (Hudson)
Pasco (Dade City)
Freedom (Tampa)

DISTRICT 4A-9

Jesuit (Tampa)
Hillsborough (Tampa)
Blake (Tampa)
Middleton (Tampa)
Brandon

DISTRICT 4A-10

Clearwater
River Ridge (New Port Richey)
Gulf (New Port Richey)
Countryside

DISTRICT 4A-11

St. Petersburg
Northeast (St. Petersburg)
Osceola (Seminole)
Southeast (Bradenton)

DISTRICT 4A-12

Naples
Dunbar (Fort Myers)
Port Charlotte
South Fort Myers

DISTRICT 4A-13

Jensen Beach
John Carroll (Fort Pierce)
Sebastian River (Sebastian)
Okeechobee
Port St. Lucie

DISTRICT 4A-14

Dillard (Fort Lauderdale)
Boynton Beach
Suncoast (Riviera Beach)
Dr. Joaquin Garcia (Lake Worth)
Northeast (Oakland Park)

DISTRICT 4A-15

American Heritage (Plantation)
Miami Norland
Plantation
Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches)

DISTRICT 4A-16

Hialeah
Belen Jesuit (Miami)
American (Hialeah)
South Miami