FloridaHSFootball.com’s Countdown to Kickoff brings together the most comprehensive preseason coverage in the site’s history.
The rollout is led by the Enhanced Florida Power Rankings Index, individual previews of the FPRI Top 100 teams, district championship projections, playoff probabilities, projected postseason fields, state championship outlooks and coverage of the new tools debuting across FloridaHSFootball.com.
This page serves as the central home for the complete rollout. Team names and article links will be added as each ranking, projection package and feature is officially published.
The SSAA begins regular-season play Aug. 14, followed by the first full night of FHSAA regular-season action Aug. 21.
Setting the Table
To understand what we are undertaking here for the 2026 season, read more about all the new things coming to FloridaHSFootball.com here:
Complete 2026 preseason rankings
The Enhanced Florida Power Rankings Index provides a preseason rating for every Florida high school football program included in the system.
The complete rankings cover more than 500 teams across the FHSAA classifications, FHSAA Independent Leagues, Sunshine State Athletic Association and independent programs.
2026 Florida high school football preseason rankings: All 500-plus teams
How the Enhanced Florida Power Rankings Index works
FPRI Top 100 team previews
The Countdown to Kickoff Top 100 provides an individual preseason profile of every team ranked from No. 100 through No. 1.
Each preview includes:
- 2025 results and postseason finish
- 2026 schedule analysis
- Players to watch
- Major preseason questions
- FPRI outlook
- District and playoff positioning
- Final projected record
Only teams that have been officially revealed will appear below. Unrevealed positions will remain blank until their previews are published.
Nos. 100–91
| Rank | Team | Preview |
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| 100 | Columbia (Lake City) | Click Here |
| 99 | Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel) | Click Here |
| 98 | Boone (Orlando) | Click Here |
| 97 | Pahokee | Click Here |
| 96 | Palm Beach Central (Wellington) | Click Here |
| 95 | Lincoln (Tallahassee) | Click Here |
| 94 | Mount Dora Christian | Click Here |
| 93 | Riverview (Sarasota) | Click Here |
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Nos. 90–81
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Nos. 80–71
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Nos. 70–61
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Nos. 60–51
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Nos. 50–41
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Nos. 40–31
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Nos. 30–21
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Top 10
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District, playoff and championship projections
The FPRI projection series examines every district race, each team’s projected postseason path and the broader championship picture.
Projected records are standardized 10-game projections. They represent the level at which each program is expected to perform rather than a game-by-game schedule prediction.
MaxPreps is the official rankings source used by the FHSAA for postseason selection and seeding. The FPRI projections are an independent model of how the season and playoff races could develop.
FHSAA classifications
Class 6A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
Class 5A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
Class 4A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
Class 3A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
Class 2A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
Class 1A district races, playoff probabilities and projected bracket
COMING SOON
FHSAA Independent Leagues
FHSAA Independent League Division A projections
FHSAA Independent League Division B projections
Sunshine State Athletic Association projections
The SSAA projection articles are being held until final league and postseason details are confirmed.
The complete SSAA projection rollout will include playoff and championship outlooks for each competition group.
SSAA 11-Man projections
COMING SOON
SSAA Atlantic projections
COMING SOON
SSAA 8-Man division, playoff and championship projections
COMING SOON
FHSAA Open Division
The complete Open Division projection will close the preseason rollout after the FPRI Top 100 reaches No. 1.
The article will include:
- Open Division qualification probabilities
- Projected eight-team field
- Projected pool placement
- Advancement outlook
- Open Division championship probabilities
- Teams immediately outside the projected field
2026 FHSAA Open Division probabilities, projected field and championship outlook
COMING SOON
New for the 2026 season
Countdown to Kickoff also introduces the new and upgraded tools that will power FloridaHSFootball.com throughout the season.
FLHSFBpedia
FLHSFBpedia is FloridaHSFootball.com’s growing encyclopedia of Florida high school football.
Readers can search current and historical programs, view schedules and find stories and information connected to each team.
Explore FLHSFBpedia
Live scoreboards
The new scoreboard experience will provide automatic score updates, team search, classification and regional filters, stadium directions, broadcast links and game notes.
View the scoreboards
District and regional standings
Standings will update directly from entered game results and display district, division, regional and overall records where applicable.
View district and regional standings
Enhanced Florida Power Rankings Index
The rebuilt FPRI will power statewide and classification rankings, strength-of-schedule analysis, forecasts, win probabilities, projected scores and postseason probabilities.
How the Enhanced Florida Power Rankings Index works
Playoff Central
The rebuilt postseason hub will support traditional FHSAA brackets, the Open Division, SSAA fields and other championship structures.
Explore Playoff Central
FloridaHSFootball.com Pick’ems
The upgraded Pick’ems competition is moving into a dedicated online system for the 2026 season.
Enter FloridaHSFootball.com Pick’ems
FloridaHSFootball.com Discord
Join statewide, regional and topic-specific conversations throughout the football season.
Join the Discord community
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Become a Season Ticket subscriber
FloridaHSFootball.com’s rankings and projected winners will remain available free to every reader.
Season Ticket subscribers receive the complete predictive layer, including:
- Exact win probabilities
- Projected final scores
- District championship probabilities
- Playoff probabilities
- State championship probabilities
- Projected postseason fields
- Advanced statistical breakdowns
- Weekly written previews
Season Ticket membership is available for $59.99 per year or $7.99 per month.
Become a Season Ticket subscriber
Follow the complete Countdown to Kickoff
This page will continue to update as new previews, probability articles, feature demonstrations and opening-week coverage are published.
Bookmark this hub and return throughout the preseason for the latest additions to FloridaHSFootball.com’s 2026 Countdown to Kickoff.
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