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So I spent a good chunk of yesterday going bracket by bracket and evaluating where the teams are currently and where I think everything will end up in a few weeks. Feel free to make your own or comment on it but I feel pretty confident on most of these results Also sidenote I'll revisit these in the regional finals and give my picks at that stage (with the exception of 1R which I underlined my picks in regional finals) Florida Postseason Breakdown *first round picks are underlined* 1R Overall, a quick glance at this bracket I would identify Madison County and Hawthorne as the best two teams in the bracket and I expect them to meet in the finals. Any other matchup and the finals will be a blowout Regional finals predictions Bracket 1 Blountstown vs Madison County Bracket 2 Taylor County vs Pahokee Bracket 3 Chiefland vs Baker Bracket 4 Williston vs Hawthorne Brackets Bracket 1 1 Blountstown vs 16 Jay 8 Chipley vs 9 Madison County Bracket 2 4 Taylor County vs 13 Trenton 5 Pahokee vs 12 Fort Meade Bracket 3 3 Chiefland vs 14 Sneads 6 Baker vs 11 Liberty County Bracket 4 7 Williston vs 10 Lafayette 2 Hawthorne vs 15 Branford 1A This class is Chaminade Madonna and everyone else. The only question will be which team will win enough games to be the school who loses to Chaminade in the finals Regional finals predictions Region 1 University Christian vs Trinity Christian Region 2 Carrollwood Day vs Clearwater Central Catholic Region 3 St Petersburg Catholic vs Cardinal Newman Region 4 Chaminade Madonna vs True North Brackets Region 1 1 University Christian vs 8 Trinity Catholic 4 Episcopal School of Jacksonville vs 5 Impact Christian Academy 2 Trinity Christian Academy vs 7 Providence School 3 Maclay vs 6 North Florida Educational Institute Region 2 1 Carrollwood Day vs 8 Father Lopez 4 Melbourne Central Catholic vs 5 Orlando Christian Prep 2 Clearwater Central Catholic vs 7 Indian Rocks Christian 3 Lakeland Christian vs 6 Victory Christian Academy Region 3 1 St. Petersburg Catholic vs 8 Evangelical Christian 4 Neumann vs 5 Southwest Florida Christian 2 Cardinal Newman vs 7 Benjamin 3 Community School of Naples vs 6 Northside Christian Region 4 1 Chaminade-Madonna vs 8 St. John Paul II Academy 4 Miami Edison vs 5 Westminster Christian 2 True North vs 7 Palmer Trinity 3 Saint Andrew's vs 6 Archbishop Carroll 2A This is a class that looks wide open to some out there but for me when I evaluate this class a few teams specifically stand out to me. Bolles, Cocoa and Cardinal Mooney. Right now the best of this group is Bolles Regional finals predictions Region 1 Bolles vs Pensacola Catholic Region 2 Bradford vs Cocoa Region 3 Cardinal Mooney vs Glades Central Region 4 Lasalle vs Cardinal Gibbons Brackets Region 1 1 Bolles vs 8 Walton 4 Florida High vs 5 Baldwin 2 Pensacola Catholic vs 7 Bozeman 3 South Walton vs 6 Freeport Region 2 1 Bradford vs 8 Avon Park 4 The Villages Charter vs 5 Berkeley Prep 2 Calvary Christian vs 7 Santa Fe 3 Cocoa vs 6 Newberry Region 3 1 Cardinal Mooney vs 8 North Broward Prep 4 Calvary Christian Academy vs 5 Bishop Verot 2 Lakewood vs 7 Somerset Academy - Canyons 3 Glades Central vs 6 King's Academy Region 4 1 La Salle vs 8 Somerset Academy (Silver Palms) 4 Gulliver Prep vs 5 Ransom Everglades 2 Cardinal Gibbons vs 7 Monsignor Pace 3 Miami Killian vs 6 Miami Carol City 3A When I look at this classification I have no doubts on two things. 1 if Raines doesn't running clock every team between them and the state finals they are gonna get blown out to whoever comes out of Miami Central vs Miami Northwestern and 2 the winner of Central vs Northwestern will win 3a likely in a running clock. Regional finals predictions: Region 1 Raines vs Panama City Bay Region 2 Eastside vs Eau Gallie Region 3 Sarasota Booker vs Tampa Jefferson Region 4 Miami Central vs Miami Northwestern Brackets Region 1 1 Raines vs 8 Baker County 4 Yulee vs 5 West Florida 2 Panama City Bay vs 7 Godby 3 Bishop Kenny vs 6 Wakulla Region 2 1 Bishop Moore vs 8 Hernando 4 Eastside vs 5 South Sumter 2 Eau Gallie vs 7 Tavares 3 Merritt Island vs 6 Titusville Region 3 1 Sarasota Booker vs 8 Mulberry 4 Chamberlain vs 5 Bayshore 2 Nature Coast Tech vs 7 Gibbs 3 Tampa Jefferson vs 6 Boca Ciega Region 4 1 Miami Northwestern vs 8 Somerset Academy 4 Key West vs 5 Cypress Lake 2 Miami Central vs 7 St. Brendan 3 Lely vs 6 Estero 4A This class as a whole is more wide open than in the past but the regions on the north end have very little depth. Region 1 has 3 realistic contenders with St Augustine, Choctawhatchee and Columbia but all have question marks on their potential run and all would likely struggle to match up with a team like American Heritage Plantation who despite entering the playoffs at 4-5 is probably the best team in 4A. In Region 2 outside of Jones and Lake Wales I would identify Vanguard as a potential dark horse. Region 3 will come down to Port Charlotte and Tampa Jesuit. Region 4 likely comes down to the rematch between AHP and Archbishop McCarthy. Regional finals predictions Region 1 Columbia vs St Augustine Region 2 Orlando Jones vs Lake Wales Region 3 Tampa Jesuit vs Port Charlotte Region 4 Archbishop McCarthy vs American Heritage Plantation Brackets Region 1 1 St. Augustine vs 8 Arnold 4 Ed White vs 5 Pine Forest 2 Choctawhatchee vs 7 Booker T. Washington 3 Columbia vs 6 Rickards Region 2 1 Orlando Jones vs 8 Deltona 4 Auburndale vs 5 Vanguard 2 Zephyrhills vs 7 Rockledge 3 Lake Wales vs 6 New Smyrna Beach Region 3 1 Tampa Jesuit vs 8 Osceola 4 Naples vs 5 South Fort Myers 2 Port Charlotte vs 7 Dunbar 3 Clearwater vs 6 Blake Region 4 1 Archbishop McCarthy vs 8 Hialeah 4 Miami Norland vs 5 Jensen Beach 2 American Heritage Plantation vs 7 John Carroll Catholic 3 Dillard vs 6 Plantation 5A Overall regions 1 2 and 4 are solid regions while Region 3 is one of the weakest large school postseason brackets. Manatee probably rolls in Region 3 but they will hit a brick wall in the final 4. The other 3 regions should be competitive and lead to a great elite 8 game for this classification. St Thomas Aquinas should be the favorite to win their 7th consecutive state title when looking at this classification. Regional finals predictions: Region 1 Ponte Vedra vs Mainland Region 2 Edgewater vs Tampa Gaither Region 3 Riverdale vs Bradenton Manatee Region 4 St Thomas Aquinas vs Atlantic Delray Beach Brackets Region 1 1 Ponte Vedra vs 8 Niceville 4 Beachside vs 5 Milton 2 Mainland vs 7 Middleburg 3 Mosley vs 6 Lincoln Region 2 1 Edgewater vs 8 Lake Gibson 4 Tampa Bay Tech vs 5 Sebring 2 Lakeland vs 7 Wesley Chapel 3 Tampa Gaither vs 6 Winter Springs Region 3 1 Riverdale vs 8 North Fort Myers 4 Immokalee vs 5 Pinellas Park 2 Cape Coral vs 7 Gulf Coast 3 Bradenton Manatee vs 6 Charlotte Region 4 1 St. Thomas Aquinas vs 8 Heritage 4 Coconut Creek vs 5 Mater Academy Charter 2 Atlantic Delray Beach vs 7 North Miami 3 Martin County vs 6 McArthur 6A Overall a really good classification in terms of depth. Buchholz, Mandarin, Armwood, West Boca Raton and Miami Southridge all stand out here in this class and any are capable of winning 6A. Regional finals prediction Region 1 Buchholz vs Mandarin Region 2 Armwood vs Osceola Region 3 Palmetto vs West Boca Raton Region 4 Miami Southridge vs Monarch Brackets: Region 1 1 Buchholz vs 8 Oviedo 4 Nease vs 5 Oakleaf 2 Mandarin vs 7 Crestview 3 Pace vs 6 Evans Region 2 1 Armwood vs 8 Melbourne 4 Viera vs 5 Riverview 2 South Lake vs 7 Plant 3 Osceola vs 6 Durant Region 3 1 Palmetto vs 8 Wiregrass Ranch 4 Lennard vs 5 Mitchell 2 West Boca Raton vs 7 Largo 3 Parrish Community vs 6 East Lake Region 4 1 Miami Southridge vs 8 Nova 4 Flanagan vs 5 Piper 2 West Broward vs 7 South Plantation 3 Monarch vs Doral Academy 7A This class is wide open and has plenty of teams who could realistically walk away as state champions in this bracket. Its tough to say who the favorite is but it would likely be Venice at this stage. Regional finals predictions: Region 1 Deland vs Lake Mary Region 2 Venice vs Sarasota Riverview Region 3 Vero Beach vs Palm Beach Central Region 4 Miami Palmetto vs Western Brackets 1 Deland vs 8 Creekside 4 Boone vs 5 Winter Park 2 Lake Mary vs 7 Hagerty 3 Spruce Creek vs 6 Sanford Seminole Region 2 1 Venice vs 8 Ridge Community 4 West Orange vs 5 Plant City 2 Sarasota Riverview vs 7 Winter Haven 3 Sumner vs 6 Ocoee Region 3 1 Vero Beach vs 8 East Ridge 4 St Cloud vs 5 Lake Nona 2 Jupiter vs 7 Dr Phillips 3 Fort Pierce Central vs 6 Palm Beach Central Region 4 1 Miami Palmetto vs 8 Coral Glades 4 Santaluces vs 5 Columbus 2 Spanish River vs 7 Western 3 Goleman vs 6 South Dade

All this talk about computer rankings makes me grateful that we have games this week and can settle things on the field, where football is meant to be judged, not in some computer closet in El Dorado Hills, California. On the realignment front, one needs to look no further than neighboring Georgia, where the GHSA has released its realignment, to see how to do it right: https://www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/reclassification/GHSA_Proposed_Region_Alignment_for_2026-2028_11-10-2025.pdf Beautiful 6/7/8/9-team regions (i.e. “districts” in Florida language) with round-robin play, to determine a true, well-earned championship. I am hoping that the FHSAA will do away with the ridiculous 2/3/4-team districts when the realignment results are released. Even though everyone seems married to computer rankings, maybe the computer savants herein could confirm that larger districts would at least produce better computer rankings due to the larger number of common opponents. Anyway, let’s hope that the FHSAA gets this right, although that may be expecting too much. And good luck to your favorite team!

Only something like a FIT tournament could start tearing us apart. SMH.

@LAZ has Plantation winning. The probably Dillard has is they have been on cruise control the entire season. They don’t have any film of themselves going through adversity. No 2 minute drills. No come from behind wins. No real coaching adjustments. Just cruise control against a bunch of slappies. Dillard needs to go into this game as the underdog. They need to have a sense of urgency and practice with a huge chip on their shoulder.

Yes sir

But the result of said seeding shows that the formula and whatever is used puts way too much weight on record. Like I agree a team shouldn't have sos weighted so high that a team goes up more for losing than winning. However under no realistic circumstances should between 2 undefeated teams the team with the LOWER SOS be rated higher

I think Pahokee wins easy. 42-21. Then beats Taylor Co a little closer. 28-17. Then loses to Blountstown 31-14. finish 9-4

The fact that 2 weeks ago St Augustine was behind Choctawhatchee in the power rankings despite the same record and St Augustine having a significantly better sos

Bro came with receipts!

Did I mention FUCK THE FIRST ACADEMY yet?

In 2013 Riverside/lee was the worst public in Duval county. 3 years later they were in the final 4 1 coach and the inside track to transfers and they suddenly were contenders. How many rural schools are building a transfer all star team in their area overnight? The current school choice system has it set where even one good coach who could recruit talent can instantly make a bottom feeder in a metro area into a contender. Miami Central was an average program prior to 2010 now they are one of the most successful programs in state history after a 15 year window. Name me a rural school who changed their program course like that in 15 years And since when has enrollment mattered? Madison County regularly beats teams 3 or 4 times their size. Chaminade Madonna, Trinity Christian, Bolles, Booker T Washington, Cocoa All schools with less than 1k students who would beat most schools with 3k kids almost every season. Enrollment don't mean squat when the current rules let schools get dozens of transfers from a city of half a million or more people

Last Week 11-5 .688 Season 2185-502 .813 CLASS 7A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 7A DeLand over 7A Creekside (St. Johns) +19 7A Lake Mary over 7A Hagerty (Oviedo) +12 7A Seminole (Sanford) over 7A Spruce Creek (Port Orange) +1 7A Winter Park over 7A Boone (Orlando) +1 7A Riverview (Sarasota) over 7A Winter Haven +25 7A Sumner (Riverview) over 7A Ocoee +8 7A Venice over 7A Ridge Community (Davenport) +33 7A West Orange (Winter Garden) over 7A Plant City +9 7A Jupiter over 7A Dr. Phillips (Orlando) +2 7A Lake Nona (Orlando) over 7A St. Cloud +3 7A Palm Beach Central (Wellington) over 7A Fort Pierce Central +1 7A Vero Beach over 7A East Ridge (Clermont) +26 7A Christopher Columbus (Miami) over 7A Santaluces (Lantana) +9 7A Goleman (Miami) over 7A South Dade (Homestead) +5 7A Miami Palmetto over 7A Coral Gables +25 7A Western (Davie) over 7A Spanish River (Boca Raton) +3 CLASS 6A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 6A Buchholz (Gainesville) over 6A Oviedo +14 6A Mandarin (Jacksonville) over 6A Crestview +6 6A Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) over 6A Oakleaf (Orange Park) +7 6A Pace over 6A Evans (Orlando) +6 6A Armwood (Seffner) over 6A Melbourne +29 6A Osceola (Kissimmee) over 6A Durant (Plant City) +15 6A South Lake (Groveland) over 6A Plant (Tampa) +5 6A Viera (Melbourne) over 6A Riverview (Riverview) +3 6A East Lake (Tarpon Springs) over 6A Parrish Community +3 6A Lennard (Ruskin) over 6A Mitchell (New Port Richey) +4 6A Palmetto over 6A Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel) +8 6A West Boca Raton over 6A Largo +18 6A Flanagan (Pembroke Pines) over 6A Piper (Sunrise) +4 6A Miami Southridge over 6A Nova (Davie) +31 6A Monarch (Coconut Creek) over 6A Doral Academy (Miami) +20 6A West Broward (Pembroke Pines) over 6A South Plantation (Plantation) +30 CLASS 5A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 5A Beachside (St Johns) over 5A Milton +1 5A Mainland (Daytona Beach) over 5A Middleburg +14 5A Mosley (Lynn Haven) over 5A Lincoln (Tallahassee) +3 5A Ponte Vedra over 5A Niceville +9 5A Edgewater (Orlando) over 5A Lake Gibson (Lakeland) +19 5A Gaither (Tampa) over 5A Winter Springs +28 5A Lakeland over 5A Wesley Chapel +31 5A Tampa Bay Tech over 5A Sebring +7 5A Cape Coral over 5A Gulf Coast (Naples) +9 5A Immokalee over 5A Pinellas Park (Largo) +4 5A Manatee (Bradenton) over 5A Charlotte (Punta Gorda) +12 5A Riverdale (Fort Myers) over 5A North Fort Myers +20 5A Atlantic (Delray Beach) over 5A North Miami +24 5A Coconut Creek over 5A Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens) +4 5A McArthur (Hollywood) over 5A Martin County (Stuart) +11 5A St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) over 5A Heritage (Palm Bay) +23 CLASS 4A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 4A Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach) over 4A Washington (Pensacola) +29 4A Columbia (Lake City) over 4A Rickards (Tallahassee) +16 4A Ed White (Jacksonville) over 4A Pine Forest (Pensacola) +9 4A St. Augustine over 4A Arnold (Panama City Beach) +32 4A Auburndale over 4A Vanguard (Ocala) +1 4A Jones (Orlando) over 4A Deltona +35 4A Lake Wales over 4A New Smyrna Beach +16 4A Zephyrhills over 4A Rockledge +13 4A Clearwater over 4A Blake (Tampa) +11 4A Port Charlotte over 4A Dunbar (Fort Myers) +15 4A Jesuit (Tampa) over 4A Osceola (Seminole) +30 4A Naples over 4A South Fort Myers +6 4A American Heritage (Plantation) over 4A John Carroll (Fort Pierce) +18 4A Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches) over 4A Hialeah +19 4A Miami Norland over 4A Jensen Beach +9 4A Plantation over 4A Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) +2 CLASS 3A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 3A Bay (Panama City) over 3A Godby (Tallahassee) +10 3A Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) over 3A Wakulla (Crawfordville) +14 3A Raines (Jacksonville) over 3A Baker County (Glen St. Mary) +37 3A Yulee over 3A West Florida (Pensacola) +1 3A Bishop Moore (Orlando) over 3A Hernando (Brooksville) +32 3A Eau Gallie (Melbourne) over 3A Tavares +11 3A Merritt Island over 3A Titusville +5 3A South Sumter (Bushnell) over 3A Eastside (Gainesville) +1 3A Bayshore (Bradenton) over 3A Chamberlain (Tampa) +4 3A Booker (Sarasota) over 3A Mulberry +48 3A Jefferson (Tampa) over 3A Boca Ciega (Gulfport) +13 3A Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville) over 3A Gibbs (St. Petersburg) +4 3A Key West over 3A Cypress Lake (Fort Myers) +1 3A Lely (Naples) over 3A Estero +9 3A Miami Central over 3A St. Brendan (Miami) +32 3A Miami Northwestern over 3A Somerset Academy (Pembroke Pines) +39 CLASS 2A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 2A Bolles (Jacksonville) over 2A Walton (DeFuniak Springs) +33 2A Florida High "FSU" (Tallahassee) over 2A Baldwin +3 2A Pensacola Catholic over 2A Bozeman (Panama City) +24 2A South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) over 2A Freeport +21 2A Bradford (Starke) over 2A Avon Park +32 2A Calvary Christian (Clearwater) over 2A Santa Fe (Alachua) +19 2A Cocoa over 2A Newberry +17 2A The Villages over 2A Berkeley Prep (Tampa) +4 2A Bishop Verot (Fort Myers) over 2A Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) +9 2A Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) over 2A North Broward Prep (Coconut Creek) +45 2A Glades Central (Belle Glade) over 2A King’s Academy (West Palm Beach) +12 2A Lakewood (St. Petersburg) over 2A Somerset Canyons (Boynton Beach) +28 2A Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) over 2A Monsignor Pace (Miami) +16 2A Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest) over 2A Ransom Everglades (Miami) +1 2A LaSalle (Miami) over 2A Somerset Silver Palms (Miami) +23 2A Miami Killian over 2A Miami Carol City +12 CLASS 1A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS 1A Impact Christian (Jacksonville) over 1A Episcopal (Jacksonville) +4 1A North Florida Educational (Jacksonville) over 1A Maclay (Tallahassee) +7 1A Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) over 1A Providence (Jacksonville) +21 1A University Christian (Jacksonville) over 1A Trinity Catholic (Ocala) +25 1A Carrollwood Day (Tampa) over 1A Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) +46 1A Clearwater Central Catholic over 1A Indian Rocks Christian (Largo) +36 1A Lakeland Christian over 1A Victory Christian (Lakeland) +11 1A Melbourne Central Catholic over 1A Orlando Christian Prep +6 1A Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) over 1A Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens) +29 1A Community School (Naples) over 1A Northside Christian (St. Petersburg) +13 1A St. John Neumann (Naples) over 1A Southwest Florida Christian (Ft. Myers) +20 1A St. Petersburg Catholic over 1A Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers) +38 1A Chaminade (Hollywood) over 1A St. John Paul II (Boca Raton) +50 1A Miami Edison over 1A Westminster Christian (Miami) +15 1A St. Andrew's (Boca Raton) over 1A Archbishop Carroll (Miami) +17 1A True North (Miami) over 1A Palmer Trinity (Miami) +35 RURAL REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Rural Blountstown over Rural Jay +34 Rural Madison County (Madison) over Rural Chipley +29 Rural Taylor County (Perry) over Rural Trenton +15 Rural Pahokee over Rural Fort Meade +12 Rural Chiefland over Rural Sneads +21 Rural Baker over Rural Liberty County (Bristol) +2 Rural Williston over Rural Lafayette (Mayo) +8 Rural Hawthorne over Rural Branford +23 RURAL FIT REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Rural Wewahitchka over Rural Central (Milton) +1 Rural Wildwood over Rural Jefferson County (Monticello) +10 FIT 1 (1A-3A) REGIONAL SEMIFINALS 2A Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville) over 3A Weeki Wachee +4 3A Dunnellon over 3A Pensacola +13 3A Hudson over 2A Tenoroc (Lakeland) +1 2A Inlet Grove (Riviera Beach) over 2A Oasis (Cape Coral) +1 2A North Miami Beach over 3A Dunedin +24 2A Palatka over 2A Wolfson (Jacksonville) +10 FIT 2 (4A-7A) REGIONAL SEMIFINALS 6A Bartram Trail (St. Johns) over 5A Matanzas (Palm Coast) +10 5A Chiles (Tallahassee) over 6A Palm Harbor University +5 4A Dr. Garcia (Lake Worth) over 7A Sarasota +4 5A Miramar over 5A Fort Pierce Westwood +11 6A Palm Beach Gardens over 7A Centennial (Port St. Lucie) +4 6A Royal Palm Beach over 7A Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach) +11 6A Tate (Cantonment) over 6A First Coast (Jacksonville) +5 SSAA 11-MAN 1A CHAMPIONSHIP SSA Bishop McLaughlin (Spring Hill) over SSA Windermere Prep +2 SSAA 11-MAN 2A CHAMPIONSHIP SSA Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville) over SSA Glades Day (Belle Glade) +1 SSAA 11-MAN 3A SEMIFINALS SSA Oak Hall (Gainesville) over SSA Master's Academy (Oviedo) +5 SSA St. Edward’s (Vero Beach) over SSA Cambridge (Tampa) +5 SSAA 11-MAN STATE SEMIFINALS SSA Mount Dora Christian over SSA Foundation Academy (Winter Garden) +11 SSA Jupiter Christian over SSA University School (Fort Lauderdale) +2 SSA ATLANTIC STATE SEMIFINALS SSA West Nassau (Callahan) over SSA Fernandina Beach +7 SSA American Heritage (Delray Beach) over SSA Space Coast (Cocoa) +12

Looking around the area, I see Bradenton Southeast finished 8-2 but didn't make the playoffs. I see River Ridge finished 7-3 and didn't make the playoffs. Neither are in the FIT either. Me personally, I'd rather see a bowl game with a match-up between 2 teams like this than some tournament that puts a 1 win team in. Also why I'd rather have a 12 game regular season with fewer teams making the playoffs, but with bowl games for everyone else. Like college football does.