LAZ

Yes. It was.

Exactly Nulli. A lot of people don’t like the 1/2 a title thing. I understand why but I’m a believer that no championship game should have ever ended in a tie. I believe you can’t give the full benefit of a state championship to the teams that tied because they did not prove they were better than every other team in their classification.

2020     TOTAL     PUBLIC     PRIVATE       County Population Titles/1K Titles Runner Up Appearances Titles Runner Up Appearances Titles Runner Up Appearances Category   Palm Beach 1,510,660 0.0199 30 31 61 18 14 32 12 17 29 Super 1,000,000 and up Dade 2,719,030 0.0167 45.5 22 68 38.5 12 51 7 10 17     Broward 1,959,450 0.0163 32 25 57 6 9 15 26 16 42     Hillsborough 1,492,020 0.0074 11 21 32 10 17 27 1 4 5     Orange 1,405,360 0.0046 6.5 13 20 4.5 11 16 2 2 4     Duval 966,858 0.0331 32 20 52 4 7 11 28 13 41 Extra Lg 500,000 to 999,999 Brevard 608,681 0.0230 14 7 21 14 7 21 0 0 0     Polk 742,957 0.0229 17 25 42 15 22 37 2 3 5     Volusia 560,467 0.0018 1 4 5 1 1 2 0 3 3     Pasco 568,804 0.0018 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0     Pinellas 976,934 0.0000 0 10 10 0 5 5 0 5 5     Lee 786,684 0.0000 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2     Escambia 321,528 0.0373 12 8 20 12 7 19 0 1 1 Large 300,000 to 499,999 Manatee 412,119 0.0194 8 6 14 8 6 14 0 0 0     Marion 372,096 0.0161 6 4 10 4 2 6 2 2 4     Collier 391,603 0.0077 3 3 6 3 3 6 0 0 0     Sarasota 441,155 0.0068 3 3 6 2 3 5 1 0 1     Seminole 475,530 0.0042 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0     St.Lucie 336,169 0.0030 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Lake 377,516 0.0026 1 6 7 1 6 7 0 0 0     Osceola 383,046 0.0026 1 5 6 1 5 6 0 0 0     Leon 295,507 0.0711 21 13 34 13 10 23 8 3 11 Medium 150,000 to 299,999 Okaloosa 214,542 0.0419 9 8 17 9 8 17 0 0 0     Alachua 269,235 0.0149 4 5 9 4 5 9 0 0 0     St.Johns 275,530 0.0145 4 6 10 4 6 10 0 0 0     Santa Rosa 189,331 0.0106 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0     Indian River 162,659 0.0061 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1     Bay 163,170 0.0061 1 4 5 1 4 5 0 0 0     Clay 222,596 0.0045 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Hernando 197,258 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Charlotte 192,971 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Martin 161,258 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Citrus 151,632 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Highlands 107,509 0.0186 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 Small 50,000 to 149,999 Sumter 136,121 0.0147 2 3 5 2 3 5 0 0 0     Columbia 72,704 0.0138 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0     Putnam 74,999 0.0133 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Walton 77,410 0.0129 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Flagler 118,077 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Nassau 91,314 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Monroe 73,699 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Suwannee 44,655 0.0896 4 2 6 4 2 6 0 0 0 Minature   20,000 to 49,999 Bradford 28,650 0.0698 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0     Wakulla 35,065 0.0570 2 3 5 2 3 5 0 0 0     Taylor 21,593 0.0463 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Jackson 44,716 0.0447 2 3 5 2 3 5 0 0 0     Levy 42,208 0.0237 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0     Gadsden 45,393 0.0220 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Hendry 42,708 0.0117 0.5 6 7 0.5 6 7 0 0 0     Okeechobee 42,682 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     DeSoto 38,634 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     Baker 30,067 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Hardee 26,706 0.0000 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0     Washington 26,153 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Jefferson 14,171 0.3881 5.5 0 6 5.5 0 6 0 0 0 Tiny  1 to 19,999 Gulf 11,132 0.3593 4 3 7 4 3 7 0 0 0     Madison 18,446 0.2711 5 5 10 5 5 10 0 0 0     Calhoun 13,667 0.2195 3 4 7 3 4 7 0 0 0     Union 15,146 0.1981 3 2 5 3 2 5 0 0 0     Lafayette 8,153 0.1227 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0     Gilchrist 18,880 0.1059 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0     Franklin 12,574 0.0795 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0     Holmes 19,791 0.0505 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0     Liberty 8,281 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Glades 13,936 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Hamilton 14,594 0.0000 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0     Dixie 16,967 0.0000 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0    

Here's how my schedule strength rankings stack up for the 5A-8A teams still alive in the FHSAA playoffs. Let's see if it makes a difference. Especially for the undefeated and one loss schools with the weaker schedules thus far.
5A In Class     State American Heritage 2 4 Rickards 8 74 Jesuit 13 101 Dunnellon 40 269       6A     Miami Central 1 15 Palmetto 13 85 St. Augustine 15 89 Lake Minneola 44 191       7A     St. Thomas Aquinas  1 3 Edgewater 2 5 Bloomingdale 19 72 Niceville 26 111       8A     Apopka 4 16 Seminole 5 18 Miami Palmetto 6 19 Osceola 23 148    

Here's how my schedule strength rankings stack up for the 5A-8A teams still alive in the FHSAA playoffs. Let's see if it makes a difference. Especially for the undefeated and one loss schools with the weaker schedules thus far.
5A In Class     State American Heritage 2 4 Rickards 8 74 Jesuit 13 101 Dunnellon 40 269       6A     Miami Central 1 15 Palmetto 13 85 St. Augustine 15 89 Lake Minneola 44 191       7A     St. Thomas Aquinas  1 3 Edgewater 2 5 Bloomingdale 19 72 Niceville 26 111       8A     Apopka 4 16 Seminole 5 18 Miami Palmetto 6 19 Osceola 23 148    

Here's how my schedule strength rankings stack up for the 5A-8A teams still alive in the FHSAA playoffs. Let's see if it makes a difference. Especially for the undefeated and one loss schools with the weaker schedules thus far.
5A In Class     State American Heritage 2 4 Rickards 8 74 Jesuit 13 101 Dunnellon 40 269       6A     Miami Central 1 15 Palmetto 13 85 St. Augustine 15 89 Lake Minneola 44 191       7A     St. Thomas Aquinas  1 3 Edgewater 2 5 Bloomingdale 19 72 Niceville 26 111       8A     Apopka 4 16 Seminole 5 18 Miami Palmetto 6 19 Osceola 23 148    

OK. I've done my best at this. Going over the past 10 seasons and looking at 400+ schools that do not play on neutral sites (ie Traz Powell, etc.). I have come to the conclusion that there is a home field advantage, albeit ever so slight.    

Nolebull813,
Did you have Zarapeth Academy on your list?
 

Here are the worst programs of the 21st century. All of these schools have participated each year (2000 - present) and have less than a .250 winning pct.. They are consistently sub-bar. To Nolebull's point, notice how many of these teams are on OldSchoolLions' seven year list.  
Leto (Tampa) Poinciana (Kissimmee) Spanish River (Boca Raton)  Interlachen Stanton (Jacksonville) Miami Coral Park  Cypress Creek (Orlando) Bronson Lecanto Forest Hill (WP Beach) Pine Ridge (Deltona) Lake Placid *Englewood (Jacksonville) comes in right at .250
 

Here are the worst programs of the 21st century. All of these schools have participated each year (2000 - present) and have less than a .250 winning pct.. They are consistently sub-bar. To Nolebull's point, notice how many of these teams are on OldSchoolLions' seven year list.  
Leto (Tampa) Poinciana (Kissimmee) Spanish River (Boca Raton)  Interlachen Stanton (Jacksonville) Miami Coral Park  Cypress Creek (Orlando) Bronson Lecanto Forest Hill (WP Beach) Pine Ridge (Deltona) Lake Placid *Englewood (Jacksonville) comes in right at .250
 

Here are the worst programs of the 21st century. All of these schools have participated each year (2000 - present) and have less than a .250 winning pct.. They are consistently sub-bar. To Nolebull's point, notice how many of these teams are on OldSchoolLions' seven year list.  
Leto (Tampa) Poinciana (Kissimmee) Spanish River (Boca Raton)  Interlachen Stanton (Jacksonville) Miami Coral Park  Cypress Creek (Orlando) Bronson Lecanto Forest Hill (WP Beach) Pine Ridge (Deltona) Lake Placid *Englewood (Jacksonville) comes in right at .250
 

I know this area very well. Hobart is located in Geneva which is between Rochester and Syracuse. You’ll be better off flying to one of those cities instead of Buffalo, at least from a distance standpoint. Hobart usually has a pretty decent D3 team and there are always possibilities. Just ask Ali Marpet (Not sure of spelling), a D3 all-American OL who’s currently injured but starts for Tampa Bay.
Geneva sits on the north end of Seneca Lake which is the biggest of the Finger Lakes. And oh yeah, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the several dozen wineries in the area for your pre and post game enjoyment.

The year was 1986. It was homecoming for UCF and a record crowd of over 23,000 came to the Citrus Bowl anticipating a beat down of then NAIA member Wofford (SC) and The Beach Boys concert which would immediately follow the game. Apparently, the Terriers had other intentions. Their vaunted single wing offense was like nothing I’d ever seen and it was soon obvious the UCF defense hadn’t either. It was probably the most embarrassing moment in Knights history. They lost that homecoming game to a school nobody ever heard of 31-28 putting quite a damper on the whole evening. As for the concert, I barely remember it. 

Young Kids in Motion Academy (In Jacksonville). 
Fri, 10/2
6:00 PM

Jordan Christian Prep
Auburndale, FL
Away • Non-Conference

Fri, 10/23
7:00 PM

Lighthouse Private Christian Academy
Pensacola, FL
Away • Conference

Fri, 10/30
6:00 PM

American Collegiate Academy
Clearwater, FL
Away • Non-Conference
Preview  

Careful Darter. Next thing you know, Edgewater will have played a "down" Aquinas team. Simply remind him that Edgewater made the Raiders appear to be not themselves. Also, it must be noted Aquinas beat De LaSalle earlier this year and beat them by 10....in California. Yesterday,  De LaSalle played National #1 St. John Bosco for the California State Title. Despite losing, De LaSalle scored more points than vs. Bosco than any team this year with the exception of Mater Dei. Just sayin'.   

I've been attempting to mathematically show which areas of the country are best at football. As Floridians, we fundamentally believe the best college ball is played in the South. And obviously with the likes of Clemson, Alabama and LSU, it's very hard for others to dispute. But while attempting to validate this, I ran into a bit of a snag. As you can see above, the distribution of football playing colleges throughout the US is completely unbalanced. There are over 200 more colleges playing football east of the Mississippi River than there are to the west of it. If we dig into it further, there are "holes" found all over the map showing major imbalances depending on the level of football being discussed. For example, in New England, there are 58 colleges playing football but only one (Boston College) plays at the P5 level. In NY, NJ, Pennsylvania, Delaware there are another 96 football schools, 4 of which play P5 football. So out of the 154 colleges in the Northeastern US, only 5 play big time P5 football. This leaves 60 P5 schools for the rest of the country, 22 of which can be found in the traditional south. So I found the map to be geographically biased towards selected areas of the country. To compound matters, the more regions I used, the worse the situation became. So I decided to categorize each region and distribute the teams as fairly as possible trying to keep the number of teams and areas "balanced." The comparisons will be divided as follows:
P5 (North/South), G5 (North/South), FCS (North/South), D2 (East/West), D3 (East/West), NAIA (East/West).
To do this, I was required to completely disregard Conferences. So please keep that in mind because it will mess you up. 
The data will be shown on my next post.
 
 

I've updated Florida's Best on my website.
http://lazindex.com/floridasbest.php
http://lazindex.com/floridasbest.php?geopower
 

Thanks for the great work and longevity!

Laz, you provide an invaluable service to all fans of football, particularly high school, where it is so difficult to obtain accurate data. 

I've updated Florida's Best on my website.
http://lazindex.com/floridasbest.php
http://lazindex.com/floridasbest.php?geopower
 

Actually it is Jefferson County who comes in at 0.387. Followed by FAMU (0.435), Flanagan (0.493) and then Nease (0.519). 
Jupiter Christian is actually 0.602 over the past twenty seasons.
     

Actually it is Jefferson County who comes in at 0.387. Followed by FAMU (0.435), Flanagan (0.493) and then Nease (0.519). 
Jupiter Christian is actually 0.602 over the past twenty seasons.
     

Here are the best programs to have not reached a state title game this century, sorted by their W-L Pct. vs. Florida Competition (2000-2019). Out of State contests are not included.  
School W L Pct Vero Beach 168 51 0.767 Jesuit (Tampa)  178 58 0.754 Hillsborough (Tampa) 160 63 0.717 Columbia (Lake City)  164 65 0.716 Fletcher (Neptune Beach) 159 66 0.707 Largo 159 66 0.707 Fort Myers  161 67 0.706 Charlotte (Punta Gorda)  161 69 0.700 Lafayette (Mayo) 151 66 0.696 Countryside (Clearwater)  149 66 0.693 Hardee (Wauchula) 153 68 0.692 Dunnellon 147 68 0.684 Dixie County (Cross City) 150 70 0.682 First Baptist (Naples) 77 36 0.681 First Academy (Orlando) 151 71 0.680 South Fort Myers 112 56 0.667 Park Vista (Lake Worth) 109 55 0.665 Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) 104 53 0.662 Merritt Island  149 77 0.659 Lake Wales 147 77 0.656 Winter Park 145 78 0.650 Fleming Island (Orange Park) 120 65 0.649 Winter Haven  143 78 0.647 Plantation  140 77 0.645 Pace 139 78 0.641

On the flip side, here are the worst winning percentages by division from 2000-2019. Same rules apply.   NCAA D1 FBS (P5) CONF W L Pct               Kansas BIG12 78 162 0.325   Duke ACC 82 161 0.337   Vanderbilt SEC 87 155 0.360   Indiana BIG10 88 152 0.367   Illinois BIG10 91 151 0.376   Colorado PAC12 102 147 0.410   Iowa St BIG12 106 142 0.427   Syracuse ACC 104 139 0.428   Kentucky SEC 107 138 0.437   Rutgers BIG10 107 138 0.437               NCAA D1 FBS (G5) CONF W L Pct               New Mexico St IND 66 176 0.273   Eastern Michigan MAC 67 172 0.280   UNLV MWC 76 166 0.314   Army IND 80 162 0.331   UTEP CUSA 82 160 0.339   Buffalo MAC 83 158 0.344   Kent St MAC 83 155 0.349   Tulane AAC 86 156 0.355   Louisiana-Monroe SBC 85 153 0.357   Akron MAC 88 153 0.365               NCAA D1 FCS CONF W L Pct               VMI SoC 49 176 0.218   Mississippi Valley St SWAC 49 169 0.225   Valparaiso (IN) PL 60 162 0.270   Rhode Island CAA 63 163 0.279   Columbia (NY) IVY 56 144 0.280   Idaho BSC 68 170 0.286 Moved down from FBS to FCS 2018 St Francis (PA) NEC 63 154 0.290   Indiana St MVFC 67 161 0.294   Austin Peay (TN) OVC 68 159 0.300   Texas Southern SWAC 67 153 0.305               NCAA D2 CONF W L Pct               Minnesota-Crookston NSC 29 188 0.134   Savannah St (GA) SIAC 37 176 0.174 moved from D2 to FCS in 2001; moved back to D2 2019 Lock Haven (PA) PSAC 39 179 0.179   Lincoln (MO) MIAA 38 169 0.184   Livingstone (NC) CIAA 40 158 0.202 Moved up from NAIA to D2 in 2002. Pace (NY) NE-10 44 158 0.218   Kentucky Wesleyan GMAC 48 160 0.231 Moved down D2 to NAIA 2004; back up to D2 in 2006  New Mexico Highlands RMC 53 163 0.245   St Anselm (NH) NE-10 51 154 0.249   Clark Atlanta (GA) SIAC 50 150 0.250               NCAA D3 CONF W L Pct               Hiram (OH) NCAC 31 169 0.155   Iowa Wesleyan UMAC 38 169 0.184 Moved from NAIA to D3 in 2013 North Park (IL) CCIW 37 163 0.185   Wilmington (OH) OAC 40 160 0.200   Whittier (CA) SCIAC 37 144 0.204   Lawrence (WI) Midwest 42 156 0.212   Hamilton (NY) NESCAC 35 128 0.215   Kenyon (OH) NCAC 44 156 0.220   Lewis & Clark (OR) NWC 40 135 0.229   FDU-Florham (NJ) NJAC 46 154 0.230               NAIA CONF W L Pct               Culver-Stockton (MO) HAAC 48 168 0.222   Mayville St (ND) NSAA 46 157 0.227   Montana St-Northern FC 57 153 0.271   SW Assemblies of God (TX) SAC 62 138 0.310   Central Methodist (MO) HAAC 68 145 0.319   Dakota St (SD) NSAA 66 138 0.324   Union (KY) MSC 69 141 0.329   Trinity International (IL) MSFA 71 144 0.330   Panhandle St (OK) SAC 70 139 0.335 Moved from D2 to NAIA in 2017 St Mary (KS) KCAC 69 134 0.340  

Here is a chart showing the 2019 weekly power rating performance of our state's FBS teams. What's interesting to note are the trend lines. While schools like Florida, USF and FIU remained static throughout the season, the others display "cross-over" points. For example, the data shows that even though UCF blew out FAU at the beginning of the year, if they were to play again at the end of the season, the game should be much, much closer with FAU possibly winning. The same is true for Miami and FSU. The reverse happens with Florida and Miami. It shows that despite their first game being  close, if the Gators and 'Canes played again at year's end, the Gators would have probably hammered them.