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Some observations...
  • I considered about 50 teams when compiling this.  Every team amongst the 25 below won at least one state title and/or 2 runner-up titles.
  • None of the teams from the "Top 10 Teams of the 80's" is in the Top 10 below.  Glades Central was listed as one of the Top Teams of the 70's.  
  • In the 70's and 80's, teams rarely made the playoffs more than 5 times in a decade and repeat state champions were not terribly common.  That changed in the 90's.  
  • Bolles and St Thomas emerged as state powerhouses, along with several other private schools.  Public schools had dominated in past decades.
  • The Sarasota/Bradenton area was a football hotbed this decade with Southeast, Manatee and Sarasota Riverview.
  • A sixth classification was added in 1999.  In 1994, Class 6A was created, however, the number of classifications remained at five.   
 
The Top 10 Teams of the 90's
 
Bolles(2A/3A/4A)- 9 playoff appearances, 29 playoff wins, 4 state titles, 1 runner-up     Coach:Corky Rogers
 
St Thomas Aquinas(4A/5A)- 9 playoff appearances, 26 playoff wins, 3 state titles, 2 runner-up     Coach:George Smith
 
Southridge(5A/6A)- 9 playoff appearances, 22 playoff wins, 2 state titles(1 shared), 2 runner-up     Coach:Don Soldinger, Mark Guandolo
 
North Florida Christian(A/2A/3A)- 8 playoff appearances, 20 playoff wins, 3 state titles, 1 runner-up     Coach:Howard Cone, Tim Cokely
 
Glades Central(3A/4A)- 8 playoff appearances, 23 playoff wins, 2 state titles, 1 runner-up     Coach:Richard Casco, Milton Watson
 
Southeast(4A/5A/6A)- 9 playoff appearances, 21 playoff wins, 2 state titles, 1 runner-up     Coach:Paul Maechtle
 
Frostproof(2A/3A)- 8 playoff appearances, 18 playoff wins, 2 state titles, 2 runner-up     Coach:Farris Brannen, Richard Marsh, Bill Pierstoff
 
University Christian(A/2A)- 7 playoff appearances, 14 playoff wins, 3 state titles, 1 runner-up     Coach:Robby Pruitt, John Street
 
Union County(2A/3A)- 7 playoff appearances, 16 playoff wins, 3 state titles     Coach:Robby Pruitt
 
Lakeland(5A/6A)- 7 playoff appearances, 16 playoff wins, 2 state titles     Coach:Bill Castle

 

15 Other Great Teams of the 90's (grouped by classes-otherwise in no particular order)

Carol City(5A/6A)- 7 playoff appearances, 15 playoff wins, 2 state titles
Dillard(5A/6A)- 8 playoff appearances, 15 playoff wins, 2 runner-up   
Manatee(5A/6A)- 6 playoff appearances, 14 playoff wins, 1 state title, 1 runner-up
Northwestern(5A/6A)- 9 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 2 state titles   
Buchholz(4A/5A)- 7 playoff appearances, 11 playoff wins, 1 state title
Fort Walton Beach(4A/5A)- 4 playoff appearances, 9 playoff wins, 2 state titles
Osceola(4A/5A)- 4 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 1 state title   
Rutherford(4A/5A)- 7 playoff appearances, 16 playoff wins, 2 runner-up     
Raines(4A)- 7 playoff appearances, 10 playoff wins, 1 state title   
Lake Wales(3A/4A)- 7 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 2 runner-up 
Santa Fe(3A/4A)- 7 playoff appearances, 20 playoff wins, 2 state titles    
Baker(A/2A/3A)- 8 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 1 state title
Benjamin(A/2A)- 4 playoff appearances, 10 playoff wins, 2 runner-up     
Glades Day(A/2A)- 7 playoff appearances, 14 playoff wins, 1 state title, 2 runner-up     
Graceville(A/2A)- 6 playoff appearances, 13 playoff wins, 2 state titles
   
 
 
 
 

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