Agree that championships should be determined on the field, not in a computer closet in El Dorado Hills, California.  But unless you are proposing a 416-team single-elimination bracket for all teams in Florida, there is no way to eliminate computer rankings and/or human oversight from the process.  Yes, human beings have biases; therefore, human polls are biased.  Computer rankings have internal bias based on the developer’s choice of variables, weighting, and formula.  But when a computer ranking has a 10-0 Carrollwood Day at #7 in the state and a 9-1 STA at #17 in the state, human beings have to step in to correct a blatant mistake. The inherent problems with human polls and computer rankings are why the NCAA created the College Football Playoff in 2014, with a human oversight committee to add an additional layer of review.  It’s why the NCAA Basketball and Baseball Championships have a selection committee.  No system will ever be perfect.  Ideally, I would use the average of 4-6 reputable computer rankings, along with human beings for a final layer of review.  But we’ll just have to see how this works out – should create much more discussion…  

Muckboy needs to find a way to get down here for this year’s Muck Bowl!  I’ll take care of his game ticket and whatever he wants to stuff his face with including libations.

Humans created the MaxPreps ranking system.  Problem solved.  Of course not.  Bringing in the HUMAN ELEMENT on the back end will cause problems as well as pointed out by Perspective.  You need to figure out a way to have it done on the field of play.  Computer programs and human elements will result in never ending controversies.  Keep it simple, dadgummit!

Same thing my cousin A-Town on here said about Spanish River....

I'll play devil's advocate just a little.   As soon as you inject the "human element," you create a risk of bias.  It happens at all levels.   In college football, coaches and sportswriters from the south tend to vote for teams from the south while coaches and sportswriters from the midwest tend to vote for the teams from the midwest.   To a certain extent, it's natural.  I can see the same thing happening at the high school level if you involve coaches, writers, web hosts, etc.  I understand the argument in favor of inserting a little humanity into the process, but that will undoubtedly create a possibility of bias for and against teams based on nothing more than where the teams are located.