Schedule strength is most definitely one of the key components of a power ranking. It remains to be seen how much of a role it will play over the next two weeks. Here are my schedule strength rankings (vs. In State Competition). Breakdown is - a.) most difficult within class and b.) most difficult statewide.
SCHEDULE STRENGTH
CLASS
STATE
RANK
RANK
7A
Lake Mary
1
4
Venice
4
9
Vero Beach
16
76
Miami Palmetto
22
120
6A
Buchholz
1
8
West Boca Raton
17
94
West Broward
23
126
Armwood
27
141
5A
Lakeland
4
38
St. Thomas Aquinas
6
41
Ponte Vedra
13
72
Riverdale
47
317
4A
American Heritage
1
2
Jones
10
59
Port Charlotte
17
95
Choctawhatchee
20
122
3A
Miami Northwestern
3
39
Raines
9
113
Bishop Moore
20
157
Booker
22
163
2A
Cocoa
4
22
Cardinal Gibbons
7
45
Bolles
9
65
Cardinal Mooney
10
66
1A
Chaminade
2
16
Cardinal Newman
3
19
Trinity Christian
8
93
Carrollwood Day
12
171
RURAL
Hawthorne
3
183
Blountstown
8
350