Pahokee host Fort Meade tonight in the first round of the playoffs. Hopefully, the short week helps them overcome the shutout loss to rival, Glades Central (14-0).  Pahokee played 4 playoff teams in the regular season Pam Beach Central, Cardinal Newman, Vero Beach, and Glades Central with a 1-3 record. Oddly, Pahokee is 2-3 at home and 5-0 on the road this season.

In this case we would be talking about seeding. What you wouldn't see would be a team like Labelle that goes 10-0 but plays a bunch of teams with losing records qualifying for the playoffs.  

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

They've definitely made some adjustments to the formula this year and seem to have incorporated (secretly) some form of margin of victory, based upon the results I'm seeing.  The rankings are much better this year than last year even if they still have big room for improvement.

All evidence suggests it would not. The computer rankings, Maxpreps,  Laz, etc. factor in strength of schedule. Just look at the two teams I mentioned earlier who got left out despite having better w/l records. Also instead of 8 teams per region (32 total)making the playoffs,  only 3 teams per region (12 total) would.  Would you like some real examples?