A lot of SSAA teams that are not leaving are in some districts. Merritt Island Christian and Calvary Chapel play 8-man. Expect a lot of changes from this original list.

I think he is picking who he thinks will win, not who he wants to win.

Some of those schools don’t have football so the list will be smaller.    and i already seen multiple 3-4 team districts. That’s garbage.    This is a (very small) step in the right direction but they need to get down to 5 total classes with 1 open division for teams who get 6 football transfers or more before the playoffs start 

As we well know the Laz Index actually makes the picks.  The picks lean heavily towards South Florida as they should historically.  The wild card is West Broward vs West Boca Raton.

To answer your question, FHSAA policies state that schools may be placed in the Rural classification if they are located in geographic areas as determined by the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI; Florida statute 288.0656), population density by zip code, and median family income by zip code.  The Rural classification is limited to the lowest 40 populated schools that meet these criteria and commit to the Rural classification in the sport of football. Other states have wrestled with the public-private disparity.  In Tennessee, private schools are placed in separate classifications and playoff brackets from public schools.  In Georgia, public and private schools are placed in the same classifications, but private and public schools in the lowest 3 classifications are placed in separate playoff brackets.