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
Last Week: 79 - 31 .718; Season: 3236 - 976 .768
NCAA FBS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AMERICAN ATHLETIC
North Texas
over
Tulane +5
ATLANTIC COAST
Virginia
over
Duke +5
BIG TEN
Indiana
over
Ohio St +2
BIG 12
Texas Tech
over
Brigham Young +5
CONFERENCE USA
Kennesaw St
over
Jacksonville St +4
MAC
Western Michigan
over
Miami OH +2
MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise St
over
UNLV +6
SEC
Alabama
over
Georgia +1
SUN BELT
James Madison
over
Troy +18
NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS
Abilene Christian TX
over
Stephen F. Austin TX +1
Lehigh PA
over
Villanova PA+4
Mercer GA
over
South Dakota +6
Montana
over
South Dakota St +5
Montana St
over
Yale CT +16
North Dakota St
over
Illinois St +18
Tarleton St TX
over
North Dakota +4
Cal-Davis
over
Rhode Island +6
NCAA DIVISION 2 PLAYOFFS
Albany St GA
over
Newberry SC +4
Ferris St MI
over
Mankato St MN +11
Harding AR
over
Permian Basin TX +20
Kutztown PA
over
Frostburg St MD +20
NCAA DIVISION 3 PLAYOFFS
Berry GA
over
Trinity TX +4
Johns Hopkins MD
over
Salisbury MD +7
Mount Union OH
over
John Carroll OH +11
North Central IL
over
La Crosse WI +10
Platteville WI
over
Bethel MN +1
River Falls WI
over
St John's MN +14
Susquehanna PA
over
Eastern U. PA. +11
Wheaton IL
over
DePauw IN +4
NAIA PLAYOFFS
Friends KS
over
Benedictine KS +4
Keiser FL
over
Marian IN +4
Lindsey Wilson KY
over
Grand View IA +2
Montana Tech
over
College of Idaho +9
OTHERS- NCAA DIV 2 BOWL GAMES
Upper Iowa
over
Hillsdale MI +10
Northeastern St OK
over
East Central OK +1
Arkansas Tech
over
West Texas A&M +6
Rural - Blountstown vs Hawthorne
1A - CDS vs Cardinal Newman
2A - Bolles vs Cardinal Gibbons
2A - Cardinal Mooney vs Cocoa
3A - Raines vs Booker
4A - AHP at Choctaw
4A - Jones vs Port Charlotte
5A - Lakeland vs Ponte Vedra
6A - Armwood vs. West Boca
6A - Buchholz vs West Broward
7A - Lake Mary vs Venice