Updated 12/23/2011

FLORIDA’s BEST HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS - 13 Year Summary

Listed below is an analysis of the best High School teams in Florida since I began rating them thirteen years ago in 1999.

The first category is strictly based on Average Power Ranking or "Strength" vs. In-State Opponents

The second category is based on total WINS vs. In-State Opponents

The third category reflects the winningest programs by percentage vs. In-State Opponents

In order to qualify, teams must have played at least 91 games vs. Florida high schools over the past thirteen years.

Selection criteria is based upon “on field” performance versus FLORIDA SCHOOLS ONLY and does not reflect forfeit wins or losses as mandated by the FHSAA. Additionally, post season contests as well as any known postseason “in state” bowl games have been included in the calculation.

Here are the 10 strongest football programs in the state from 1999 through 2011:

Rank	School	Power
1	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	86.98
2	Armwood (Seffner)	83.82
3	Lakeland	83.01
4	Bolles (Jacksonville)	82.41
5	Madison County (Madison)	81.99
6	Miami Northwestern	81.02
7	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	80.82
8	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	80.58
9	Miami Central	80.45
10	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	78.92

Rounding out the Top 50:

Rank	School	Power
11	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	78.70
12	Manatee (Bradenton)	77.96
13	Washington (Miami)	77.80
14	Hillsborough (Tampa)	77.54
15	Naples	77.07
16	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	77.04
17	Jefferson (Tampa)	76.96
18	St. Augustine	76.72
19	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	75.96
20	Pace	75.53
21	Columbia (Lake City)	75.44
22	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	75.02
23	Apopka	74.90
24	Southeast (Bradenton)	74.51
25	Ely (Pompano Beach)	74.45
26	Godby (Tallahassee)	73.91
27	Niceville	73.46
28	Plant (Tampa)	73.38
29	Cocoa	73.22
30	Pensacola	73.16
31	Edgewater (Orlando)	73.11
32	Venice	73.06
33	Miami Southridge	72.92
34	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	72.67
35	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	72.43
36	Rockledge	72.24
37	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	72.19
38	Deerfield Beach	72.15
39	Miami Carol City	71.43
40	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	71.23
41	Plantation	70.89
42	Milton	70.55
43	Dillard (Fort Lauderdale)	70.38
44	Cypress Bay (Weston)	70.15
45	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	70.12
46	Miami Norland	69.99
47	Miami Killian	69.79
48	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	69.68
49	Ed White (Jacksonville)	69.67
50	Astronaut (Titusville)	69.34

Rounding out the top 100:

Rank	School	Power
51	Palm Beach Gardens	69.32
52	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	69.29
53	Merritt Island	69.23
54	Riverview (Sarasota)	69.19
55	Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)	69.07
56	Osceola (Kissimmee)	69.05
57	Immokalee	68.92
58	Raines (Jacksonville)	68.89
59	South Dade (Homestead)	68.83
60	North Miami Beach	68.68
61	Lake Wales	68.67
62	Booker (Sarasota)	68.65
63	Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes)	68.56
64	North Marion (Citra)	68.43
65	Pahokee	68.42
66	Miami Jackson	68.39
67	Vero Beach	68.38
68	Chaminade (Hollywood)	68.35
69	Jesuit (Tampa)	68.20
70	Fort Myers	68.07
71	South Sumter (Bushnell)	67.99
72	Mosley (Lynn Haven)	67.82
73	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	67.66
74	American Heritage (Plantation)	67.60
75	Miramar	67.44
76	Fort Walton Beach	67.43
77	Largo	67.30
78	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	67.18
79	Palmetto	67.15
80	Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach)	67.11
81	Hardee (Wauchula)	67.04
82	Kathleen (Lakeland)	67.01
83	Homestead	66.88
84	Bartram Trail (Jacksonville)	66.78
85	Oviedo	66.77
86	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	66.49
87	East Ridge (Clermont)	66.40
88	Chamberlain (Tampa)	66.27
89	Gainesville	66.22
90	Boone (Orlando)	66.04
91	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	65.88
92	Buchholz (Gainesville)	65.86
93	New Smyrna Beach	65.73
94	Countryside (Clearwater)	65.69
95	Escambia (Pensacola)	65.64
96	Fort Meade	65.63
97	Fleming Island (Orange Park)	65.59
98	DeLand	65.50
99	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	65.41
100	First Coast (Jacksonville)	65.39

The Top 10 - IN STATE Wins from 1999 through 2011:

Rank	School	Wins
1	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	158
2	Lakeland	157
2	Bolles (Jacksonville)	157
4	Armwood (Seffner)	149
5	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	148
6	Fort Meade	143
7	St. Augustine	141
8	Madison County (Madison)	137
9	Miami Northwestern	134
10	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	133

Rounding out the Top 50:

Rank	School	Wins
11	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	132
12	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	131
12	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	131
14	Naples	129
15	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	127
16	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	125
17	Jefferson (Tampa)	124
18	Miami Central	121
18	Glades Day (Belle Glade)	121
20	Ely (Pompano Beach)	120
21	American Heritage (Delray Beach)	119
22	Apopka	118
22	Edgewater (Orlando)	118
22	South Sumter (Bushnell)	118
25	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	117
25	Chaminade (Hollywood)	117
27	Manatee (Bradenton)	116
28	Hillsborough (Tampa)	114
29	Washington (Miami)	113
30	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	112
30	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	112
32	Warner Christian (South Daytona)	111
33	Pace	110
34	Plant (Tampa)	109
34	North Marion (Citra)	109
34	Jesuit (Tampa)	109
34	Land O’Lakes	109
38	Cocoa	107
38	Largo	107
40	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	106
40	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	106
40	Pahokee	106
43	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	105
43	Belen Jesuit (Miami)	105
45	Astronaut (Titusville)	104
45	Osceola (Kissimmee)	104
45	Fort Myers	104
48	Deerfield Beach	103
48	Palm Beach Gardens	103
48	Immokalee	103

Rounding out the Top 106:

Rank	School	Wins
51	Columbia (Lake City)	102
51	Southeast (Bradenton)	102
51	Godby (Tallahassee)	102
51	Hardee (Wauchula)	102
51	Countryside (Clearwater)	102
51	Lafayette (Mayo)	102
57	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	101
57	Rockledge	101
57	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	101
57	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	101
61	Pensacola	100
61	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	100
63	Boone (Orlando)	99
64	American Heritage (Plantation)	97
65	Venice	96
65	Merritt Island	96
65	Vero Beach	96
68	South Dade (Homestead)	95
68	Blountstown	95
68	Liberty County (Bristol)	95
71	Trinity Catholic (Ocala)	94
71	Gulliver Prep (Miami)	94
73	Miami Southridge	93
73	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	93
73	Oviedo	93
73	Clewiston	93
73	Dunnellon	93
73	Port St. Joe	93
73	First Academy (Orlando)	93
80	Lake Wales	92
80	Vernon	92
82	Pasco (Dade City)	91
82	Dixie County (Cross City)	91
84	Clearwater Central Catholic	90
85	Miami Carol City	89
85	Booker (Sarasota)	89
85	Winter Park	89
88	Plantation	88
88	Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)	88
88	Miramar	88
88	First Coast (Jacksonville)	88
88	Pensacola Catholic	88
93	Raines (Jacksonville)	87
93	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	87
93	Lake Highland Prep (Orlando)	87
93	Florida High "FSU" (Tallahassee)	87
93	King’s Academy (West Palm Beach)	87
93	Dade Christian (Miami)	87
99	Miami Norland	86
99	Ed White (Jacksonville)	86
99	Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach)	86
99	Winter Haven	86
99	Bishop Moore (Orlando)	86
99	Benjamin (North Palm Beach)	86
99	Hawthorne	86
99	Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers)	86

Here are the Top 10 Teams by IN STATE Win Pct. From 1999 through 2011:

Rank	School	Pct.
1	Bolles (Jacksonville)	0.9235
2	Lakeland	0.9128
3	Madison County (Madison)	0.9013
4	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	0.8977
5	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	0.8916
6	St. Augustine	0.8598
7	Armwood (Seffner)	0.8563
8	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	0.8344
9	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	0.8261
10	Fort Meade	0.8218

Rounding out the Top 50:

Rank	School	Pct.
11	Miami Northwestern	0.8171
12	Naples	0.8165
13	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	0.8148
14	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	0.8037
15	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	0.7938
16	Miami Central	0.7908
17	Washington (Miami)	0.7902
18	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	0.7862
19	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	0.7832
20	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	0.7647
21	Apopka	0.7613
22	Ely (Pompano Beach)	0.7595
23	American Heritage (Delray Beach)	0.7580
24	Jefferson (Tampa)	0.7561
25	Hillsborough (Tampa)	0.7550
26	Pace	0.7534
27	Trinity Catholic (Ocala)	0.7520
28	Land O’Lakes	0.7517
29	South Sumter (Bushnell)	0.7468
30	Chaminade (Hollywood)	0.7452
31	Edgewater (Orlando)	0.7375
32	Jesuit (Tampa)	0.7365
33	Glades Day (Belle Glade)	0.7333
34	East Ridge (Clermont)	0.7321
35	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	0.7319
36	Manatee (Bradenton)	0.7296
37	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	0.7260
38	Pensacola	0.7246
39	Jupiter Christian	0.7196
40	Largo	0.7181
41	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	0.7162
42	Palm Beach Gardens	0.7153
43	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	0.7143
44	Cocoa	0.7133
45	Lafayette (Mayo)	0.7133
46	Warner Christian (South Daytona)	0.7115
47	Hardee (Wauchula)	0.7083
48	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	0.7044
49	Columbia (Lake City)	0.7034
50	Fort Myers	0.7027

Rounding out the Top 100:

Rank	School	Pct.
51	Pahokee	0.7020
52	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	0.7014
53	Astronaut (Titusville)	0.6980
54	Belen Jesuit (Miami)	0.6954
55	Countryside (Clearwater)	0.6939
56	Vero Beach	0.6906
57	Plant (Tampa)	0.6899
57	North Marion (Citra)	0.6899
59	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	0.6871
60	Southeast (Bradenton)	0.6846
61	Rockledge	0.6824
62	Gulliver Prep (Miami)	0.6812
63	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	0.6803
64	Dunnellon	0.6788
65	Liberty County (Bristol)	0.6786
66	American Heritage (Plantation)	0.6783
67	Immokalee	0.6776
68	Osceola (Kissimmee)	0.6753
69	Cypress Bay (Weston)	0.6667
70	Deerfield Beach	0.6645
71	Niceville	0.6640
72	Godby (Tallahassee)	0.6623
73	Boone (Orlando)	0.6600
74	Miami Southridge	0.6549
74	Oviedo	0.6549
76	South Dade (Homestead)	0.6507
77	Venice	0.6486
78	Lake Wales	0.6434
79	Blountstown	0.6419
80	First Academy (Orlando)	0.6414
81	Merritt Island	0.6400
82	Dade Christian (Miami)	0.6397
83	Plantation	0.6377
83	First Coast (Jacksonville)	0.6377
85	Vernon	0.6345
86	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	0.6327
86	Port St. Joe	0.6327
88	Pasco (Dade City)	0.6319
88	Dixie County (Cross City)	0.6319
90	King’s Academy (West Palm Beach)	0.6304
91	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	0.6259
92	Bishop Moore (Orlando)	0.6232
93	Winter Park	0.6224
94	Baker County (Glen St. Mary)	0.6222
95	Raines (Jacksonville)	0.6214
96	Pensacola Catholic	0.6197
97	Benjamin (North Palm Beach)	0.6187
98	Clewiston	0.6159
99	Booker (Sarasota)	0.6138
100	Berkeley Prep (Tampa)	0.6124