Updated 12/20/2012

FLORIDA’s BEST HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS - 14 Year Summary

Listed below is an analysis of the best High School teams in Florida since I began rating them fourteen 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 14 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 2012:

Rank	School	Power
1	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	144.39
2	Armwood (Seffner)	140.66
3	Lakeland	139.22
4	Madison County (Madison)	139.20
5	Bolles (Jacksonville)	139.14
6	Miami Central	138.61
7	Miami Northwestern	138.10
8	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	137.97
9	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	137.02
10	Manatee (Bradenton)	136.60

Rounding out the Top 50:

Rank	School	Power
11	Washington (Miami)	136.27
12	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	135.70
13	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	135.23
14	Hillsborough (Tampa)	134.82
15	Naples	134.80
16	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	134.34
17	Jefferson (Tampa)	133.61
18	St. Augustine	133.41
19	Columbia (Lake City)	133.29
20	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	133.11
21	Apopka	132.73
22	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	132.56
23	Pace	132.52
24	Godby (Tallahassee)	131.88
25	Southeast (Bradenton)	131.47
26	Plant (Tampa)	131.22
27	Niceville	130.94
28	Cocoa	130.77
29	Ely (Pompano Beach)	130.56
30	Venice	130.42
31	Pensacola	130.38
32	Miami Southridge	129.84
33	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	129.67
34	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	129.63
35	Edgewater (Orlando)	129.43
36	Deerfield Beach	129.00
37	Miami Carol City	128.89
38	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	128.82
39	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	128.79
40	Cypress Bay (Weston)	128.59
41	Rockledge	128.55
42	Plantation	128.44
43	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	127.90
44	Milton	127.84
45	Miami Killian	127.55
46	Miami Norland	127.31
47	Dillard (Fort Lauderdale)	127.20
48	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	126.93
49	Osceola (Kissimmee)	126.84
50	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	126.62

Rounding out the top 100:

Rank	School	Power
51	Merritt Island	126.49
52	Immokalee	126.39
53	Raines (Jacksonville)	126.36
54	Palm Beach Gardens	126.34
55	Ed White (Jacksonville)	126.21
56	Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes)	126.19
57	South Dade (Homestead)	126.17
58	Riverview (Sarasota)	126.06
59	Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)	125.97
60	Vero Beach	125.92
61	Lake Wales	125.84
62	Miami Jackson	125.76
63	Astronaut (Titusville)	125.76
64	Largo	125.74
65	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	125.71
66	South Sumter (Bushnell)	125.67
67	Jesuit (Tampa)	125.49
68	Chaminade (Hollywood)	125.48
69	American Heritage (Plantation)	125.43
70	Miramar	125.15
71	North Miami Beach	125.12
72	North Marion (Citra)	125.08
73	Fort Myers	125.04
74	Gainesville	125.02
75	Palmetto	124.92
76	Fort Walton Beach	124.53
77	Kathleen (Lakeland)	124.50
78	Pahokee	124.41
79	Homestead	124.38
80	Oviedo	124.21
81	Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach)	124.14
82	Bartram Trail (St Johns)	124.10
83	Mosley (Lynn Haven)	124.07
84	Fleming Island (Orange Park)	123.99
85	Booker (Sarasota)	123.98
86	Countryside (Clearwater)	123.90
87	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	123.67
88	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	123.33
89	First Coast (Jacksonville)	123.28
90	New Smyrna Beach	123.11
91	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	123.08
92	Chamberlain (Tampa)	122.97
93	Hardee (Wauchula)	122.92
94	Lake Mary	122.89
95	Boone (Orlando)	122.83
96	Buchholz (Gainesville)	122.82
97	Escambia (Pensacola)	122.72
98	Durant (Plant City)	122.71
99	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	122.57
100	DeLand	122.55

The Top 11 - IN STATE Wins from 1999 through 2012:

Rank	School	Wins
1	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	171
2	Bolles (Jacksonville)	169
3	Lakeland	166
4	Armwood (Seffner)	158
5	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	156
6	St. Augustine	152
7	Fort Meade	151
8	Madison County (Madison)	149
9	Miami Northwestern	143
10	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	142
10	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	142

Rounding out the Top 51:

Rank	School	Wins
12	Naples	141
13	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	140
14	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	139
15	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	136
16	Miami Central	133
17	Apopka	131
17	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	131
19	Jefferson (Tampa)	130
20	Manatee (Bradenton)	129
20	South Sumter (Bushnell)	129
20	Glades Day (Belle Glade)	129
23	American Heritage (Delray Beach)	128
24	Washington (Miami)	125
24	Ely (Pompano Beach)	125
26	Chaminade (Hollywood)	124
27	Hillsborough (Tampa)	123
28	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	122
28	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	122
28	Warner Christian (South Daytona)	122
31	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	121
31	Edgewater (Orlando)	121
33	Plant (Tampa)	119
34	Pace	117
34	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	117
34	Osceola (Kissimmee)	117
34	Largo	117
38	Godby (Tallahassee)	116
38	Cocoa	116
38	Jesuit (Tampa)	116
41	North Marion (Citra)	115
42	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	114
42	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	114
42	Immokalee	114
45	Columbia (Lake City)	113
45	Land O’Lakes	113
47	Fort Myers	112
47	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	112
49	Palm Beach Gardens	111
49	Countryside (Clearwater)	111
49	Lafayette (Mayo)	111

Rounding out the Top 102:

Rank	School	Wins
52	Southeast (Bradenton)	110
52	Pahokee	110
54	Deerfield Beach	109
54	Astronaut (Titusville)	109
56	Rockledge	108
57	Belen Jesuit (Miami)	107
58	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	106
58	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	106
58	Merritt Island	106
58	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	106
58	American Heritage (Plantation)	106
63	Pensacola	105
63	South Dade (Homestead)	105
63	Vero Beach	105
63	Hardee (Wauchula)	105
63	Boone (Orlando)	105
63	First Academy (Orlando)	105
63	Liberty County (Bristol)	105
70	Venice	104
70	Oviedo	104
70	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	104
73	Pasco (Dade City)	103
74	Blountstown	102
75	Trinity Catholic (Ocala)	101
75	Clearwater Central Catholic	101
77	Lake Wales	100
77	Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest)	100
77	Port St. Joe	100
80	Dade Christian (Miami)	99
81	First Coast (Jacksonville)	98
81	Dunnellon	98
83	Clewiston	97
83	Dixie County (Cross City)	97
85	Miami Southridge	96
85	Miami Carol City	96
85	Plantation	96
85	Winter Haven	96
85	Pensacola Catholic	96
85	Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens)	96
91	Miami Killian	95
91	Miami Norland	95
91	Raines (Jacksonville)	95
91	Miramar	95
91	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	95
96	Bishop Moore (Orlando)	94
97	Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes)	93
97	Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)	93
97	Winter Park	93
97	Baker County (Glen St. Mary)	93
97	King’s Academy (West Palm Beach)	93
97	Vernon	93

The Top 10 Teams by IN STATE Win Pct. From 1999 through 2012:

Rank	School	Pct.
1	Bolles (Jacksonville)	0.9185
2	Lakeland	0.9071
3	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)	0.9000
4	Madison County (Madison)	0.8976
5	Glades Central (Belle Glade)	0.8715
6	St. Augustine	0.8636
7	Armwood (Seffner)	0.8449
8	Lincoln (Tallahassee)	0.8353
9	Naples	0.8246
10	Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)	0.8208

Rounding out the Top 50:

Rank	School	Pct.
11	Fort Meade	0.8162
12	Miami Northwestern	0.8125
13	Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)	0.8035
14	Washington (Miami)	0.8013
15	Miami Central	0.8012
16	Palm Bay (Melbourne)	0.8000
17	Mainland (Daytona Beach)	0.7861
18	North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)	0.7751
19	Christopher Columbus (Miami)	0.7707
20	Apopka	0.7706
21	American Heritage (Delray Beach)	0.7665
22	Hillsborough (Tampa)	0.7593
23	South Sumter (Bushnell)	0.7588
24	Monsignor Pace (Miami)	0.7485
25	Jefferson (Tampa)	0.7471
26	Manatee (Bradenton)	0.7457
27	Pace	0.7452
28	Ely (Pompano Beach)	0.7440
29	Chaminade (Hollywood)	0.7425
30	Trinity Catholic (Ocala)	0.7372
31	Jesuit (Tampa)	0.7342
32	Glades Day (Belle Glade)	0.7330
33	Largo	0.7313
34	Landmark Christian (Haines City)	0.7292
35	Land O’Lakes	0.7290
36	Fletcher (Neptune Beach)	0.7267
37	Atlantic (Delray Beach)	0.7261
38	Pine Forest (Pensacola)	0.7260
39	Warner Christian (South Daytona)	0.7219
40	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)	0.7215
41	Palm Beach Gardens	0.7208
42	Cocoa	0.7205
43	Pensacola	0.7192
44	Lake Gibson (Lakeland)	0.7176
45	Lafayette (Mayo)	0.7161
46	Columbia (Lake City)	0.7152
47	Fort Myers	0.7089
48	Edgewater (Orlando)	0.7076
49	Countryside (Clearwater)	0.7070
50	Wakulla (Crawfordville)	0.7044

Rounding out the Top 100:

Rank	School	Pct.
51	Plant (Tampa)	0.7041
52	Vero Beach	0.7000
53	East Ridge (Clermont)	0.6967
54	Osceola (Kissimmee)	0.6964
55	Astronaut (Titusville)	0.6899
56	American Heritage (Plantation)	0.6883
57	Southeast (Bradenton)	0.6875
57	Pahokee	0.6875
59	Godby (Tallahassee)	0.6864
60	Liberty County (Bristol)	0.6863
61	Cypress Bay (Weston)	0.6842
62	Immokalee	0.6826
63	Hardee (Wauchula)	0.6818
64	Jupiter Christian	0.6810
65	North Marion (Citra)	0.6805
66	Rockledge	0.6792
67	Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)	0.6753
68	Oviedo	0.6710
69	Charlotte (Punta Gorda)	0.6709
70	Belen Jesuit (Miami)	0.6688
71	Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest)	0.6667
71	Dunnellon	0.6667
73	South Dade (Homestead)	0.6646
73	First Academy (Orlando)	0.6646
75	Dade Christian (Miami)	0.6644
76	Niceville	0.6593
77	Dr. Phillips (Orlando)	0.6584
78	First Coast (Jacksonville)	0.6577
79	Deerfield Beach	0.6566
80	Boone (Orlando)	0.6563
81	Pasco (Dade City)	0.6561
82	Merritt Island	0.6543
83	Venice	0.6500
84	Park Vista (Lake Worth)	0.6484
85	Lake Wales	0.6410
86	Plantation	0.6400
86	Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens)	0.6400
88	Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)	0.6376
89	Blountstown	0.6375
90	Port St. Joe	0.6369
91	Baker County (Glen St. Mary)	0.6327
92	Miami Southridge	0.6316
93	Clearwater Central Catholic	0.6313
94	Bishop Moore (Orlando)	0.6309
95	Dixie County (Cross City)	0.6299
96	Raines (Jacksonville)	0.6291
97	King’s Academy (West Palm Beach)	0.6284
98	Pensacola Catholic	0.6234
99	Miami Norland	0.6129
100	Berkeley Prep (Tampa)	0.6115