Girls basketball: Initial RPI rankings released

The Florida High School Athletic Association released its initial RPI power rankings of the season. The district champions in each class automatically qualify for the playoffs. The remaining four teams in each region will be selected as at-large qualifiers based on the power rankings. The FHSAA will update the power rankings each week leading up to the playoffs. Here are the top eight teams in each region that include area teams. The ranked locals are in bold. For the full list of RPI rankings click here.

Class 7A, Region 2

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Sarasota Riverview13-022.798
2. Orlando Dr. Phillips13-522.491
3. Naples Gulf Coast14-319.506
4. Plant11-416.425
5. Venice7-315.011
6. Haines City8-414.969
7. West Orange6-812.244
8. Riverview10-211.667

Class 6A, Region 3

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Bloomingdale13-316.169
2. Fort Myers9-413.092
3. Land O’ Lakes11-212.781
4. Lennard12-510.513
5. Tampa Bay Tech12-29.969
6. Braden River9-79.918
7. East Bay13-66.416
8. Largo8-54.523

Class 5A, Region 2

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Lake Wales 10-215.298
2. Orlando Bishop Moore11-413.976
3. Auburndale11-313.718
4. Kissimmee Gateway15-411.309
5. Zephyrhills13-37.544
6. Orlando Jones5-107.180
7. Wesley Chapel10-95.043
8. Lake Minneola10-22.949

Class 5A, Region 3

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Punta Gorda Charlotte8-521.437
2. Clearwater10-415.341
3. Boca Ciega10-413.342
4. South Fort Myers12-310.913
5. St. Petersburg9-38.456
6. Cape Coral16-25.891
7. Naples Barron Collier8-65.752
8. Cape Coral Mariner11-34.676

Class 4A, Region 3

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Sarasota Booker9-416.264
2. Port Charlotte11-414.290
3. Academy of the Holy Names12-512.442
4. Lakewood10-511.524
5. Parrish Community11-26.300
6. Sebring6-45.539
7. DeSoto County7-74.886
8. Hernando10-34.753

Class 3A, Region 2

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Sarasota Cardinal Mooney10-325.582
2. Brooks DeBartolo11-322.293
3. Carrollwood Day12-419.820
4. Seffner Christian 14-315.773
5. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian14-215.653
6. Berkeley Prep12-414.386
7. Sarasota Out-of-Door6-213.488
8. Calvary Christian13-412.710

Class 2A, Region 3

SchoolRecordRPI ranking
1. Naples St. John Neumann12-313.752
2. Keswick Christian 10-57.239
3. Lakeside Christian9-26.909
4. Cambridge Christian9-44.857
5. Naples Seacrest Country Day8-53.754
6. Sarasota Christian6-52.481
7. Donahue Catholic8-2-1.877
8. Seven Rivers Christian 5-5-2.244