Football: MaxPreps releases preseason rankings

MaxPreps released its preseason football rankings on Wednesday. The site’s computerized format is now what will be used during the regular season to determine at-large playoff bids. Here is a breakdown of the top 25 in the state, the top 10 in each classification. Local teams are in bold. There also is a county-by-county list based off the rankings. For the full lists on MaxPreps click here

State top 25

Rank/teamRating
1. IMG Academy99.4
2. Hollywood Chaminade81.7
3. Venice73.3
4. Miami Central68.8
5. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas67.9
6. Jesuit63.0
7. Plantation American Heritage54.9
8. Miami Northwestern53.9
9. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons52.6
10. Gainesville Buchholz50.5
11. Tampa Bay Tech50.2
12. Pensacola Pine Forest47.1
13. Sanford Seminole44.9
14. Orlando Jones44.9
15. Lakeland 44.2
16. Apopka42.2
17. Miami Gulliver Prep41.4
18. Berkeley Prep39.9
19. Miami Palmetto38.4
20. Homestead38.1
21. Treasure Coast36.3
22. Madison County35.7
23. Palmetto35.6
24. Orlando Edgewater35.3
25. Rockledge34.5

Metro

Class 4
Rank/teamRating
1. Sanford Seminole44.9
2. Apopka42.2
3. Miami Palmetto38.4
4. Davie Western34.3
5. Palm Beach Central32.4
6. Miami Columbus31.8
7. Newsome28.3
8. Orlando Boone23.3
9. Winter Garden West Orange20.3
10. Doral Academy19.3

Class 3
Rank/teamRating
1. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas67.9
2. Jesuit63.0
3. Tampa Bay Tech48.2
4. Orlando Jones44.9
5. Homestead38.1
6. Orlando Edgewater35.3
7. Fort Lauderdale Dillard29.6
8. Armwood28.2
9. Wharton25.2
10. Hillsborough18.2

Class 2

Rank/teamRating
1. Miami Central68.8
2. Plantation American Heritage54.9
3. Miami Northwestern53.9
4. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons52.6
5. Miami Gulliver Prep41.4
6. Berkeley Prep 39.9
7. Lakewood33.5
8. Jacksonville Bolles30.2
9. Miami Edison29.1
10. Miami Booker T. Washington22.8

Class 1
Rank/teamRating
1. Hollywood Chaminade81.7
2. Jacksonville Trinity Christian33.9
3. Carrollwood Day29.5
4. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin28.9
5. Hialeah Champagnat Catholic27.5
6. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman26.2
7. Orlando Christian Prep23.2
8. Clearwater Central Catholic16.9
9. Miami Dade Christian11.4
10. Jacksonville University Christian8.9

Suburban

Class 4
Rank/teamRating
1. Venice73.3
2. Gainesville Buchholz50.5
3. Lakeland44.2
4. Treasure Coast36.3
5. Palmetto35.6
6. Ponte Vedra Nease26.7
7. Kissimmee Osceola25.9
8. Lehigh Acres Lehigh25.7
9. Melbourne25.1
10. Sarasota Riverview24.4

Class 3
Rank/teamRating
1. Pensacola Pine Forest47.1
2. Rockledge34.5
3. Naples33.6
4. Ocala Vanguard31.2
5. Daytona Beach Mainland29.5
6. Lake Wales25.4
7. Sebring24.9
8. Tallahassee Rickards19.3
9. Choctawhatchee18.9
10. Tallahassee Lincoln14.4

Class 2
Rank/teamRating
1. Cocoa30.4
2. Pensacola West Florida27.1
3. Crawfordville Wakulla23.8
4. Tallahassee FSU High16.2
5. Citra North Marion15.9
6. Havana Gadsden County12.2
7. Pensacola Catholic10.9
8. South Sumter10.3
9. Baker County9.5
10. Lemon Bay7.7

Class 1
Rank/teamRating
1. Fort Pierce John Carroll Catholic19.9
2. Naples First Baptist18.6
3. Lakeland Christian15.4
4. Ocala Trinity Catholic7.7
5. Zephyrhills Christian1.8
6. Tallahassee St. John Paul II0.6
7. Quincy Monroe0.0
8. Lakeland Victory Christian-5.3
9. Community School of Naples-6.7
10. North Florida Christian-7.1

County rankings

Hillsborough Top 15
Rank/teamRating
1. Jesuit63.0
2. Tampa Bay Tech48.2
3. Berkeley Prep39.9
4. Carrollwood Day29.5
5. Newsome28.3
6. Armwood28.2
7. Wharton25.2
8. Tampa Catholic20.7
9. Hillsborough18.2
10. Plant City18.1
11. Bloomingdale17.0
12. Steinbrenner 15.1
13. Gaither12.9
14. East Bay5.5
15. Durant0.0

Pinellas County Top 10
Rank/teamRating
1. Lakewood33.5
2. Clearwater Academy23.0
3. Clearwater Central Catholic16.9
4. Largo12.5
5. Pinellas Park5.0
6. East Lake4.3
7. Northeast3.0
8. Clearwater0.0
9. Calvary Christian0.0
10. Gibbs-1.7

Pasco County Super Seven
Rank/teamRating
1. Mitchell4.6
2. Zephyrhills Christian1.8
3. Wiregrass Ranch0.0
4. Land O’ Lakes0.0
5. Wesley Chapel-6.7
6. Zephyrhills-7.3
7. River Ridge-24.3

Hernando County Top Three
Rank/teamRating
1. Nature Coast-6.1
2. Springstead-17.9
3. Hernando-24.8