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/team Rating 1. IMG Academy 99.4 2. Hollywood Chaminade 81.7 3. Venice 73.3 4. Miami Central 68.8 5. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 67.9 6. Jesuit 63.0 7. Plantation American Heritage 54.9 8. Miami Northwestern 53.9 9. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 52.6 10. Gainesville Buchholz 50.5 11. Tampa Bay Tech 50.2 12. Pensacola Pine Forest 47.1 13. Sanford Seminole 44.9 14. Orlando Jones 44.9 15. Lakeland 44.2 16. Apopka 42.2 17. Miami Gulliver Prep 41.4 18. Berkeley Prep 39.9 19. Miami Palmetto 38.4 20. Homestead 38.1 21. Treasure Coast 36.3 22. Madison County 35.7 23. Palmetto 35.6 24. Orlando Edgewater 35.3 25. Rockledge 34.5
Metro
Class 4
Rank/team Rating 1. Sanford Seminole 44.9 2. Apopka 42.2 3. Miami Palmetto 38.4 4. Davie Western 34.3 5. Palm Beach Central 32.4 6. Miami Columbus 31.8 7. Newsome 28.3 8. Orlando Boone 23.3 9. Winter Garden West Orange 20.3 10. Doral Academy 19.3
Class 3
Rank/team Rating 1. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 67.9 2. Jesuit 63.0 3. Tampa Bay Tech 48.2 4. Orlando Jones 44.9 5. Homestead 38.1 6. Orlando Edgewater 35.3 7. Fort Lauderdale Dillard 29.6 8. Armwood 28.2 9. Wharton 25.2 10. Hillsborough 18.2
Class 2
Rank/team Rating 1. Miami Central 68.8 2. Plantation American Heritage 54.9 3. Miami Northwestern 53.9 4. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 52.6 5. Miami Gulliver Prep 41.4 6. Berkeley Prep 39.9 7. Lakewood 33.5 8. Jacksonville Bolles 30.2 9. Miami Edison 29.1 10. Miami Booker T. Washington 22.8
Class 1
Rank/team Rating 1. Hollywood Chaminade 81.7 2. Jacksonville Trinity Christian 33.9 3. Carrollwood Day 29.5 4. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin 28.9 5. Hialeah Champagnat Catholic 27.5 6. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman 26.2 7. Orlando Christian Prep 23.2 8. Clearwater Central Catholic 16.9 9. Miami Dade Christian 11.4 10. Jacksonville University Christian 8.9
Suburban
Class 4
Rank/team Rating 1. Venice 73.3 2. Gainesville Buchholz 50.5 3. Lakeland 44.2 4. Treasure Coast 36.3 5. Palmetto 35.6 6. Ponte Vedra Nease 26.7 7. Kissimmee Osceola 25.9 8. Lehigh Acres Lehigh 25.7 9. Melbourne 25.1 10. Sarasota Riverview 24.4
Class 3
Rank/team Rating 1. Pensacola Pine Forest 47.1 2. Rockledge 34.5 3. Naples 33.6 4. Ocala Vanguard 31.2 5. Daytona Beach Mainland 29.5 6. Lake Wales 25.4 7. Sebring 24.9 8. Tallahassee Rickards 19.3 9. Choctawhatchee 18.9 10. Tallahassee Lincoln 14.4
Class 2
Rank/team Rating 1. Cocoa 30.4 2. Pensacola West Florida 27.1 3. Crawfordville Wakulla 23.8 4. Tallahassee FSU High 16.2 5. Citra North Marion 15.9 6. Havana Gadsden County 12.2 7. Pensacola Catholic 10.9 8. South Sumter 10.3 9. Baker County 9.5 10. Lemon Bay 7.7
Class 1
Rank/team Rating 1. Fort Pierce John Carroll Catholic 19.9 2. Naples First Baptist 18.6 3. Lakeland Christian 15.4 4. Ocala Trinity Catholic 7.7 5. Zephyrhills Christian 1.8 6. Tallahassee St. John Paul II 0.6 7. Quincy Monroe 0.0 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/team Rating 1. Jesuit 63.0 2. Tampa Bay Tech 48.2 3. Berkeley Prep 39.9 4. Carrollwood Day 29.5 5. Newsome 28.3 6. Armwood 28.2 7. Wharton 25.2 8. Tampa Catholic 20.7 9. Hillsborough 18.2 10. Plant City 18.1 11. Bloomingdale 17.0 12. Steinbrenner 15.1 13. Gaither 12.9 14. East Bay 5.5 15. Durant 0.0
Pinellas County Top 10
Rank/team Rating 1. Lakewood 33.5 2. Clearwater Academy 23.0 3. Clearwater Central Catholic 16.9 4. Largo 12.5 5. Pinellas Park 5.0 6. East Lake 4.3 7. Northeast 3.0 8. Clearwater 0.0 9. Calvary Christian 0.0 10. Gibbs -1.7
Pasco County Super Seven
Rank/team Rating 1. Mitchell 4.6 2. Zephyrhills Christian 1.8 3. Wiregrass Ranch 0.0 4. Land O’ Lakes 0.0 5. Wesley Chapel -6.7 6. Zephyrhills -7.3 7. River Ridge -24.3
Hernando County Top Three
Rank/team Rating 1. Nature Coast -6.1 2. Springstead -17.9 3. Hernando -24.8