Football: FHSAA releases final rankings — Nov. 6

The Florida High School Athletic Association released its final football rankings in the Metro and Suburban Divisions that determined playoff seedings and some postseason berths. The district winners in each region in Classes 4-2 in Metro and Suburban automatically qualified for the playoffs. The next four postseason berths in each region of those classes were determined strictly by the rankings. In Class 1 of Metro and Suburban, there are two district champions and two at-large berths. Here is the list of the top eight in regions for classes 4-2 in Metro and Suburban that includes area teams and the top four in class 1 of the same divisions. Local ranked teams are in bold.

Metro

Class 4, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. East Lake9-110.180
2. West Orange6-49.204
3. Ocoee6-48.520
4. Plant8-27.893
5. Sumner8-27.413
6. Durant8-26.096
7. Steinbrenner6-44.052
8. Orlando Olympia6-43.159

Locals in the mix: No. 10 Newsome (5-5), No. 11 Alonso (7-3), No. 12 Strawberry Crest (6-4), No. 13 Palm Harbor University (6-4), No. 14 Riverview (5-5).

Class 3, Region 1
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Orlando Edgewater10-023.011
2. Orlando Jones8-216.891
3. Oviedo9-112.993
4. Neptune Beach Fletcher8-211.044
5. Tampa Bay Tech8-29.986
6. Wharton7-29.765
7. Wekiva5-58.379
8. Jacksonville First Coast6-37.137

Locals in the mix: No. 11 Armwood (6-4)

Class 3, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Jesuit6-49.370
2. Largo7-27.179
3. East Bay9-16.442
4. Gaither6-46.218
5. Pinellas Park6-43.211
6. Osceola7-32.768
7. Northeast5-52.118
8. St. Petersburg7-32.087

Locals in the mix: No. 9 Hillsborough (4-6), No. 10 Bloomingdale (3-7)

Class 2, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Tampa Catholic8-113.258
2. Calvary Christian8-212.424
3. Berkeley Prep7-39.924
4. Lakewood6-48.900
5. Clearwater4-61.125
6. Robinson6-40.619
7. Blake7-30.409
8. Middleton5-5-3.011

Locals in the mix: No. 9 Gibbs (2-8), No. 10 Boca Ciega (3-7), No. 11 Jefferson (2-8), No. 12 King (3-7). Though the Lions currently ranked No. 12, they qualified as the No. 8 seed after winning a district title.

Class 1, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Clearwater Central Catholic9-117.077
2. Northside Christian8-111.100
3. Carrollwood Day5-39.955
4. Indian Rocks Christian9-13.224

Locals in the mix: No. 5 Cambridge Christian (6-4)

Suburban

Class 4, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Lakeland9-018.562
2. Lake Minneola8-110.471
3. Land O’ Lakes9-19.426
4. Springstead9-18.576
5. Mitchell7-37.508
6. Winter Haven7-37.379
7. Bartow5-55.633
8. Lake Gibson4-63.642

Local in the mix: No. 11 Wiregrass Ranch (4-6)

Class 3, Region 2
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Lake Wales10-013.408
2. Pasco9-19.208
3. Zephyrhills7-37.917
4. Ocala Vanguard7-36.604
5. River Ridge6-42.840
6. Gulf7-32.087
7. Lecanto7-31.657
8. Auburndale5-41.323

Locals in the mix: No. 9 Cypress Creek (7-3)

Class 2, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. South Sumter10-014.313
2. Cocoa6-312.033
3. Palm Bay7-37.208
4. Hudson8-25.880
5. Nature Coast7-34.614
6. Titusville7-33.706
7. Dunnellon5-53.336
8. Eustis5-50.547

Local in the mix: No. 10 Central (5-5)

Class 1, Region 3
Rank/teamRecordRating
1. Fort Pierce John Carroll8-110.388
2. Lakeland Christian8-19.616
3. Lakeland Victory Christian6-43.660
4. Sarasota Cardinal Mooney4-61.263

Local in the mix: No. 5 Zephyrhills Christian (4-6)