The Florida High School Athletic Association released its latest girls basketball rankings of the season that will determine playoff seedings and some postseason berths. The district winners in each region automatically qualify for the playoffs and secure a home playoff in the region quarterfinals. The next four postseason berths in each region are determined strictly by the rankings. Here is the list of the top eight in regions that include area teams. Local ranked teams are in bold.
Class 7A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Winter Haven
12-2
18.844
2. Plant
14-3
16.337
3. Venice
11-5
12.925
4. Durant
9-4
11.459
5. Sarasota Riverview
8-7
11.274
6. Sumner
13-5
10.567
7. Sarasota
10-8
9.550
8. East Lake
11-3
9.064
Local in the mix: No. 9 Steinbrenner (11-6)
Class 6A, Region 1
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Oakleaf
16-1
18.891
2. Ponte Vedra Nease
12-4
15.388
3. Pace
12-3
11.344
4. Niceville
12-4
11.334
5. Navarre
12-4
10.609
6. Gainesville
6-6
10.384
7. Ponte Vedra
8-7
9.507
8. Crestview
10-6
8.149
Local in the mix: No. 10 Land O’ Lakes (9-6)
Class 6A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Bloomingdale
16-1
17.139
2. Punta Gorda Charlotte
9-6
15.469
3. Tampa Bay Tech
15-3
14.516
4. Armwood
10-6
8.787
5. South Fort Myers
10-5
8.393
6. Fort Myers
8-4
5.975
7. Hillsborough
11-5
5.420
8. Wharton
9-6
4.282
Local in the mix: No. 9 Largo (8-4)
Class 5A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Kissimmee Gateway
14-3
14.409
2. River Ridge
13-5
7.381
3. Orlando Jones
9-9
6.400
4. Lake Region
9-6
2.463
5. Lake Wales
5-8
2.412
6. Wesley Chapel
9-8
0.217
7. Tavares
4-4
0.035
8. Gulf
9-7
-0.326
Local in the mix: No. 10 King (4-5)
Class 5A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Port Charlotte
12-7
12.062
2. Clearwater
9-5
10.337
3. St. Petersburg
11-2
8.791
4. Parrish Community
6-9
2.934
5. Naples Barron Collier
12-8
2.746
6. Braden River
8-9
2.293
7. Sebring
5-4
1.654
8. Boca Ciega
5-4
0.933
Local in the mix: No. 11 Seminole (5-9)
Class 4A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Sarasota Booker
11-5
13.797
2. Academy of the Holy Names
10-5
12.155
3. Lakewood
8-3
10.946
4. Gibbs
14-3
10.509
5. DeSoto County
10-3
10.344
6. Avon Park
8-4
5.478
7. Robinson
12-5
3.979
8. Lemon Bay
9-7
3.781
Local in the mix: No. 10 Weeki Wachee (12-5)
Class 3A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Seffner Christian
14-4
17.583
2. West Palm Beach King’s Academy
10-4
15.122
3. Melbourne Holy Trinity Episcopal
11-3
14.974
4. Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin
11-5
10.977
5. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman
10-7
7.999
6. Merritt Island Edgewood
10-0
7.138
7. Windermere Prep
11-6
7.108
8. The First Academy
12-4
6.650
Local in the mix: No. 9 Bell Creek Academy (11-7)
Class 3A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Sarasota Cardinal Mooney
11-3
18.473
2. Brooks DeBartolo
9-7
13.559
3. Tampa Prep
12-3
10.710
4. Tampa Catholic
8-6
8.550
5. Carrollwood Day
9-4
4.555
6. Calvary Christian
7-6
3.717
7. Community School of Naples
6-2
3.131
8. Bradenton Christian
10-6
2.825
Local in the mix: No. 9 St. Petersburg Catholic (12-3)