The Florida High School Athletic Association released its final softball rankings of the regular season on Tuesday that determined seedings for next week’s district tournaments and will help 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 if they are not playing another champion. 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 includes area teams. Local ranked teams are in bold.
Class 7A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Plant
19-4
20.709
2. Windermere
19-3
20.153
3. Steinbrenner
18-5
19.856
4. Sarasota
17-4
19.157
5. East Ridge
16-7
16.975
6. Winter Garden West Orange
16-6
16.605
7. Lakewood Ranch
14-8
16.442
8. Newsome
13-7
14.028
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Palm Harbor University (15-8), No. 10 Sumner (15-4), No. 12 Riverview (14-9)
Class 6A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. East Lake
19-4
17.630
2. Punta Gorda Charlotte
16-6
15.313
3. Sickles
14-9
14.570
4. Land O’ Lakes
14-10
14.057
5. Wiregrass Ranch
13-6
12.851
6. Bloomingdale
12-7
12.135
7. Palmetto
11-9
11.002
8. Mitchell
12-11
10.543
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Gaither (16-3), No. 10 Sunlake (10-11), No. 12 Wharton (9-8)
Class 5A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Auburndale
17-7
18.224
2. Wesley Chapel
15-4
14.662
3. River Ridge
15-8
12.999
4. Osceola
13-8
11.597
5. Seminole
11-4
11.379
6. Winter Garden Horizon
12-7
11.176
7. Lecanto
9-7
5.884
8. Pasco
7-7
5.515
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Cypress Creek (9-9), No. 10 Countryside (8-10), No. 12 Springstead (7-14)
Class 5A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Parrish Community
17-3
22.539
2. North Fort Myers
18-2
18.454
3. Fort Myers
12-11
11.006
4. Cape Coral Ida Baker
13-5
8.543
5. St. Petersburg
15-4
8.194
6. Immokalee
10-8
7.310
7. Cape Coral Mariner
12-10
6.267
8. Naples Barron Collier
10-10
5.981
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Northeast (10-8), No. 10 East Bay (9-14), No. 11 Hollins (9-9)
Class 4A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Lake Region
19-5
20.053
2. Eustis
16-5
19.026
3. Orlando Bishop Moore
20-2
16.244
4. Lake Wales
14-9
16.181
5. Melbourne Eau Gallie
17-7
12.103
6. Ocala Vanguard
15-6
10.628
7. Rockledge
12-8
10.095
8. Citrus
15-5
9.093
Local in the mix: No. 9 Nature Coast (13-10)
Class 4A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. LaBelle
15-7
9.646
2. Clearwater
13-6
8.486
3. Wauchula Hardee
15-6
8.243
4. Bonita Springs
13-8
6.960
5. Cypress Lake
10-5
6.783
6. Robinson
8-12
4.907
7. Lemon Bay
12-6
4.725
8. Dunedin
9-12
3.596
Local in the mix: No. 10 Middleton (12-3), No. 12 Jefferson (7-8)
Class 3A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Hernando
19-4
16.987
2. Montverde Academy
17-6
16.656
3. South Sumter
14-8
10.975
4. The Villages Charter
17-4
9.292
5. Crystal River
16-8
9.139
6. Alachua Santa Fe
12-9
7.871
7. Titusville Astronaut
13-9
7.057
8. Ocala Trinity Catholic
9-13
3.166
Class 3A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Calvary Christian
15-7
20.558
2. Fort Myers Bishop Verot
19-3
19.913
3. Berkeley Prep
14-6
17.181
4. Academy of the Holy Names
10-6
13.854
5. Lakeland McKeel Academy
11-11
11.963
6. Tampa Catholic
7-8
8.958
7. Clearwater Central Catholic
11-6
5.024
8. Lake Placid
9-11
3.854
Class 2A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Orlando Christian Prep
13-1
13.411
2. Belle Isle Cornerstone Charter
16-7
11.581
3. Winter Park Geneva
14-2
10.295
4. Mount Dora Christian
15-7
9.430
5. Academy at the Lakes
14-5
8.696
6. Orlando The First Academy
10-10
6.999
7. Winter Garden Foundation Academy
8-8
6.197
8. Melbourne Holy Trinity Episcopal
10-5
4.845
Local in the mix: No. 12 Hernando Christian (15-5)
Class 2A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian
15-5-1
17.710
2. Lakeland Christian
15-2
6.125
3. Bradenton Christian
9-4
5.239
4. Fort Meade
13-7
0.910
5. Admiral Farragut
10-6
0.841
6. Lakeside Christian
12-4
-0.427
7. Canterbury
5-18
-0.651
8. Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic
9-3
-0.921
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Shorecrest (8-7), No. 10 Seffner Christian (6-9)
