The Florida High School Athletic Association released its latest football rankings this season in the Metro and Suburban Divisions that will determine playoff seedings and some postseason berths. The district winners in each region in Classes 2-4 in Metro and Suburban automatically qualify for the playoffs. The next four postseason berths in each region of those classes are 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 2-4 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/team
Record
Rating
1. Riverview
5-0
8.612
2. Palm Harbor University
5-1
8.082
3. Orlando Olympia
4-1
6.924
4. Durant
5-1
6.634
5. Plant City
4-2
6.576
6. Sumner
5-1
5.650
7. Alonso
5-1
5.399
8. Orlando Dr. Phillips
3-2
5.236
Local in the mix: No. 9 Plant (4-2)
Class 3, Region 1
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Orlando Edgewater
6-0
16.424
2. Armwood
4-1
10.864
3. Tampa Bay Tech
6-0
9.348
4. Oviedo
4-2
7.427
5. Orlando Jones
2-3
4.536
6. Wekiva
3-3
3.983
7. Neptune Beach Fletcher
4-2
3.136
8. Wharton
2-3
2.068
Class 3, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Jesuit
3-2
8.580
2. Largo
5-1
8.156
3. Hillsborough
4-1
8.024
4. Pinellas Park
5-1
5.096
5. St. Petersburg
3-2
3.391
6. East Bay
4-1
3.373
7. Seminole
4-1
1.774
8. Northeast
3-3
-0.539
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Osceola (2-3), No. 10 Lennard (2-3)
Class 2, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Berkeley Prep
3-2
7.193
2. Calvary Christian
3-2
5.162
3. Blake
5-1
4.181
4. Clearwater
3-2
3.915
5. Robinson
4-2
1.465
6. Tampa Catholic
2-3
0.077
7. Lakewood
1-5
-5.773
8. Brandon
2-4
-6.213
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Middleton (1-4), No. 10 Boca Ciega (1-5)
Class 1, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Clearwater Central Catholic
6-0
16.144
2. Carrollwood Day
3-1
10.237
3. Northside Christian
4-1
7.197
4. Indian Rocks Christian
4-1
6.085
Locals in the mix: No. 5 Seffner Christian (2-3), No. 6 St. Petersburg Catholic (1-4)
Suburban
Class 4, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Bartow
6-0
14.335
2. Lakeland
4-2
10.158
3. Wiregrass Ranch
4-1
8.900
4. Lakeland George Jenkins
4-0
7.878
5. Lake Minneola
3-3
7.263
6. Lake Gibson
3-2
5.361
7. Springstead
3-2
4.828
8. Mitchell
3-3
3.311
Local in the mix: No. 10 Land O’ Lakes (2-3)
Class 3, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Ocala Vanguard
5-1
16.070
2. Lake Wales
5-0
12.820
3. Leesburg
5-1
12.732
4. Zephyrhills
5-1
11.168
5. Cypress Creek
5-0
9.109
6. Auburndale
4-1
5.694
7. Lecanto
3-2
2.779
8. Tavares
3-2
1.895
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Gulf (3-3), No. 10 Fivay (3-2)
