The Florida High School Athletic Association released its first 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. 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 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Winter Haven
10-4
19.182
2. Sarasota Riverview
12-2
16.463
3. Sarasota
9-3
13.507
4. Haines City
9-3
11.778
5. Sickles
11-2
11.638
6. Venice
7-9
9.990
7. Sumner
12-2
9.811
8. Steinbrenner
8-2
8.371
Local in the mix: No. 10 Plant (7-5)
Class 6A, Region 1
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Niceville
9-4
15.427
2. Pace
10-2
13.889
3. Orange Park
9-3
13.579
4. Ponte Vedra
8-4
13.372
5. St. Johns Beachside
12-3
12.524
6. Gulf Breeze
9-4
11.044
7. Springstead
9-3
9.812
8. Gainesville
5-6
8.267
Local in the mix: No. 9 Land O’ Lakes (8-3)
Class 6A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Bloomingdale
15-0
16.419
2. Punta Gorda Charlotte
6-4
14.306
3. Wharton
12-0
13.274
4. Countryside
7-1
10.503
5. Naples Gulf Coast
10-4
8.904
6. Cape Coral Ida Baker
6-2
4.662
7. Palmetto
8-5
3.778
8. Armwood
6-5
3.385
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Hillsborough (5-5), No. 10 Largo (4-5)
Class 5A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. River Ridge
10-2
15.657
2. Kissimmee Gateway
8-1
14.357
3. Leesburg
11-1
9.546
4. Lake Wales
10-3
7.608
5. Wesley Chapel
10-6
6.400
6. Lecanto
8-4
6.118
7. Davenport
5-1
3.612
8. Spoto
8-5
2.791
Local in the mix: No. 9 Zephyrhills (7-4)
Class 5A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Parrish Community
9-3
11.881
2. Naples Barron Collier
9-3
7.055
3. Clearwater
8-4
6.761
4. Port Charlotte
7-8
6.156
5. Naples Lely
5-7
1.773
6. Cypress Lake
7-1
3.181
7. Naples
5-7
1.773
8. St. Petersburg
5-5
1.476
Local in the mix: No.10 Seminole (6-9)
Class 4A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Lakewood
7-3
11.508
2. Gibbs
7-4
10.842
3. Academy of the Holy Names
10-5
10.780
4. Naples Aubrey Rogers
9-2
8.207
5. Sarasota Booker
5-5
7.998
6. Fort Myers Gateway
6-1
7.060
7. Weeki Wachee
9-3
6.137
8. Robinson
8-3
5.492
Class 3A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Seffner Christian
13-2
19.548
2. West Palm Beach King’s Academy
10-5
14.015
3. Windermere Prep
8-3
8.819
4. Somerset College Prep
8-3
7.688
5. Melbourne Holy Trinity
5-8
5.489
6. Fort Meade
5-0
3.885
7. Merritt Island Edgewood
9-0
6.399
8. Foundation Academy
8-4
2.743
Class 3A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Sarasota Cardinal Mooney
8-6
18.524
2. Tampa Catholic
9-6
10.320
3. Tampa Prep
5-4
9.847
4. Fort Myers Bishop Verot
10-3
9.335
5. Clearwater Central Catholic
10-2
8.380
6. Calvary Christian
7-2
7.927
7. Fort Myers Canterbury
7-1
7.869
8. Bradenton Christian
10-5
7.291
Local in the mix: No. 10 Northside Christian (5-2)
Class 2A, Region 2
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. North Tampa Christian
8-0
13.772
2. Central Florida Christian
9-3
13.125
3. Seven Rivers Christian
7-1
5.068
4. Mount Dora Christian
7-6
4.298
5. Lakeland Victory Christian
10-3
3.706
6. Ormond Beach Calvary Christian
5-5
0.798
7. Classical Prep
4-2
-1.055
8. Academy at the Lakes
4-5
-3.836
Class 2A, Region 3
Rank/team
Record
Rating
1. Fort Myers Evangelical Christian
12-2
18.158
2. Naples St. John Neumann
12-1
16.097
3. Keswick Christian
9-2
11.705
4. Naples Seacrest Country Day
10-3
10.889
5. Ave Maria Donahue Catholic
7-2
5.454
6. Gulf Coast HEAT
9-2
3.681
7. Sarasota Christian
4-4
-2.217
8. Tampa SLAM
7-2
-2.713
Locals in the mix: No. 9 Indian Rocks Christian (5-5), No. 10 Canterbury (3-6)
