Chaminade-Madonna Heads Final 2023 HSFA Florida Top 25 High School Football Rankings
After eight wins over teams in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, Chaminade-Madonna finishes the No. 1 team in our Florida Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. Also, the Lions, who won their third straight state title, came close to a national title, finishing No. 2 in America, just behind Southern California’s Mater Dei.
Overall, it was a great year of football across the Sunshine State with the top eight teams also finishing in our national Top 25 rankings.
Florida No. 2 IMG Academy was ranked No. 4 nationally. The Ascenders beat five HSFA 300 teams. Three of those teams — No. 7 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania), No. 13 Ben Davis (Indiana) and No. 113 Glenville (Ohio) — won state championships.
No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas won a state record fifth straight state championship in 2023. The Raiders finished No. 6 in America with their only loss coming in the season opener against No. 3 St. John Bosco (California).
Class 2S champ Cocoa checks in at No. 4 in the final statewide rankings, created with HSFA’s proprietary algorithm. The only loss for the Tigers, who finished No. 12 in the Top 300, came against St. Thomas Aquinas.
After an 8-2 regular season, Berkeley Prep shocked everyone by winning the state’s uber-tough Class 2M state championship. The Buccaneers’ first-ever state football championship lands the program at No. 5 in the state and No. 19 nationally.
2M runner-up Norland finishes at No. 6, followed by Miami Central at No. 7, 4S state champ Lakeland at No. 8, 4M state champ Miami Columbus at No. 9 and Venice at No. 10.
Below is the entire Top 25.
High School Football America Florida Top 25
|
Ranking/Team |
Record |
Preseason Ranking |
|
No. 1 Chaminade-Madonna |
(14-0) |
5 |
|
No. 2 IMG Academy |
(10-0) |
1 |
|
No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas |
(14-1) |
2 |
|
No. 4 Cocoa |
(14-1) |
10 |
|
No. 5 Berkeley Prep (Florida) |
(13-2) |
NR |
|
No. 6 Norland |
(14-1) |
24 |
|
No. 7 Miami Central |
(8-4) |
3 |
|
No. 8 Lakeland |
(12-3) |
9 |
|
No. 9 Columbus (Miami) |
(13-2) |
4 |
|
No. 10 Venice |
(12-3) |
8 |
|
No. 11 Homestead |
(11-2) |
18 |
|
No. 12 Jones (Orlando) |
(10-4) |
12 |
|
No. 13 American Heritage (Plantation) |
(10-2) |
6 |
|
No. 14 Edgewater |
(11-1) |
11 |
|
No. 15 Mainland |
(14-1) |
20 |
|
No. 16 St. Augustine |
(13-1) |
NR |
|
No. 17 Buchholz |
(13-1) |
NR |
|
No. 18 Clearwater Central Catholic |
(13-1) |
NR |
|
No. 19 Western (Davie) |
(9-4) |
NR |
|
No. 20 Coconut Creek |
(10-3) |
NR |
|
No. 21 Mandarin |
(11-4) |
NR |
|
No. 22 Booker T. Washington (Miami) |
(9-3) |
21 |
|
No. 23 Seminole (Sanford) |
(10-3) |
17 |
|
No. 24 Cardinal Gibbons |
(9-4) |
7 |
|
No. 25 Monarch |
(11-2) |
NR |
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
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