Florida High School Football Rankings

By Staff Report Oct 18, 2018, 9:23am

Who's up and who's down

In this week's power rankings, we saw one team go soaring up and another team come crashing down, along with everything in between. Among the action were the efforts of Columbia's junior Jordan Smith, an offensive menace who scored five total TDs.

Can't Touch This

Lakeland's 48 - 3 win over Winter Haven last week had a lot to do with the leadership of senior Dywonski Mcwilliams. Mcwilliams rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns. That performance landed Mcwilliams among the top power-ranked players for the week.

This Week's Big Showdown

One of last week's main attractions was the confrontation between American Heritage and Cardinal Gibbons, 10th and 15th in the power rankings, respectively. American Heritage lost to Cardinal Gibbons 24 - 14. American Heritage lost a lot of ground in this match: the team forfeited four spots in the power rankings.

No Stoppin 'Em

The Vanguard offense has been a force to be reckoned with this season, and last week was no different. It blew past Gainesville 49 - 28. Vanguard did have the odds in its favor, but the team did even better than the MaxPreps national rankings indicated. The combined 77 points was the most of any game featuring a power-ranked team.


MaxPreps State RankSchoolNext GameMovement
1IMG Academyvs. Middletown--
2Centralvs. Northwestern+1
3St. Thomas Aquinasvs. Boyd Anderson-1
4Carol City-----
5Trinity Christian Academyvs. Ponte Vedra--
6Columbiavs. Fletcher+1
7Vero Beach---+3
8Wekivavs. University+1
9Deerfield Beachvs. Monarch-1
10American Heritagevs. Jackson-4
11Universityvs. Archbishop McCarthy--
12Lakelandvs. South Broward--
13South Dadevs. Palmetto--
14Atlantic-----
15Cardinal Gibbonsvs. Hallandale+15
16Venicevs. Sarasota+1
17Rainesvs. Rickards+7
18Leevs. Fletcher+3
19Columbus----4
20Chaminade-Madonna----2
21Rockledgevs. Merritt Island+1
22Vanguardvs. Lake Weir+4
23Dwyer-----
24Northwesternvs. Central-4
25Jonesvs. Eustis-9


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