Top 25 Florida high school football final rankings: Chaminade-Madonna finishes at No. 1
The end of the high school football season in the Sunshine State came to an end last week at Bragg Memorial Stadium on Ken Riley Field, with the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) crowning nine state champions in a 3-day event.
Now we are in the aftermath of the 2023 season and we have to release our final Power 25 rankings based on the results from the finals. We have teams from the Florida Panhandle all the way down to South Florida included in the rankings.
Here’s the complete breakdown of Florida's elite high school football teams, closing the chapter the 2023 season, as we see it for rankings.
1. Chaminade-Madonna (14-0)
2. IMG Academy (10-0)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (14-1)
4. Cocoa (14-1)
5. Berkeley Prep (13-2)
6. Columbus Explorers (13-2)
7. Mainland Buccaneers (14-1)
8. Lakeland Dreadnaughts (12-3)
9. Miami Norland (14-1)
10. Homestead Broncos (12-2)
11. Mandarin Mustangs (11-4)
12. St. Augustine Yellow Jackets (13-1)
13. Venice Indians (12-3)
14. Plantation American Heritage Patriots (10-2)
15. Buchholz Bobcats (13-1)
16. Jones Fightin' Tigers (10-4)
17. Bradford Tornadoes (14-1)
18. Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders (13-1)
19. Miami Central Rockets (8-4)
20. Plant Panthers (11-3)
21. Bolles Bulldogs (8-6)
22. Dunbar Tigers (11-3)
23. Hawthorne Hornets (13-0)
24. Deland Bulldogs (11-3)
25. Cardinal Mooney Cougars (12-2)
On the outside looking in: Apopka, Armwood, Bartram Trail, Bishop Moore, Cardinal Newman, Cardinal Gibbons, Carrollwood Day, Choctawhatchee, Clearwater Academy International, Clearwater Calvary Christian, Coconut Creek, Creekside, Escambia, Edison, Naples, Niceville, First Baptist, FSU High, Jesuit, Lake Mary, Lake Minneola, Lake Wales, Monarch, Naples, Palm Beach Central, Pensacola Catholic, Ponte Vedra, Raines, Sanford Seminole, Sarasota Booker, Sarasota Riverview, Sebring, South Sumter, Sumner, Tampa Bay Tech, Treasure Coast, Trinity Catholic, Trinity Christian Academy, Vanguard, Western, Williston, Wiregrass Ranch
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl