Florida High School Football Top 25 Rankings - Sept. 28

The 2025 Florida high school football season has now passed the midway point for most teams and district play has started, with many teams looking to put themselves in position for a district title.

IMG Academy sits at the top of the rankings after a 49-14 thrashing of Phenix City Central (Ala.), with Armwood at No. 2. Which other teams cracked the latest set of Top 25 Florida rankings?

The Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule, and margin of victory.

Here is the latest Florida high school football Top 25 rankings, according to Massey as of Sep. 28.

1. IMG Academy Ascenders

The undefeated Ascenders (5-0) keep providing us with blowout win after blowout win. IMG Academy’s latest thrashing this time was against Phenix City Central of Alabama, handing them a 49-14 loss.

IMG Academy has looked a lot more like its dominant self under the watch of first-year head coach Greg Studrawa. It’s been no easy path, either, with impressive victories over The First Academy, Hoover (Ala.), Winslow Township, Coronado (Nev.) and now Phenix City Central.

Up next for IMG Academy, the Ascenders take the short drive down Interstate 75 to face Venice. What future contest looks most appetizing looking down the stretch is a Nov. 7 visit from rival St. Frances Academy of Baltimore. The game against the Panthers could come with national implications for the top spot.

2. Armwood Hawks

The Hawks of Seffner, who are now coming off their sixth straight win, a 40-0 shutout of Plant last week, look unbeatable at the moment. Armwood could be serious contenders to upend West Boca Raton in Class 6A this fall with the way they’re playing.

There’s plenty of reasons to like this undefeated Armwood (6-0) team, including senior three-star quarterback Rhys Brush, who is committed to USF. The Hawks are expected to go 10-0 as they will be favored heavily in every game moving forward.

Looking deeper at this Armwood roster and head coach Evan Davis has a slew of Power Four recruits littered all over the defense, including in the secondary with cornerbacks Jaelen Waters (Miami commit), Larry Warren (UNLV commit) and safeties D’Montae Tims (Colorado commit), Kallen Martinez (UConn commit).

3. Chaminade-Madonna Lions

Chaminade-Madonna Prep (5-1) has rebounded nicely from its Week 1 loss to nationally ranked St. Frances Academy with five straight victories since then.

Four-star Derrek Cooper (Texas commit) is as good as they come for running backs, with the senior rushing for 324 yards on 44 carries and scoring six touchdowns. The offense is more than just Cooper alone, however.

A bright spot is the youth movement at quarterback for the Lions as 14-year old Malik Leonard, who has completed 49 of 62 passes (79 percent) for 844 yards and nine touchdowns this fall.

The Lions look to make it six straight wins when they host Monarch on Friday night.

4. St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders

St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders latest victory was a 31-7 rout of a very much improved McArthur team. The Raiders are by far the favorites to win Florida’s Class 5A state championship this fall.

Three-star quarterback Mason Mallory, who transferred from West Boca Raton during the offseason, has displayed what he could do as the Raiders’ dual-threat behind center. Mallory has so far thrown for 718 yards and 10 touchdowns this fall.

The Raiders should come away winners in their next few games as they face the softer spot of their schedule with Hollywood Hills, Monarch, NFL Academy mixed in before their final two contests against American Heritage and Chaminade-Madonna, respectively. The two latter games will be nice tuneups before the postseason begins.

5. Miami Central Rockets

The Rockets (3-0) under the watch of first-year head coach Derrick Gibson have proven that they have gone nowhere a year after having to forfeit every victory and missing out on the 2024 playoffs. Their latest example of showing where they are at was an impressive 31-21 win over American Heritage.

Miami Central has plenty of talent on both sides of the ball, featuring standouts like linebacker Karon Maycock (Florida State commit) and wide receiver Brandon Kinsey (Purdue commit). Gibson has this team right back in the thick of it as one of South Florida’s best teams and there’s potential reason to believe he might have them in line to contend with a longtime foe for the Class 3A crown.

Gibson’s bunch returns to the field this Saturday night when they take on rival Miami Northwestern, which should serve as an indicator of where this Rockets team is at when competing with the Bulls for Class 3A.

Florida High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. Northwestern (4-1)
7. Raines (4-0)
8. St. Augustine (6-0)
9. American Heritage (2-3)
10. Edgewater (6-0)

11. The Bolles School (5-1)
12. Jesuit (3-1)
13. F. W. Buchholz (5-1)
14. Choctawhatchee (6-0)
15. Lakeland (4-1)

16. Atlantic (6-0)
17. Tampa Bay Tech (4-2)
18. Cardinal Mooney (4-1)
19. Clearwater Central Catholic (6-0)
20. Venice (3-2)

21. Gaither (5-1)
22. Miami Southridge (5-1)
23. Mainland (5-1)
24. The First Academy (4-2)
25. Booker (5-1)

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