USA Today Florida Network high school football poll: Two teams tied atop Class 4S
A chaotic Week 1 in Class 4S has resulted in a level in confusion over who should be the top-ranked team in the polls.
For the first time the three years of the USA Today Florida Network high school football, two teams are tied atop the rankings.
Lakeland, which lost to Miami Norland in the season opener, and Vero Beach, which knocked off Miami Northwestern, each received three first-place votes and are tied for No. 1. Venice, the previous No. 1, and Buchholz each received one vote.
The other eight classes have the same No. 1 team as last week, with a couple notable developments. Norland received one first-place vote in Class 2M and Bishop Verot received a first-place vote in Class 2S.
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Class 4M
1. Christopher Columbus (Miami) 1-0 (8 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Beat Clearwater Academy International 28-21
2. Seminole (Sanford) 1-0
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Beat Rockledge 22-13
3. Mandarin (Jacksonville) 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Fletcher (Neptune Beach) 43-21
4. Western (Davie) 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Milton (Ga.) 14-10
5. Palmetto (Miami) 1-0
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Homestead 13-12
6. Apopka 1-0
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Ocoee 2-0
7. Winter Park 1-0
Previous rank: 8
Last week: Beat Lake Nona 30-6
8. Monarch (Coconut Creek) 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Cedar Grove (Ga.) 50-42
9. Lake Mary 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat Dr. Phillips (Orlando) 76-60
10. West Orange (Winter Garden) 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Oak Ridge (Orlando) 41-6
ARV: Plant (Tampa), Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Central (Wellington), Ocoee, Boone (Orlando)
Class 3M
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) 0-1 (8 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Lost to St. John Bosco (Ca.) 20-7
2. Armwood (Seffner) 1-0
Previous rank: 9
Last week: Beat Venice 34-25
3. Edgewater (Orlando) 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Bishop Moore (Orlando) 24-19
4. Homestead 0-1
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Lost to Palmetto (Miami) 13-12
5. Jones (Orlando) 0-1
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Lost to Cocoa 22-20
6. Jesuit (Tampa) 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Wharton (Tampa) 34-20
7. Tampa Bay Tech 1-0
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Plant (Tampa) 28-22
8. Wekiva (Apopka) 1-0
Previous rank: 7
Last week: Beat Olympia (Orlando) 24-21
9. Atlantic (Delray Beach) 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat Palm Beach Gardens 21-14
10. Coconut Creek
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Boyd Anderson 6-0
ARV: Miramar, Blanche Ely (Pomona Beach), Oviedo, Southridge (Miami), Wharton (Tampa)
Class 2M
1. Central (Miami) 0-0 (7 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Did not play
2. Norland (Miami) 1-0 (1 first-place vote)
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Beat Lakeland 48-34
3. Booker T. Washington (Miami) 1-0
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Killian (Miami) 31-7
4. American Heritage (Plantation) 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat St. John’s (D.C.) 45-20
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) 1-0
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 28-21
6. Tampa Catholic 0-0
Previous rank: 7
Last week: Did not play
7. Bolles (Jacksonville) 0-1
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Lost to St. Augustine 43-36
8. Raines (Jacksonville) 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat University Christian (Jacksonville) 27-12
9. Calvary Christian (Clearwater) 0-0
Previous rank: 9
Last week: Did not play
10. Miami Edison 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Hialeah 17-6
ARV: Miami Northwestern, Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), Gulliver Prep (Miami), Ed White (Jacksonville), Berkeley Prep (Tampa)
Class 1M
1. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 1-0 (8 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Beat St. Frances (Maryland) 35-14
2. Clearwater Central Catholic 1-0
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Beat Berkeley Prep (Tampa) 21-14
3. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) 1-0
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Ed White (Jacksonville) 33-8
4. Carrollwood Day (Tampa) 1-0
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Madison County (Madison) 14-0
5. Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Monsignor Pace (Miami) 42-17
ARV: Benjamin (North Palm Beach), Avant Garde (Hollywood), True North Classical (Miami), University Christian (Jacksonville), Orlando Christian Prep
Class 4S
T1. Lakeland 0-1 (3 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Lost to Norland (Miami)
T1. Vero Beach 1-0 (3 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Northwestern (Miami) 19-13
3. Venice 0-1 (1 first-place vote)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Lost to Armwood (Seffner) 34-22
4. Buchholz (Gainesville) 1-0 (1 first-place vote)
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Columbia 41-13
5. Bartram Trail (St. Johns)
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Ponte Vedra 20-17
6. Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie) 1-0
Previous rank: 8
Last week: Beat Osceola (Kissimmee) 22-8
7. Niceville 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat North Miami Beach 29-0
8. Manatee (Bradenton) 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Lake Minneola 46-27
9. Osceola (Kissimmee) 0-1
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Lost to Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie) 22-8
10. DeLand 0-1
Previous rank: 9
Last week: Lost to Mainland (Daytona Beach) 43-31
ARV: Creekside (St. Johns), Oakleaf (Orange Park), Pace, Fleming Island (Orange Park), Ponte Vedra
Class 3S
1. Mainland (Daytona Beach) 1-0 (8 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Beat DeLand 43-31
2. St. Augustine 1-0
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Beat Bolles (Jacksonville) 43-36
3. Dunbar (Fort Myers) 1-0
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Charlotte (Punta Gorda) 34-0
4. Naples 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Lehigh (Lehigh Acres) 43-12
5. Lake Wales 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Zephyrhills 29-7
6. Pine Forest (Pensacola) 1-0
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Tate (Cantonment) 48-21
7. Vanguard (Ocala) 1-0
Previous rank: 8
Last week: Beat Erie (Co.) 26-20
8. Escambia (Pensacola) 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat West Florida (Pensacola) 31-20
9. Sebring 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Centennial (Port St. Lucie) 47-6
10. Eau Gallie (Melbourne) 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Springstead (Spring Hill) 14-6
ARV: Zephyrhills, Choctawhatchee, Fort Myers, Heritage (Palm Bay), Columbia (Lake City)
Class 2S
1. Cocoa 1-0 (7 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Beat Jones (Orlando) 22-20
2. Florida High (Tallahassee) 0-0
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Did not play
3. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers) 1-0 (1 first-place vote)
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Beat Port Charlotte 56-21
4. Bradford (Starke) 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Baker County (Glen St. Mary) 12-0
5. South Sumter (Bushnell) 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: The Villages Charter 55-6
6. Pensacola Catholic 1-0
Previous rank: 6
Last week: Beat Navarre 34-27 (OT)
7. Wakulla (Crawfordville) 1-0
Previous rank: 8
Last week: Beat Chiles (Tallahassee) 21-17
8. Suwanee (Live Oak) 1-0
Previous rank: 9
Last week: Beat Flagler Palm Coast 33-13
9. Baldwin 1-0
Previous rank: 10
Last week: Beat Wolfson (Jacksonville) 40-3
10. Walton (DeFuniak Springs) 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Blountstown 35-7
ARV: Baker County (Glen St. Mary), Palm Bay, West Florida (Pensacola), Clewiston, Titusville
Class 1S
1. Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 0-0 (6 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Did not play
2. First Baptist Academy (Naples) 1-0 (2 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Beat Estero 40-7
3. Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) 1-0
Previous rank: 4
Last week: Beat Avon Park 54-0
4. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) 0-1
Previous rank: 3
Last week: Lost to Leon (Tallahassee) 31-23
5. Lakeland Christian 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Frostproof 31-14
ARV: Melbourne Central Catholic, Munroe (Quincy), Moore Haven, Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville)
Class 1R
1. Hawthorne 1-0 (8 first-place votes)
Previous rank: 1
Last week: Beat Middleburg 26-7
2. Union County (Lake Butler) 1-0
Previous rank: 5
Last week: Beat Interlachen 43-0
3. Williston 1-0
Previous rank: N/A
Last week: Beat Chiefland 44-7
4. Newberry 1-0
Previous rank: ARV
Last week: Beat Santa Fe (Alachua) 68-10
5. Pahokee 0-1
Previous rank: 2
Last week: Lost to Santaluces (Lantana) 38-14
ARV: Sneads, Northview, Lafayette, Chipley, Madison County
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: USA Today Florida Network football poll: Two No. 1 teams in Class 4S
