When it comes to watching, evaluating and seeing prospects and teams throughout the course of a year, there are very few sources who put in the time to come up with accurate information like we do.

Player and team rankings are often subjective, and everyone has their opinion – which is fine – but it’s usually those who see very little that have the loudest voice on who should be higher or lower.

If you follow what we do over the course of a season, each week we adjust the rankings, and while many focus on pre-season and each week during the season, the only ranking that truly counts is the one that comes out in late December.

Our Week 3 Top 20 is based on several things – and with so many transfers taking place – our opinion varies and changes. This list, as you have seen already, will change several times.

This is just an opinion based on seeing teams and having a valid ground to compare.

Here is a look at 20 Miami-Dade Broward Week 3 teams:

1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (1-1, 5A). LAST WEEK: The Raiders rebounded with a 51-0 win against Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 6 Miami Christopher Columbus. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – Davie Western.

2. Miami Central (1-1, 3A). LAST WEEK: The Rockets rebounded from the opening night loss with a 54-7 win against Miami Edison. THIS WEEK: 9/7 – No. 12 Miami Booker T. Washington. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Pompano Beach.

3. Miami Northwestern (1-1, 3A). LAST WEEK: The Bulls lost a tough overtime game at Venice, 48-42. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Miami Carol City. NEXT GAME: 9/13 @ No. 5 Miami Norland.

4. Plantation American Heritage (1-1, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Patriots rebounded from a tough opening night loss with a dominating 51-12 decision against Davie Western. THIS WEEK: 9/6 -No. 9 @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Naples.

5. Miami Norland (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Vikings followed up their opening win with a 36-10 win against Miami Carol City. THIS WEEK: The Vikings will be off.  NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 3 Miami Northwestern.

6. Miami Christopher Columbus (1-1, 7A). LAST WEEK: The Explorers dropped a tough home game to Olney Our Lady of Good Counsel Maryland, 14-10. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @ No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas. NEXT GAME: - 9/13 – No. 9 @Miami Palmetto.

7. Pompano Beach Blanche Ely (2-0, 5A). LAST WEEK: The Tigers shocked the world with a 35-34 overtime win against No. 10 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – Delray Beach Atlantic.

8. Miami Palmetto (1-0), 7A). LAST WEEK: The Panthers and Miami Booker T. Washington was called because of lightning. THIS WEEK: 9/6 - @ No. 13 Miami Southridge. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 7 Christopher Columbus.

9. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (0-2, 1A). LAST WEEK: The Lions were stunned on the road against No. 7 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely in overtime 35-34, starting 0-2 for the first time since 2017. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 4 Plantation American Heritage. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Miami Edison.

10. Coconut Creek Monarch (1-0, 6A). LAST WEEK: The game with Deerfield Beach was called off because of lightning. THIS WEEK: The Knights will be off. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Sanford Seminole.

11. Miami Booker T. Washington (1-0, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Tornadoes had their game with Miami Palmetto called off at halftime. THIS WEEK: 9/7 - @ No. 2 Miami Central. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Miami Immaculata LaSalle.

12. Plantation (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Colonels moved to 2-0 with a low scoring 2-0 win against Miramar. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 18 Pembroke Pines West Broward. NEXT GAME: 9/20 - @Hollywood South Broward.

13. Miami Southridge (1-1, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Spartans bounced back with a 25-12 win against Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – No. 9 Miami Palmetto. NEXT GAME: 9/12 – Hialeah.

14. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (1-1, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Chiefs bounced back with a 33-7 win against Hollywood South Broward. THIS WEEK: 9/13 @ No. 17 Pembroke Pines West Broward. NEXT GAME: 9/20 – Coconut Creek.

15. Homestead (0-2, 6A). LAST WEEK: The two-time defending state runner-up Broncos dropped a 14-7 decision to rival Homestead South Dade. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – @Vero Beach. NEXT GAME: 9/12 - @Southwest Miami.

16. Fort Lauderdale Dillard (1-1, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Panthers bounced back with a convincing 44-0 win against Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. THIS WEEK: 9/6 @Oakland Park Northeast. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson.

17. Pembroke Pines West Broward (1-1, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Bobcats went up to Georgia to play power Camden County and dropped a 52-29 decision. THIS WEEK: 9/6 @No. 13 Plantation. NEXT GAME: 9/13 – No. 14 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons.

18. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy (2-0, 4A). LAST WEEK: The Mavericks beat Weston Cypress Bay, 42-6. THIS WEEK: 9/5 – Miami St. Brendan. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Miami True North Classical Academy.

19. Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian (2-0, 2A). LAST WEEK: The Eagles remained unbeaten with a 42-34 win over Fort Lauderdale NSU University School. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Miami Gardens TRU Academy. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Clewiston.

20. Doral Academy (2-0, 6A). LAST WEEK: The Firebirds beat Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy, 37-20. THIS WEEK: 9/6 – Hialeah. NEXT GAME: 9/13 - @Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace.

KEEP AN EYE ON: Coconut Creek (0-1, 5A), Deerfield Beach (0-1, 5A), Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (1-1, 3A), Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy (2-0, Independent), Hialeah (0-1, 4A), Hollywood South Broward (0-2, 6A), Homestead South Dade (1-1, 7A), Miami Archbishop Carroll (2-0, 1A), Miami Carol City (1-1, 2A), Miami Edison (1-1, 1A), Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace (1-1, 1A), Miami Immaculata LaSalle (2-0, 2A), Miami Jackson (0-2, 3A), Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (1-1, 7A), Miami Ransom Everglades (1-0, 2A), Miami Springs (2-0, 2A), Miami True North Classical Academy (1-0, 1A), Miramar (0-2, 5A), North Miami (1-1, 5A), North Miami Beach (0-1, 2A), Pembroke Pines Charter (2-0, 5A), Pembroke Pines Flanagan (0-1, 6A), Sunrise Piper (2-0, 6A), Weston Cypress Bay (1-1, 7A).

WEEKLY RANKINGS

PRE-SEASON. https://larryblustein.com/news/miami-dade-broward-pre-season-top-20-st-thomas-begins-at-no-1

Week 2. https://larryblustein.com/news/miami-dade-broward-week-2-top-20-st-thomas-remains-on-top

Are You Keeping Up With Miami-Dade & Broward High School Football Transfers? https://larryblustein.com/news/keeping-up-with-miami-dade-broward-high-school-football-transfers

MIAMI-DADE/BROWARD INFORMATION YEAR-ROUND. https://larryblustein.com/

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