While the rest of Florida still has some impressive teams and players, Miami-Dade and Broward County remain at the top – statewide and nationally.
When we last left the 2022 season, Miami Central and Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas finished the year unbeaten – and the Rockets brought home their fourth straight state title with a bonus of sharing a national crown.
As this week kicks off the much-anticipated season, there are the same programs who are still near the top – while a few new faces pop up into the elite category.
Now in our 53rd year of ranking teams and players, the assignment is simple: produce and stay where you are, fall off and you will drop. There are far too many quality programs who have worked hard to improve.
Remember, this is only a starting point, and while there will be few changes, the Top 20 programs will be judged every week, and those teams who continue to win will be in the spotlight – locally, statewide and nationally.
In the next 18 weeks, from August to the last week of December, things will indeed change and when we come out with the final team rankings, you will see that the process works, and it doesn’t matter what position you start out at, where you end is what everyone will remember.
Here is a look at Week 1 Miami-Dade/Broward Top 20.
1. Miami Central (2M, 14-0). THIS WEEK: Bye. NEXT WEEK: at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman.
2. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (3M, 14-0). THIS WEEK: Bellflower, St. John Bosco. NEXT WEEK: Fort Myers.
3. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (1M, 13-1). THIS WEEK: Baltimore St. Frances Academy. NEXT WEEK: at No. 9 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons.
4. Miami Christopher Columbus (4M, 14-1). THIS WEEK: at Clearwater Academy International. NEXT WEEK: Miami Killian.
5. Homestead (3M, 11-3). THIS WEEK: No. 13 Miami Palmetto. NEXT WEEK: at South Dade.
6. Miami Norland (2M, 9-3). THIS WEEK: at Lakeland. NEXT WEEK: at Miami Carol City.
7. Plantation American Heritage (2M, 13-2). THIS WEEK: St. John’s, Washington, D.C. NEXT WEEK: No. 25 Jacksonville Trinity Christian
8. Davie Western (4M, 7-4). THIS WEEK: Milton, Georgia. NEXT WEEK: Bye.
9. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (2M, 10-2). THIS WEEK: Cardinal Gibbons, Raleigh, North Carolina. NEXT WEEK: No. 3 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna.
10. Miami Booker T. Washington (2M, 9-3). THIS WEEK: Miami Killian. NEXT WEEK: Miami Edison.
11. Pompano Beach Blanche Ely (3M, 10-1). THIS WEEK: Bye. NEXT WEEK: at Weston Cypress Bay.
12. Miramar (3M, 10-2). THIS WEEK: Highland Springs, Virginia. NEXT WEEK: Bye.
13. Miami Palmetto (4M, 6-6). THIS WEEK: at No. 5 Homestead. NEXT WEEK: at St. Petersburg Lakewood.
14. Plantation (3M, 7-4). THIS WEEK: Hallandale. NEXT WEEK: at Fort Lauderdale Stranahan.
15. Miami Northwestern (2M, 6-5). THIS WEEK: at Vero Beach. NEXT WEEK: at Miami Jackson.
16. Miami Southridge (3M, 7-5). THIS WEEK: at Miami Jackson. NEXT WEEK: Miami Dr. Krop.
17. Coconut Creek (3M, 6-5). THIS WEEK: at Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson. NEXT WEEK: at Gainesville, Georgia.
18. Coconut Creek Monarch (4M, 9-3). THIS WEEK: Cedar Grove, Georgia. NEXT WEEK: Delray Beach Atlantic.
19. Fort Lauderdale Dillard (3M, 6-5). THIS WEEK: Fort Lauderdale Stranahan. NEXT WEEK: at Naples.
20. Pembroke Pines West Broward (4M, 6-5). THIS WEEK: Weston Cypress Bay. NEXT WEEK: at Daytona Beach Mainland.
OTHER TEAMS TO WATCH: Coconut Creek (3M, 6-5), Coconut Creek North Broward Prep (2M, 5-5), Cooper City (4M, 2-8), Coral Gables (4M, 5-4), Coral Springs (4M. 4-6), Coral Springs Coral Glades (4M, 2-8), Coral Springs Taravella (4M, 1-9), Deerfield Beach (3M, 3-8), Doral Academy (4M, 7-5), Fort Lauderdale (3M, 6-5), Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian (2M, 8-3), Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest (2M, 8-3), Fort Lauderdale Stranahan (2M, 4-6), Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy (1M, 6-2), Hallandale (2M, 2-8), Hialeah (3M, 4-5), Hialeah American (2M, 2-8), Hollywood Avant Garde (1M, 6-4). Hollywood Hills (3M, 4-6), Hollywood McArthur (3M, 5-5), Hollywood South Broward (3M, 5-5), Miami Archbishop Carroll (1M, 8-3), Miami Belen Jesuit (3M, 5-6), Homestead South Dade (4M, 2-7), Miami Braddock (Independent, 8-3), Miami Carol City (2M, 5-6), Miami Coral Park (Independent, 5-5), Miami Coral Reef (GMAC Independent Champion, 9-2), Miami Dr. Krop (3M, 7-5), Miami Edison (2M, 5-5), Miami Ferguson (Independent, 5-5), Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace (2M, 5-5), Miami Gulliver Prep (2M, 5-5), Miami Immaculata LaSalle (2M, 4-6), Miami Ransom Everglades, (Independent, 6-3), Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman (4M, 5-5), Miami Palmer Trinity (1M, 7-6), Miami St. Brendan (2M, 7-4), Miami True North Classical Academy (1M, 8-4), Miami Westminster Christian (1M, 6-3), Miramar Everglades (3M, 4-6), North Miami (3M, 5-6), North Miami Beach (2M, 4-6), Oakland Park Northeast (2M, 0-9), Parkland Douglas (8-4, 4M), Pembroke Pines Charter (3M, 6-4), Pembroke Pines Flanagan (4M, 2-8), Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy (4M, 6-5), Pembroke Pines West Broward (4M, 6-5), Pompano Beach (Independent, 5-5), Somerset Silver Palms (2M, 3-6), South Miami (2M, 5-4), South Plantation (3M, 7-3), Sunrise Piper (3M, 5-4), Westland Hialeah (2M, 4-6), Weston Cypress Bay 4M, 6-5).
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