USA Today Florida Network High School Football Week 10 poll: 7 unanimous No. 1 selections

Jon Santucci, Daytona Beach News-Journal

For the first time in a season full of twists and turns, all of the top-ranked teams in the USA Today Florida Network High School Football poll remain No. 1.

In the Metro classes, St. Thomas Aquinas (3M), Norland (2M) and Chaminade-Madonna all were unanimous selections, while Lake Mary (4M) received 12 of 14 possible first-place votes. Columbus received the other two first-place votes in 4M.

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Norland, which jumped to the top spot last week after beating Central, received all 14 first-place votes after beating Columbus for the GMAC championship in Week 9.

The Suburban and Rural classes are very similar. Mainland (3S), Cocoa (2S), First Baptist Academy (1S) and Hawthorne (1R) all were unanimous first-place selections while Buchholz (4S) picked up 11 of 14 possible No. 1 votes. Venice received the other three first-place votes.

Class 4M

Mandarin's Jaime Ffrench Jr. (2) celebrates his touchdown score during the third quarter of a regular season high school football matchup Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at Riverside High School in Jacksonville, Fla. The Mandarin Mustangs defeated the Riverside Generals 50-20. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]
Mandarin's Jaime Ffrench Jr. (2) celebrates his touchdown score during the third quarter of a regular season high school football matchup Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at Riverside High School in Jacksonville, Fla. The Mandarin Mustangs defeated the Riverside Generals 50-20. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]

1. Lake Mary 8-0 (12 first-place votes)

2. Columbus (Miami) 7-2 (2 first-place votes)

3. Seminole (Sanford) 7-2

4. Palmetto (Miami) 7-1

5. Winter Park 7-0

6. Mandarin (Jacksonville) 7-2

7. Western (Davie) 5-3

8. Sumner (Riverview) 7-1

9. Monarch (Coconut Creek) 6-2

10. Palm Beach Central (Wellington) 7-1

ARV: Olympia (Orlando), Apopka, Dr. Phillips (Orlando), Plant (Tampa), Palm Beach Gardens

Class 3M

Atlantic’s Jayden Parrish celebrates a pick-six against Boca Raton, a play that helped set the Eagles’ strong defensive tone in the game (Sept. 14, 2023).
Atlantic’s Jayden Parrish celebrates a pick-six against Boca Raton, a play that helped set the Eagles’ strong defensive tone in the game (Sept. 14, 2023).

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) 8-1 (14 first-place votes)

2. Edgewater (Orlando) 9-0

3. Homestead 6-1

4. Coconut Creek 7-2

5. Jesuit (Tampa) 6-2

6. Armwood (Seffner) 7-1

7. Jones (Orlando) 5-3

8. Atlantic (Delray Beach) 7-1

9. Tampa Bay Tech 8-1

10. Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach) 7-1

ARV: Largo, Oviedo, Dillard (Fort Lauderdale), Wharton (Tampa), Plantation

Class 2M

Raines cornerback Nicholas Kilpatrick (1) pursues a pass against Ribault during the Northwest Classic high school football game on October 14, 2023. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]
Raines cornerback Nicholas Kilpatrick (1) pursues a pass against Ribault during the Northwest Classic high school football game on October 14, 2023. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]

1. Norland (Miami) 8-0 (14 first-place votes)

2. American Heritage (Plantation) 6-1

3. Central (Miami) 4-3

4. Booker T. Washington (Miami) 6-2

5. Raines (Jacksonville) 7-1

6. Berkeley Prep (Tampa) 6-2

7. Calvary Christian (Clearwater) 6-2

8. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) 6-2

9. Riverside (Jacksonville) 7-2

10. Bolles (Jacksonville) 4-4

ARV: Bishop Moore (Orlando), Northwestern (Miami), King’s Academy (West Palm Beach), Saint Andrew’s (Boca Raton), Monsignor Pace (Miami)

Class 1M

Cardinal Newman quarterback Luke Warnock hands the ball to running back Jaylin Brown against Benjamin during their football game on October 20, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Cardinal Newman quarterback Luke Warnock hands the ball to running back Jaylin Brown against Benjamin during their football game on October 20, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

1. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood) 8-0 (14 first-place votes)

2. Clearwater Central Catholic 7-0

3. Carrollwood Day (Tampa) 5-1

4. Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) 7=1

5. Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens) 6-2

ARV: Trinity Christian (Jacksonville), Providence (Jacksonville), True North Classical (Miami), Orlando Christian Prep, Archbishop Carroll (Miami)

Class 4S

Action during the Niceville-Leon football game at Niceville.
Action during the Niceville-Leon football game at Niceville.

1. Buchholz (Gainesville) 8-0 (11 first-place votes)

2. Venice 6-2 (11 first-place votes)

3. Lakeland 6-3

4. Niceville 7-1

5. Vero Beach 7-1

6. Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie) 6-2

7. Ponte Vedra 7-1

8. DeLand 6-2

9. Heritage (Palm Bay) 7-1

10. Lake Minneola 6-3

ARV: Pace, Bartram Trail (St. Johns), University (Orange City), Riverview Sarasota, Chiles (Tallahassee)

Class 3S

Mainland's Dennis Murray Jr. (14) runs down the field during Thursday night's game against Osceola at Daytona Stadium.
Mainland's Dennis Murray Jr. (14) runs down the field during Thursday night's game against Osceola at Daytona Stadium.

1. Mainland (Daytona Beach) 8-0 (14 first-place votes)

2. St. Augustine 7-0

3. Lake Wales 8-0

4. Lincoln (Tallahassee) 7-1

5. Eau Gallie (Melbourne) 7-1

6. Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach) 6-2

7. Rockledge 5-3

8. Naples 7-2

9. Sebring 5-2

10. Vanguard (Ocala) 6-2

ARV: Golden Gate (Naples), Port Charlotte, Leesburg, Columbia (Lake City), Pine Forest (Pensacola)

Class 2S

CJ Bragg of Cocoa catches a pass in front of Titusville’s Jamarion Stephens during their 12-2S football game Friday, October 13, 2023. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK
CJ Bragg of Cocoa catches a pass in front of Titusville’s Jamarion Stephens during their 12-2S football game Friday, October 13, 2023. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

1. Cocoa 7-1 (14 first-place votes)

2. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers) 7-1

3. Bradford (Starke) 8-0

4. Wakulla (Crawfordville) 9-0

5. Florida High (Tallahassee) 6-2

6. Walton (DeFuniak Springs) 8-0

7. Pensacola Catholic 6-2

8. South Sumter (Bushnell) 8-1

9. Fort Meade 7-0

10. Titusville 7-1

ARV: Suwannee (Live Oak), Dunnellon, Baker County (Glen St. Mary), Yulee, Palm Bay (Melbourne)

Class 1S

Community School of Naples defeated IMG Blue 41-13 on Thursday, Oct. 19. CSN's Noah Cardoza gains yards.
Community School of Naples defeated IMG Blue 41-13 on Thursday, Oct. 19. CSN's Noah Cardoza gains yards.

1. First Baptist (Naples) 6-2 (14 first-place votes)

2. Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota) 6-2

3. Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 2-6

4. Community School (Naples) 8-0

5. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) 5-3

ARV: Zephyrhills Christian, Evangelical (Fort Myers), Lakeland Christian, Melbourne Central Catholic, St. John Paul II (Tallahassee)

Class 1R

Hawthorne Hornets wide receiver Alvon Isaac (2) flips over as he run onto the field before the game against the Newberry Panthers at Newberry High School in Newberry, FL on Friday, September 1, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]
Hawthorne Hornets wide receiver Alvon Isaac (2) flips over as he run onto the field before the game against the Newberry Panthers at Newberry High School in Newberry, FL on Friday, September 1, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]

1. Hawthorne 8-0 (14 first-place votes)

2. Williston 8-0

3. Madison County 5-1

4. Newberry 6-2

5. Fort White 7-1

ARV: Union County (Lake Butler), Pahokee, Holmes County (Bonifay) Lafayette (Mayo), Bozeman (Panama City)

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: USA Today Florida High School Football poll: 7 unanimous No. 1 teams

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