STATE FOOTBALL POLL: Week No. 8

It's hard to believe that we are headed to the 8th week of the football season here in the Sunshine State, and while there are many key games coming up, the rankings show how the top teams are climbing the ladder.

LAKELAND – Here is the Florida Sports Writers Association high school football poll. Records and first-place votes are in parenthesis.

Class 6A
1. Miami Central (5-0) (13) 157
2. Orlando Edgewater (6-0) (3) 146
3. Clermont East Ridge (6-0) 120
4. Miami Columbus (5-0) 104
5. Homestead South Dade (5-0) 101
6. DeLand (5-1) 57
7. Miami Northwestern (4-1) 52
8. Sarasota (6-1) 44
9. Palm Beach Lakes (5-1) 34
10. Palm Beach Gardens (6-1) 28
Also receiving votes: South Plantation (6-0) 12, Oviedo (5-1) 11, Miami Palmetto (5-0) 10, Winter Park 7, Apopka (5-1) 3.

Class 5A
1. Lakeland (7-0) (16) 160
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-0) 144
3. Hollywood Hills (6-0) 123
4. Fort Myers (7-0) 107
5. Clearwater Countryside (7-0) 90
6. Daytona Beach Mainland (6-1) 82
7. Gainesville (5-1) 63
8. Melbourne Palm Bay (5-1) 49
9. Niceville (5-1) 29
10. Land O' Lakes (6-0) 21
Also receiving votes: Gainesville Buchholz (4-2) 6, North Fort Myers (4-1) 3, Delray Beach Atlantic (4-2) 3.

Class 4A
1. Miami Washington (5-0) (11) 154
2. Tampa Hillsborough (7-0) (5) 149
3. Seffner Armwood (5-1) 125
4. Palm Beach Dwyer (6-0) 108
5. Tallahassee Lincoln (5-1) 87
6. Pace (7-0) 87
7. New Smyrna Beach (6-1) 46
8. Daytona Seabreeze (5-1) 45
9. Gainesville Eastside (5-1) 33
10. Ponte Vedra Beach Nease 20
Also receiving votes: Belleview (5-1) 7, Lake City Columbia (4-2) 7, Lynn Haven Mosley (5-1) 5, Bradenton Southeast (4-2) 4.

Class 3A
1. Glades Central (5-0) (11) 153
2. St. Augustine (7-0) (3) 145
3. Lakeland Kathleen (7-0) (1) 128
4. Wauchula Hardee (6-0) 90
5. Immokalee (6-1) (1) 90
6. Sarasota Booker (5-1) 64
7. Tampa Jesuit (7-0) 59
8. Jacksonville Raines (7-0) 58
9T. Miami Monsignor Pace (4-2) 21
9T. Cocoa (5-1) 21
Also receiving votes: Tallahassee Godby (5-1) 18, Dunnellon (6-1) 10, Pensacola Washington 6, Orlando Bishop Moore (6-0) 6, Tallahassee Godby (5-1) 6, Naples 6, Riverdale (6-1) 3, Belen Jesuit (5-1) 2.

Class 2A
1. Madison County (4-0) (13) 77
2. Plantation American Heritage (6-0) (2) 54
3. Hollywood Chaminade (4-2) (1) 38
4. Jacksonville Bolles (5-1) 37
5. Bushnell South Sumter (6-1) 25
Also receiving votes: Miami Gulliver Prep (4-1) 5, Fort White (5-1) 3.

Class 2B
1. Ocala Trinity Catholic (7-0) (12) 75
2. Blountstown (6-0) (3) 64
3. Pahokee (5-1) (1) 45
4. Vernon (5-1) 19
5. Miramar Parkway (7-0) 13
Also receiving votes: West Palm Beach King's Academy (5-1) 12, Lake Butler Union County (4-2) 8, Melbourne Florida Air 4.

Class 1A
1. North Palm Beach Benjamin (5-1) (10) 71
2. Port St. Joe (6-1) (1) 52
3. Fort Meade (3-3) (3) 36
4. Belle Glade Glades Day (4-1) 35
5. Mayo Lafayette (6-0) (2) 30
Also receiving votes: Wewahitchka 5, Hilliard (4-3) 4, Fort Myers Evangelical Christian 4, Naples St. John Neumann (5-0) 3.

Class 1B
1. Lakeland Evangel Christian (4-2) (11) 69
2. Jupiter Christian (6-0) (5) 56
3. South Daytona Warner Christian (4-2) 37
4. St. Petersburg Keswick Christian (5-1) 35
5. Lakeland Santa Fe (6-1) 21
Also receiving votes: Orlando First Academy (5-2) 10, Apalachicola (5-1) 6, Merritt Island Christian (4-2) 3, Zion Lutheran (4-2) 2, Cottondale 1.