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The Miami Herald’s preseason South Florida Top 20 football rankings

Chaminade-Madonna’s football team celebrates after beating Clearwater Central Catholic on Thursday at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.
Chaminade-Madonna’s football team celebrates after beating Clearwater Central Catholic on Thursday at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Andre Fernandez afernandez@miamiherald.com

The high school football season begins next week around the state of Florida. See where the top teams in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties are ranked by the Miami Herald in the first of this season’s South Florida Top 20 rankings.

SOUTH FLORIDA TOP 20

1. Chaminade-Madonna

2. St. Thomas Aquinas

3. Central

4. American Heritage

5. Norland

6. Homestead

7. Monarch

8. Coconut Creek

9. Northwestern

10. Western

11. Columbus

12. Booker T. Washington

13. Cardinal Gibbons

14. Southridge

15. Palmetto

16. South Dade

17. Edison

18. Carol City

19. Plantation

20. West Broward

On the cusp: True North, Dillard, Miramar, Doral Academy, South Broward.

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Andre C. Fernandez
Miami Herald
Andre Fernandez is the Deputy Sports Editor of the Miami Herald and has covered a wide variety of sports during his career including the Miami Marlins, Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, University of Miami athletics, and high school sports.
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