The Miami Herald’s preseason South Florida Top 20 football rankings
The high school football season begins next week with South Florida’s best ready to begin the road to the state championships at Pitbull Stadium this December.
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
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. Northwestern
4. American Heritage
5. Central
6. Southridge
7. Norland
8. Columbus
9. Palmetto
10. West Broward
11. Monarch
12. Cardinal Gibbons
13. Piper
14. McArthur
15. Dillard
16. Carol City
17. Miramar
18. Edison
19. True North
20. Western
On the rise: Goleman, Mater Academy, Monsignor Pace, Flanagan.
This story was originally published August 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM.
Andre C. Fernandez
Miami Herald