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6 Florida high school football teams nationally ranked entering 2024

IMG Academy is top team in SBLive/Sports Illustrated Preseason Power 25 from Sunshine State; Plantation American Heritage makes honorable mention
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IMG Academy comes in at No. 4 in the 2024 SBLive/Sports Illustrated Preseason Power rankings
IMG Academy comes in at No. 4 in the 2024 SBLive/Sports Illustrated Preseason Power rankings

Florida high school football is typically home to many of the country's top teams and players each year, and 2024 is no exception.

Six schools from the Sunshine State appeared in the SBLive/SI Power 25 Preseason national high school football rankings, released Tuesday: No. 4 IMG Academy, No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna, No. 16 Cocoa, No. 20 Miami Central, No. 21 St. Thomas Aquinas, No. 25 Berkeley Prep. Plantation American Heritage received an honorable mention.

IMG Academy begins the season as Florida's top ranked team coming in and they'll open the season on the road on Aug. 22nd when they travel out west to face Corner Canyon (Utah). Chaminade-Madonna faces No. 3 St. John Bosco (California) on Aug. 24th down in South Florida in the Broward County Classic High School Football Showcase, which St. Thomas Aquinas will take on No. 2 Bishop Gorman (Nevada).

Miami Central starts off the 2024 slate at home against the 9-time state champion Lakeland Dreadnaughts and Berkeley Prep opens up on the road against always tough Clearwater Central Catholic.

Dive into the rest of the preseason national rankings here:

>> SBLive/SI Top 25 preseason high school football rankings

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-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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