PRE-SEASON TOP 30 – IMG Starts On Top

Since the end of the 2023 season, the team at Prep Redzone Florida has been attending every 7-on-7, prospect camp, combine and team event across the Sunshine State.

With over 90 TEAMS profiled and well over 3,500 individual player blogs, stories and breakdowns, we have had the pleasure of producing more content than anyone in the state – by far.

If you have followed what we do, you already know that when it comes to evaluating and watching teams and players, there are very few who see more.

Our pre-season and in season team rankings – like our player rankings – are accomplished by being at everything LIVE and not just going off the word of many who never see the teams perform in person.

During the season, we adjust team rankings as games are played – being fair to every program in the Sunshine State.

While no team ranking is ever going to please everyone, those who know the game understand the process that if a certain school does not appear at the beginning – it is the final ranking that counts.

While we respect everyone's opinion, it's tough to argue with people who see every player and team live.

This Pre-Season List is just a starting point and will be adjusted as the season progresses.

Here are 30 teams that warrant the pre-season exposure:

1. Bradenton IMG Academy (10-0, Independent). THIS WEEK: 8/22 - @Canyon Corner. NEXT GAME: 8/28 – Bergen Catholic.

2. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (14-1, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/24 – Las Vegas Bishop Gorman. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson.

3. Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (14-0, 1A). THIS WEEK: 8/24 – Bellflower St. John Bosco, California. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Pompano Beach Blanche Ely.

4. Cocoa (14-1, 2A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Titusville. NEXT GAME: @ No. 28 Daytona Beach Mainland.

5. Miami Central (8-3, 3A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – No. 6 Lakeland. NEXT GAME: 8/31 – Miami Edison.

6. Lakeland (12-3, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @ No. 5 Miami Central. NEXT GAME: 9/6 - @ No. 21 Lake Mary.

7. Plantation American Heritage (10-2, 4A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Milton, Georgia. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – No. 11 Davie Western.

8. Homestead (12-2, 6A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Miami Palmetto. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Homestead South Dade.

9. Venice (12-3, 7A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – No. 14 Tampa Bay Tech. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – No. 20 Miami Northwestern.

10. Seffner Armwood (10-2, 6A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Tampa Gaither. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Riverview Sumner.

11. Davie Western (9-4, 7A). THIS WEEK: 8/24 – Hoover, Alabama. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @ No. 7 Plantation American Heritage.

12. Orlando Jones (10-4, 4A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Winter Park. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Orlando Timber Creek.

13. Jacksonville Mandarin (11-4, 6A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – St. John's Creedside. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Jacksonville Atlantic Coast.

14. Tampa Bay Tech (10-2, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @No. 9 Venice. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Tampa Wharton.

15. Orlando Edgewater (11-1, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Apopka Wekiva. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Orlando The First Academy.

16. Miami Christopher Columbus (13-2, 7A). THIS WEEK: 8/22 - @Miami Southridge. NEXT GAME:8/30 – Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland

17 Tampa Berkeley Prep (13-2, 2A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Clearwater Central Catholic. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Sarasota Booker.

18. Miami Norland (14-1, 4A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Miramar. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Miami Carol City.

19. Gainesville Buchholz (13-1, 6A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Ocala Vanguard. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Vero Beach.

20. Miami Northwestern (5-6, 3A). THIS WEEK: 8/22 - @Coconut Creek, NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @ No. 9 Venice.

21. Lake Mary (10-2, 7A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 @Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - Kissimmee Osceola.

22. Tampa Plant (11-3, 6A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Tampa Carrollwood Day. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Tampa Gaither.

23. St. Augustine (13-1, 4A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @Palatka. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @St. Augustine Menedez.

24. Lake Wales (12-1, 4A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – @Winter Haven. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Davenport Ridge Community.

25. Coconut Creek Monarch (11-3, 6A). THIS WEEK: Peachtree Ridge, Georgia. NEXT GAME: 8/29 – Deerfield Beach.

26. Jacksonville Raines (10-2, 3A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 - @ No. 27 Jacksonville Bolles. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Jacksonville Sandalwood.

27. Jacksonville Bolles (8-6, 2A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – No. 26 Jacksonville Raines. NEXT GAME: 8/30 - @Jacksonville Trinity Christian Academy.

28. Daytona Beach Mainland (13-1, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Orange City University. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – No. 4 Cocoa.

29. Delray Beach Atlantic (11-2, 5A). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Palm Beach Gardens. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Jonesboro, Georgia.

30. Hawthorne (13-0, R). THIS WEEK: 8/23 – Holiday Anclote. NEXT GAME: 8/30 – Newberry.

FIFTEEN MORE TO WATCH: Bradenton Manatee (9-3, 5A), Bushnell South Sumter (11-2, 3A), Clearwater Calvary Christian (10-3, 2A), Clearwater Central Catholic (13-1, 1A), Crawfordville Wakulla Crawfordville Wakulla FL (11-1, 3A), DeLand (11-3, 7A), Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (9-4, 2A), Fort Lauderdale Dillard (5-6, 4A), Fort Myers Bishop Verot (11-2, 2A), Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee (10-3, 3S), Homestead South Dade (8-4, 7A), Jacksonville Riverside (9-3, 4A), Jacksonville Trinity Christian (9-4, 1A), Kissimmee Osceola (4-7, 6A), Madison County (10-2, R), Melbourne Eau Gallie (10-2, 3A), Miami Booker T. Washington (9-3, 2A), Miami Palmetto (9-2, 7A), Miami Southridge (7-5, 6A), Naples (10-3, 4A), Naples First Baptist (9-3, 1A), Niceville (9-3, 5A), North Palm Beach Benjamin (8-3, 1A), Ocala Vanguard (11-3, 4A), Orlando Bishop Moore (9-4, 3A), Orlando The First Academy (6-4, 1A), Pembroke Pines West Broward Pembroke Pines West Broward FL (6-4, 6A), Pensacola Catholic (11-3, 2S), Sanford Seminole (10-3, 7A), Starke Bradford County (14-1, 2A), St. John's Bartram Trail (8-4, 6A), St. John's Creekside (6-5, 7A), Tampa Carrollwood Day (8-2, 1A), Tampa Jesuit (10-3, 4A), Vero Beach (9-3, 7A), West Boca Raton (9-3, 6A), West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (9-2, 1A), Williston (11-1, R), Winter Park (9-1, 7A).

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