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Florida High School Football Rankings: Top 25 teams – Oct. 21

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October 21, 2024

Florida High School Football Rankings: Top 25 teams – Oct. 21

The Florida high school football rankings have updated as the month of October rolls along.

Miami Northwestern picked up a crosstown win over Columbus to kick off the weekend on Thursday. Friday saw ranked wins by Venice, Miami Central and Niceville.

The On3 Massey Ratings — which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college high school sports team rankings since 1995 — rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.

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Below is the updated Florida On3 Massey Ratings top 25, as of Oct. 21.

IMG is fresh off of a pair of bye weeks, plenty rested for its matchup with East St. Louis — the No. 1 team in Illinois. The Ascenders last played on Oct. 4, when they beat No. 2 Venice 21-16.

Venice is 7-1 on the year, its lone loss coming at the start of the month in a failed comeback big against IMG Academy. Since then, the Indians have bounced back with wins over Riverview and No. 21 Clearwater Central Catholic. This Friday, they will host Sarasota as 41-point favorites.

Miami Central is 6-1 coming off of its crosstown victory over No. 8 Miami Norland last Friday. The Rockets downed the Vikings 22-14. This week, Central will head to Stranahan. In addition to their win over Norland, the Rockets’ resume is highlighted by victories against No. 10 American Heritage and No. 14 Northwestern.

Chaminade-Madonna blew out Avant Garde 56-0 on Friday, making it seven straight wins for the Lions since they opened the year with losses to St. John Bosco (Calif.) and Blanche Ely. They will close out the regular season with Cardinal Gibbons this Friday.

St. Thomas Aquinas is 7-2 on the year with losses to Las Vegas Bishop Gorman (Nev.) and No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna. The Raiders bounced back from that Chaminade loss over the weekend with a 44-6 win against Monarch. They will look to start a winning streak this Friday on the road at No. 10 American Heritage.

Lakeland last played on Oct. 4 when it beat Sebring 38-7. Wins against No. 3 Miami Central and No. 16 Lake Mary highlight the Dreadnaughts’ perfect resume this year. Lakeland will look to resume action this Friday against Kathleen.

Armwood is still perfect following a 62-3 blowout of Steinbrenner last week. The Hawks’ signature win came on Sept. 6 against No. 18 Tampa Bay Tech. They play no further ranked teams in the regular season, but will close against Wharton and Riverview.

Norland fell 22-14 to No. 3 Miami Central last week, its second loss of the season (joining a loss to No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna). The Vikings had previously rattled off three consecutive wins over Archbishop McCarthy, No. 12 Cocoa and No. 10 American Heritage. They will look to bounce back this Thursday against Plantation.

Jones beat Lake Wales 31-19 last week to stay undefeated in 2024. The Tigers will look to keep that perfect record alive this weekend as huge favorites over Lake Region.

American Heritage may be 4-4 on the season, but the Patriots have faced a brutal schedule. Losses have come to Milton (Ga.), No. 4 Chaminade-Madonna, No. 3 Miami Central and No. 8 Norland. On the flip side, they have accumulated wins against Western, No. 19 Naples, Plantation and Archbishop McCarthy. On deck is No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas.

11. Nease
12. Cocoa (+1)
13. Raines (+2)
14. Northwestern (+6)
15. Gadsden County (-1)

16. Lake Mary (+8)
17. Niceville (+5)
18. Tampa Bay Tech (+5)
19. Naples
20. St. Augustine (NR)

21. Clearwater Central Catholic (-9)
22. Columbus (-1)
23. The Bolles School (NR)
24. Lincoln (-7)
25. A. Crawford Mosley (NR)

Dropped from rankings: Sanford Seminole, Cardinal Newman, Manatee

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Indiana Fever player has her Florida State women’s basketball jersey retired

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November 17, 2025

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Indiana Fever player has her Florida State women’s basketball jersey retired

Indiana Fever forward Natasha Howard’s Florida State jersey was retired Sunday.

Howard wore No. 33 for the Seminoles from 2010-14, starting 127 games. She also holds heralded spots in program history:

1,811 points, fourth-most
1,046 rebounds, second
186 blocked shots, fourth

Howard’s scoring total was second when she left the program. She led FSU in career rebounds before Fever teammate Makalya Timpson (2021-25) grabbed more. The blocks were third most when Howard left, but Timpson has more.

The Fever selected Howard fifth overall in the 2014 WNBA Draft, and she played her first two seasons in Indiana. She returned in 2025 free agency, averaging 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds for the league semifinalists.

Chloe Peterson is the Indiana Fever beat reporter for IndyStar. Reach her at capeterson@gannett.com or follow her on X at @chloepeterson67. Subscribe to IndyStar’s YouTube page for Fever Insiders Live.

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Coast Guard rescues eight boaters 35 miles off Florida coast in disabled boat

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November 16, 2025

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Coast Guard rescues eight boaters 35 miles off Florida coast in disabled boat

VENICE, Fla. (CBS12) — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued eight boaters on Saturday after their 26-foot boat broke down 35 miles off the Venice Inlet.

At 9:30 p.m., the US Coast Guard (USCG) says an Air Station Miami aircrew located the disabled vessel in two to three foot seas and sent a boat crew to the boat’s location.

The boat was reported overdue by an officer with the Venice Police Department hours earlier at 1:44 p.m., per USCG.

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The Coast Guard says all eight boaters were brought back to the boat ramp uninjured.

“Before going out on the water, make sure you tell someone where you are going and when you will be back,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Beasley, a Station Cortez boarding officer. “We recommend being as specific as possible so rescue crews have a reliable place to start searching in case of emergency. Boaters should always have Coast Guard-approved life jackets, VHF radio, signaling devices, and an emergency position locator beacon or personal locator beacon.”

USCG also highlighted the importance of mariners taking a safety course before going on the water.

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Ole Miss football fans chant, ‘We want Lane’ as Rebels defeat Florida

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November 15, 2025

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Ole Miss football fans chant, ‘We want Lane’ as Rebels defeat Florida

Ole Miss football took home a win in the “Lane Kiffin Bowl” in Week 12 with a 34-24 come-from-behind win vs. Florida.

Just as the Rebels closed off their 10th win of the season, moving one step closer to appearing in the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history, Ole Miss fans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium made one thing clear to the Rebels brass and Kiffin: They want Lane.

As captured by the ESPN broadcast, “We want Lane” chants broke out in the Ole Miss student section after Kiffin has been linked to the Florida open head coach vacancy, on top of numerous other Power Four conference openings. It appeared not to faze him, as he remained locked in on the final 60 seconds of the game:

Given what he has done in seven seasons at Ole Miss, Kiffin has become a regular on coaching hot boards as positions become available across college football.

On top of his ties to the state of Florida, former Gators coach Steve Spurrier, who told USA TODAY Sports’ Blake Toppmeyer last month that he is a fan of Kiffin and thinks he is a “very good coach.”

“I wanted to be Steve Spurrier,” Kiffin said during a recent appearance on the “Pardon My Take” podcast. “When I watched him and his offenses in the visor and kind of the way he’d throw jabs at other coaches and team and stuff, I was like, Steve Spurrier is the man. That’s what I want to be.”

Kiffin himself has talked at length about his name being tossed around in the coaching carousel, including saying on an appearance on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” that he will never “make a decision based on money” and that he hasn’t made one based on money in his coaching career.

The win over Florida moved Ole Miss’ record to 54-19 overall under Kiffin.

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