It's another week of the flag football rankings.
The Florida High School Athletic Association rankings were released on Monday. Any games that were played that night are not included in a team's record, rating or strength of schedule as far as the rankings go.
Just as it has the last few weeks, Pace remains Escambia and Santa Rosa counties' top-ranked team. The Patriots improved six spots to No. 20 this past week, boasting an 18.095 rating with an 8-1 record.
Navarre is the area's second-best team at No. 81 in the state with a 10.017 rating and a 6-4 record.
With district tournaments from April 14-17, region tournaments start the following week on April 23.
Here are the third FHSAA flag football rankings for teams from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, plus a way-too-early playoff watch.
Class 3A
- Pace (18.095) – first in District 1-3A, first in Region 1-3A, third in Class 3A, 20th overall in state
- Navarre (10.017) – second in District 1-3A, ninth in Region 1-3A, 27th in Class 3A, 81st overall in state
- Tate (2.517) – fourth in District 1-3A, 13th in Region 1-3A, 44h in Class 3A, 176th overall in state
- Gulf Breeze (-10.975) – sixth in District 1-3A, 19th in Region 1-3A, 87th in Class 3A, 334th overall in state
Class 2A
- Booker T. Washington (24.863) – second in District 1-2A, sixth in Region 1-2A, 27th in Class 2A, 131st overall in state
- Pine Forest (-6.509) – fourth in District 1-2A, 15th in Region 1-2A, 70th in Class 2A, 283rd overall in state
- Pensacola (-9.299) – fifth in District 1-2A, 18th in Region 1-2A, 82nd in Class 2A, 319th overall in state
- Escambia (-21.111) – sixth in District 1-2A, 21st in Region 1-2A, 100th in Class 2A, 386th overall in state
Way-too-early playoff watch
District tournaments aren't for another few weeks, but it's still fun to discuss what the playoff scenarios would look like if the regular season ended today as far as region tournaments.
District champions automatically advance to the region tournament after the district tourney, and there are four at-large bids per region in all classifications.
Rankings are bound to change after district tournaments as well, so we'll pretend that they didn't change at all through districts to make things a little easier. Remember: anything can happen in the playoffs.
Here's what the region tournaments would look like.
Region 1-3A
- 1. Pace (1)* vs. 8. Bartram Trail (3)
- 2. Ponte Vedra (3)* vs. 7. Lake Howell (4)
- 3. Fleming Island (3) vs. 6. Oviedo (4)*
- 4. Chiles (2)* vs. 5. Fletcher (3)
Notes: Only one area team is in the region tournament if the regular season ended today. Pace, the top-ranked team in Region 1-3A, would keep ...
