This poll is produced by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) and the writers of Source Hoops. All schools considered are members of the Florida High School Athletic Association. Area teams in bold.
Rankings based on games through 01/02/16.
CLASS 8A
1 Flagler Palm Coast 17-0
2 Boca Raton 14-3
3 Colonial (Orlando) 14-3
4 Flanagan (Pembroke Pines) 14-3
5 Lourdes 18-3
6 Vero Beach 15-1
7 West Port (Ocala) 14-3
8 Miami Sr. 11-3
9 Ferguson 10-5
10 Seminole (Sanford) 16-3
Honorable Mention: Haines City 15-1, Boone (Orlando) 14-4, Wellington 10-3 , Lake Worth 10-4, Palm Beach Gardens 13-4, Winter Park 9-3; South Dade 9-1 , Deerfield Beach 14-4, Wekiva 14-4, Cypress Bay 13-5, North Miami 13-3.
7A
1 Winter Haven 10-2
2 Lakewood Ranch 14-4
3 South Broward 12-4
4 Oakleaf (Orange Park) 15-3
5 Sarasota 15-3
6 Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach) 11-3
7 Strawberry Crest 16-0
8 Palm Beach Lakes 10-2
9 Melbourne 14-2
10 Fleming Island (Orange Park) 12-5
Honorable Mention: Plant (Tampa) 14-3, Lee (Jacksonville) 13-4, St. Cloud 13-2, Nova 9-6, Wiregrass Ranch 17-2, Palm Harbor University 12-2, Bartram Trail (St. Johns) 12-5.
6A
1 Dillard (Ft. Lauderdale) 12-2
2 Edgewater (Orlando) 11-4
3 Northeast (Oakland Park) 10-5
4 Ft. Myers 12-5
5 Norland (Miami) 9-5
6 Nease (Ponte Vedra) 12-4
7 Choctaw (Fort Walton Beach) 15-4
8 New Smyrna Beach 16-3
9 Clearwater 14-2
10 Lehigh 13-2
Honorable Mention: St. Augustine 10-2, Barron Collier (Naples) 10-5, Cape Coral 14-3, Charlotte (Punta Gorda) 8-1, Golden Gate (Naples) 14-2, Fort Walton Beach 11-3, Doral Academy (Miami) 11-3, Gainesville 9-4.
5A
1 Ribault (Jacksonville) 16-0
2 Dunbar (Ft. Myers) 13-3
3 American Heritage (Plantation) 11-3
4 Lakewood 9-4
5 Bishop Moore (Orlando) 11-3
6 Paxon (Jacksonville) 11-4
7 Rickards (Tallahassee) 12-4
8 Southeast (Bradenton) 4-3
9 Archbishop McCarthy 11-6
10 Leesburg 10-7
Honorable mention: Parker (Jacksonville) 8-4, Titusville 12-2, Rockledge 15-5, Mosley (Panama City) 11-4, Suncoast 6-3.
4A
1 Lake Highland Prep (Orlando) 15-2
2 Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) 17-1
3 Jones (Orlando) 9-6
4 St. Andrews 9-1
5 Gulliver Prep 14-2
6 Brooks DeBartolo 11-3
7 Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) 11-2
8 Oxbridge Academy 11-5;
9 Lincoln Park Academy 13-2
Honorable Mention: Keys Gate 17-1, McKeel Academy (Lakeland) 18-2, Raines (Jacksonville) 13-4, Cardinal Gibbons (Ft. Lauderdale) 11-2, East Gadsden 10-1, Tampa Catholic 12-7, Monsignor Pace 6-2, Pine Crest 9-3, Florida High 6-5.
3A
1 Miami Country Day 12-5
2 Community School Naples 14-1
3 Calvary Christian (Clearwater) 11-3
4 Seffner Christian 13-2
5 Providence (Jacksonville) 11-3
6 University Christian (Jacksonville) 10-3
7 Benjamin (West Palm Beach) 14-2
8 Indian Rocks Christian 13-6
9 PK Yonge (Gainesville) 10-4
10 Westminster Academy 8-3
Honorable Mention: First Academy 13-5, Oak Hall (Gainesville) 10-2, St. Joseph Academy (St. Augustine) 10-5.
2A
1 FAMU (Tallahassee) 12-2
2 Academy at the Lakes 13-2
3 Covenant Christian 12-3
4 Calvary Christian (Ormond) 10-5
5 Orlando Christian Prep 12-3
6 Miami Christian 9-3
7 Seacoast Christian 13-1
8 Geneva 7-4
9 International Community 9-6
10 Aucilla Christian (Monticello) 7-3
Honorable Mention: Harvest Community 7-2, Hollywood Christian 7-3.
1A
1 Trenton 17-0
2 South Walton 16-2
3 Madison County 13-4
4 Wildwood 11-7
5 Holmes County 14-3
6 Paxton 12-3
7 Ponce de Leon 11-3
8 Chiefland 8-1
9 Pahokee 10-6
10 Fort Meade 8-3
Honorable Mention: Port St Joe 6-4, Bronson 10-5, Williston 9-4.