The following match-ups and results were forecast for the 2018 Florida Football Finals before the postseason began:
Class 1A– Madison County over Baker
Class 2A– University Christian over Admiral Farragut
Class 3A– Chaminade-Madonna over King’s Academy
Class 4A– Raines over University School
Class 5A– Rockledge over Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)
Class 6A– Carol City over Vanguard
Class 7A– St. Thomas Aquinas over Lakeland
Class 8A– Wekiva over Deerfield Beach
2018 PLAYOFFS FORECAST-Week 3
Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings are calculated by a formula based on strength of opposition and margin of victory with greater weight given to recent games. The forecasted margin of victory for each game is determined by subtracting the power rating of the lower-rated team from the power rating of its higher-rated opponent.
CLASS 8A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Wekiva 6 over Mandarin
Region 2
Riverview (Sarasota) 7 over Dr. Phillips
Region 3
Deerfield Beach 8 over Palm Beach Central
Region 4
Columbus 7 over South Dade
CLASS 7A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Robert E. Lee 3 over Edgewater
Region 2
Lakeland 7 over Plant
Region 3
Venice 13 over Bloomingdale
Region 4
St. Thomas Aquinas 27 over William T. Dwyer
CLASS 6A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Navarre 1 over Crestview
Region 2
Vanguard 1 over Armwood
Region 3
Naples 7 over North Fort Myers
Region 4
Miami Central 17 over Northwestern
CLASS 5A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) 24 over Bolles
Region 2
North Marion 9 over Nature Coast Tech
Region 3
Jesuit 14 over Jefferson
Region 4
American Heritage (Plantation) 6 over Cardinal Gibbons
CLASS 4A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Raines 38 over West Nassau
Region 2
The Villages 1 over Dunnellon
Region 3
Cocoa 21 over Bishop Verot
Region 4
University School 3 over Glades Central
CLASS 3A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Florida High 10 over Taylor County
Region 2
King’s Academy 17 over The First Academy
Region 3
Clearwater Central Catholic 34 over Berkeley Prep
Region 4
Chaminade-Madonna 28 over American Heritage (Delray Beach)
CLASS 2A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
University Christian 7 over North Florida Christian
Region 2
Victory Christian 3 over Foundation Academy
Region 3
Admiral Farragut 14 over Seffner Christian
Region 4
Champagnat Catholic 1 over St. John Neumann
CLASS 1A (Regional Finals)
Region 1
Baker 8 over Vernon
Region 2
Port St. Joe 10 over Jefferson County
Region 3
Madison County 27 over Chiefland
Region 4
Hawthorne 2 over Pahokee
Forecast Record
Last Week 52-13, 80.0%
FHSAA Playoffs 128-32, 80.0%
Last Nine Weeks 1,576-262, 85.7%
Entire Season 2,406-470, 83.7%
2017 Forecast Record
State Championship Games 7-1, 87.5%
Pre-playoffs forecast correctly selected 6 of the 8 eventual state champions.
FHSAA Playoffs 152-32, 82.6%
Entire season 2,216-477, 82.3%
