Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) stays on top despite split voting
GAINESVILLE — As the high school baseball season heads into it’s second month of the regular season and nears the halfway point, some teams are once again proving to be regulars at the top of The Prep Zone Power Poll.
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) remains as the No. 1 team in the all-classification regional rankings after the first three weeks of the season.
The Conquerors, last year’s FHSAA Class 2A state runner-up, are off to a 7-1 start in 2026 with wins over North Marion (Citra), No. 13 Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine), 14th-ranked Beachside (St. Johns), No. 17 Suwannee (Live Oak), and Lowndes (GA), with their only loss coming 2-0 in the second game of the season at now-No. 6 Creekside (St. Johns). They received three of the nine first-place votes this week.
Right behind them in 2nd is unbeaten St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park).
The Class 1A Spartans started 7-0 and have beaten No. 7 Providence (Jacksonville), Beachside, Suwannee, Lincoln (Tallahassee), and then-No. 14 University Christian (Jacksonville). They received three first-place votes.
Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville) moved up two spots to 3rd.
The 2A Cardinals are also off to a 7-0 start with wins over Suwannee, Lincoln, Baldwin, and No. 20 Fernandina Beach. Bishop Snyder earned two first-place votes this week.
Class 7A Spruce Creek (Port Orange) is 4th, followed by another unbeaten, Trenton, at No. 5. The Hawks (6-1) handed Creekside their only loss and also defeated Lake Mary and North Marion with their only loss to No. 11 Bartram Trail (St. Johns).
Rural state semifinalist Trenton is 9-0 to start with the biggest win coming against RV The Villages.
Class 7A Creekside leads off the second five.
The Knights (7-1) moved up 10 spots from the preseason poll after beating Trinity Christian, Providence, Beachside, 15th-ranked Bolles (Jacksonville), RV St. Joseph’s Academy (St. Augustine), and RV Clay (Green Cove Springs).
Creekside, who has won seven in a row since an opening game loss to Spruce Creek, received the last first-place vote this week.
Providence moved up to 7th, followed by Hernando (Brooksville) at No. 8, 9th-ranked Trinity Catholic (Ocala), and Buchholz (Gainesville) is 10th.
The 6A state runner-up the last two seasons, Buchholz drops from No. 2 in the preseason poll to 10th after a 3-4 start.
Trinity Catholic, which wasn’t ranked in the preseason poll, moves all the way into the top 10 after a 7-1 start. The Celtics defeated Buchholz, then-No. 9 Episcopal (Jacksonville), then-No. 18 South Sumter (Bushnell) with their only loss coming at Berkeley Prep (Tampa).
Besides Trinity Catholic, Bartram Trail is new to the poll along with 12th-ranked Vanguard (Ocala), Beachside, No. 19 Umatilla and 20th-ranked Fernandina Beach.
Dropping out from the preseason poll are Clay, Episcopal, University Christian, South Sumter, The Villages, and St. Joseph Academy.
The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, girls basketball, boys basketball, softball & baseball teams (regardless of FHSAA classification) across 26 counties in North Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It is voted on by sportswriters and sportscasters and it is powered by Be Well Fitness.
THE PREP ZONE POWER POLL– 2026 BASEBALL POLL #2
(School, followed by classification, first place votes, current record through 3/2, and total voting points)
1. Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) (2A) (3) (7-1) – 175
2. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park) (1A) (3) (7-0) – 172
3. Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville) (2A) (2) (7-0) – 160
4. Spruce Creek (Port Orange) (7A) (6-1) – 144
5. Trenton (Rural) (9-0) – 143
6. Creekside (St. Johns) (7A) (1) (7-1) – 142
7. Providence (Jacksonville) (2A) (6-2) – 99
8. Hernando (Brooksville) (3A) (6-1) – 90
9. Trinity Catholic (Ocala) (2A) (7-1) – 84
10. Buchholz (Gainesville) (6A) (3-4) – 82
11. Bartram Trail (St. Johns) (6A) (7-1) – 78
12. Vanguard (Ocala) (4A) (9-1) – 66
13. Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine) (6A) (5-2) – 52
14. Beachside (St. Johns) (6A) (6-3) – 51
15. Bolles (Jacksonville) (2A) (4-3) – 44
16. Columbia (Lake City) (5A) (3-4) – 42
17. Suwannee (Live Oak) (3A) (4-5) – 40
18. Lafayette (Mayo) (Rural) (4-3) – 30
19. Umatilla (3A) (8-2) – 29
20. Fernandina Beach (3A) (7-1) – 24
Also receiving votes: Episcopal (Jacksonville) (2A) (3-6) – 21; South Sumter (Bushnell) (3A) (6-3) – 20; Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville) (3A) (7-1) – 18; Newberry (2A) (6-3) – 18; St. Joseph Academy (St. Augustine) (1A) (4-2) – 16; Union County (Lake Butler) (Rural) (8-1) – 14; Montverde Academy (Montverde) (2A) (7-1) – 12; Clay (Green Cove Springs) (4A) (4-5) – 7; The Villages (3A) (4-3) – 7; Madison County (Rural) (5-1) – 5; Lake Minneola (Minneola) (6A) (5-2) – 4; Eustis (4A) (6-2) – 3; Middleburg (5A) (5-2) – 3; Saint Francis Catholic Academy (Gainesville) (1A) (8-2) – 1.
