Plantation American Heritage overtakes St. Johns Bartram Trail to take No. 1 spot

The Florida High School Athletic Association instituted a new playoff format this season with the aim of fielding a more competitive postseason and state tournament.

As high school soccer approaches the business end of the season, Official Florida FC will provide a rundown of the top varsity programs in the state.

For the third time in as many weeks, there is a new statewide No. 1. Tampa Plant and Lakeland Christian are the only unbeaten teams in the state, but neither is atop the FHSAA rankings.

Plantation American Heritage, despite having more losses than eight of the other schools in the top 10 takes over for Weston Cypress Bay. The Patriots’ 1-0 loss to Boca Raton on Jan. 22 was not included in the rankings that were released on Jan. 22.

A final statewide ranking will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

All Classification Top 10

Rank	School Name	Class Rank	Rating	Str.	Record	Class	Region	District
1	American Heritage (Plantation, FL)	1	23.239	15.81	9-2-0	4A	4	14
2	St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park, FL)	1	22.190	10.67	14-1-0	2A	1	3
3	Bartram Trail (St. Johns, FL)	1	22.045	13.11	12-1-3	7A	1	1
4	Academy of the Holy Names (Tampa, FL)	1	21.186	10.12	12-1-0	3A	2	7
5	Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale, FL)	1	20.685	10.73	13-1-2	5A	4	15
6	Cypress Bay (Weston, FL)	2	20.674	9.05	14-1-0	7A	4	13
7	Lakeland Christian (Lakeland, FL)	2	20.500	7.59	16-0-1	3A	2	6
8	Lourdes Academy (Miami, FL)	1	20.381	10.83	10-1-1	6A	4	16
9	Plant (Tampa, FL)	3	20.278	6.97	12-0-0	7A	2	7
10	St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL)	2	20.009	13.76	11-3-2	6A	4	14

Classification Rankings

Class 7A

1. St. Johns Bartram Trail (12-1-3)
2. Weston Cypress Bay (14-1-0)
3. Tampa Plant (12-0-0)

Class 6A

1. Miami Lourdes (10-1-1)
2. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (11-3-2)
3. Venice (7-3-1)

Class 5A

1 .Fort Lauderdale Archbishop McCarthy (13-1-2)
2. Pembroke Pines Charter (11-2-1)
3. Gulf Breeze (13-2-1)

Class 4A

1. Plantation American Heritage (9-2)
2. Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons (9-3-4)
3. Orlando Bishop Moore (11-5)

Class 3A

1. Tampa Academy of Holy Names (12-1)
2. Lakeland Christian (16-0-1)
3. Miami Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart (10-2)

Class 2A

1. Orange Park St. Johns Country Day (14-1)
2. St. Petersburg Shorecrest Prep (7-1-2)
3. Tallahassee Maclay (8-2-2)