Death, taxes ... and chaos in Class 4A.
Turnover has been a certainty in the Class 4A rankings, and it isn't stopping this week.
Lake Wales moves into the top spot in the USA Today Florida Super 10 poll. The Highlanders received six of nine first-place votes.
Since losing to DeLand 35-34 in the season opener, Lake Wales has won its past five games by a combined score of 242-17.
American Heritage received two first-place votes, while Columbia got one. The undefeated Tigers were No. 1 in Week 6.
Class 4A was the only class that didn't have a unanimous No. 1 in the Week 7 poll.
Columbus (Class 6A), St. Thomas Aquinas (Class 5A), Miami Central (Class 3A), Chaminade-Madonna (Class 2A) and Carrollwood
Day (Class 1A) remain No. 1 in their respective classes.
Class 6A
1. Columbus (9 first-place votes)
Record: 5-1. Week 7: vs. Miami Southwest, Oct. 1.
2. Venice
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Raines, Oct. 2.
3. DeLand
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Centennial, Oct. 2.
4. Miami Palmetto
Record: 5-1. Week 7: Open.
5. Seminole
Record: 6-0. Week 7: Open.
6. Vero Beach
Record: 5-1. Week 7: vs. Mainland, Oct. 2.
7. Edgewater
Record: 3-2. Week 7: Open.
8. Sarasota Riverview
Record: 5-1. Week 7: Open.
9. Mainland
Record: 2-2. Week 7: at Vero Beach, Oct. 2.
10. Cypress Bay
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at West Broward, Oct. 2.
ARV: West Orange, Creekside, Palm Beach Central, Western, Spruce Creek
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (9 first-place votes)
Record: 5-0. Week 7: at Chaminade-Madonna, Oct. 2.
2. West Boca
Record: 4-1. Week 7: at Glades Central, Oct. 2.
3. Lakeland
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. SFA, Oct. 2.
4. Armwood
Record: 5-1. Week 7: Open.
5. Tampa Bay Tech
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Lennard, Oct. 2.
6. Buchholz
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Santa Fe, Oct. 1.
7. Mandarin
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Lake Mary, Oct. 2.
8. Monarch
Record: 3-2. Week 7: at Coconut Creek, Oct. 2.
9. Manatee
Record: 4-2. Week 7: vs. Columbia, Oct. 2.
10. Coconut Creek
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Monarch, Oct. 2.
ARV: Palmetto, Sumner, Archbishop McCarthy, Fletcher, Bartram Trail
Class 4A
![St. Augustine head coach Brian Braddock (right) addresses his players after defeating Clay 37-13 in high school football on Sept. 24, 2026. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/authoring-images/2026/09/25/NFTU/91929907007-45014.jpg)
1. Lake Wales (6 first-place votes)
Record: 5-1. Week 7: Open.
2. American Heritage (2 first-place votes)
Record: 3-3. Week 7: Open.
3. Columbia (1 first-place vote)
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Manatee, Oct. 2.
4. Jones
Record: 3-1. Week 7: at Ocoee, Oct. 2.
5. Mosley
Record: 6-0. Week 7: Open.
6. Port Charlotte
Record: 3-2. Week 7: vs. Bishop Verot, Oct. 2.
7. St. Augustine
Record: 6-0. Week 7: Open.
8. Miami Northwestern
Record: 4-2. Week 7: vs. American, Oct. 1.
9. Ed White
Record: 4-1. Week 7: at Oakleaf, Oct. 2.
10. Bishop Moore
Record: 4-2. Week 7: Open.
ARV: Choctawhatchee, Clearwater, Jesuit, Vanguard, Atlantic
Class 3A
1. Miami Central (9 first-place votes)
Record: 4-1. Week 7: at Miami Springs, Oct. 3.
2. Raines
Record: 5-0. Week 7: vs. Venice, Oct. 2.
3. Cardinal Mooney
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Clearwater Central Catholic, Oct. 2.
4. Dillard
Record: 4-2. Week 7: at Cardinal Gibbons, Oct. 1.
5. Merritt Island
Record: 6-0. Week 7: Open.
6. Bishop Verot
Record: 3-1. Week 7: at Port Charlotte, Oct. 2.
7. Cardinal Gibbons
Record: 3-2. Week 7: vs. Dillard, Oct. 1.
8. Godby
Record: 4-2. Week 7: at Niceville, Oct. 2.
9. Eau Gallie
Record: 4-2. Week 7: Open.
10. Titusville
Record: 4-2. Week 7: vs. Davenport, Oct. 2.
ARV: South Sumter, Dunnellon, Wakulla, Santa Fe, Villages Charter
Class 2A
1. Chaminade-Madonna (9 first-place votes)
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. St. Thomas Aquinas, Oct. 2.
2. Carol City
Record: 3-2. Week 7: at Grayson (Georgia), Oct. 2.
3. The First Academy
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Cocoa, Oct. 2.
4. Clearwater Central Catholic
Record: 5-0. Week 7: at Cardinal Mooney, Oct. 2.
5. Cardinal Newman
Record: 4-1. Week 7: at Atlantic, Oct. 2.
6. Bolles
Record: 4-1. Week 7: Open.
7. Florida High
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at University Christian, Oct. 2.
8. Bradford
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Eastside, Oct. 2.
9. Miami Killian
Record: 5-1. Week 7: at Somerset Academy (Silver Palms), Oct. 2.
10. Pensacola Catholic
Record: 5-1. Week 7: Open.
ARV: Tampa Catholic, Berkeley Prep, Calvary Christian (Clearwater), Immaculata-La Salle, Lakewood
Class 1A
![Trinity Christian linebacker Christian Washington (6) breaks for a second quarter touchdown. The Trinity Christian Conquerors hosted the Columbia Tigers Friday, September 18, 2026 in Jacksonville, Fla. Columbia won 27-20. [ Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/authoring-images/2026/09/19/NFTU/91838747007-columbia-tigers-at-trinity-christian-034.JPG)
1. Carrollwood Day (9 first-place votes)
Record: 6-0. Week 7: vs. Trinity Christian, Oct. 2.
2. Hawthorne
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Hawthorne, Oct, 2.
3. Trinity Christian
Record: 3-3. Week 7: at Carrollwood Day, Oct. 2.
4. True North Classical
Record: 2-3. Week 7: at Miami Norland, Oct. 2.
5. University Christian
Record: 4-2. Week 7: vs. Florida High, Oct. 2.
6. Lakeland Christian
Record: 6-0. Week 7: at Deerfield-Windsor (Georgia), Oct. 2.
7. Madison County
Record: 3-3. Week 7: vs. Bay, Oct. 2.
8. John Carroll Catholic
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Holy Trinity Episcopal, Oct. 2.
9. Pahokee
Record: 4-2. Week 7: Open.
10. Melbourne Central Catholic
Record: 4-1. Week 7: vs. Rockledge, Oct. 2.
ARV: Blountstown, St. John Neumann, Maclay, Fort White, St. Petersburg Catholic
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Florida high school football Super 10 polls: Lake Wales new Class 4A No. 1
