The Florida high school football season has passed its midway point.
As we head into the second half, it means the inaugural Open Division and Class 6A-1A playoffs are getting closer. District champions will be crowned — and the automatic playoff spot that comes with it — and teams will be jockeying for postseason seeding.
All playoff spots will be determined solely by the MaxPreps rankings, which are updated twice a week. And, as has been seen just over the past two weeks, can fluctuate wildly during between Sunday and Thursday updates even if very few games are played during the first few days of the week.
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But what the current rankings do is give an idea of where teams stand after the first
half of the season.
Based on that, here is what the current playoff bracket would look like if the season ended today.
Open Division
Group A: (1) St. Thomas Aquinas, (4) Chaminade-Madonna, (5) Cardinal Newman, (8) Armwood
Group B: (2) Columbus, (3) West Boca, (6) Cardinal Newman, (7) Miami Central
Class 6A
Region 1
(1) DeLand* vs. (8) Hagerty
(4) Creekside* vs. (5) Spruce Creek
(3) Mainland vs. (6) Winter Park*
(2) Seminole* vs. (7) Lake Mary
Region 2
(1) Vero Beach* vs. (8) East Ridge
(4) Lake Nona* vs. (5) Ocoee*
(3) West Orange vs. (6) Fort Pierce Central
(2) Edgewater* vs. (7) Dr. Phillips
Region 3
(1) Venice* vs. (8) Winter Haven*
(4) Alonso* vs. (5) Lennard
(3) Plant City* vs. (6) Durant
(2) Sarasota Riverview vs. (7) Newsome
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Region 4
(1) Miami Palmetto vs. (8) Spanish River*
(4) South Dade vs. (5) West Broward
(3) Western vs. (6) Palm Beach Central*
(2) Cypress Bay* vs. (7) Jupiter
Class 5A
Region 1
(1) Mandarin* vs. (8) Oakleaf
(4) Evans* vs. (5) Bartram Trail
(3) Fletcher vs. (6) Nease
(2) Buchholz* vs. (7) Pace*
Region 2
(1) Lakeland* vs. (8) Wiregrass Ranch*
(4) Lake Gibson vs. (5) Osceola
(3) Sebring vs. (6) Oviedo*
(2) Gaither* vs. (7) Mitchell
Region 3
(1) Tampa Bay Tech vs. (8) Immokalee
(4) Plant vs. (5) Palmetto
(3) Manatee* vs. (6) Royal Palm Beach*
(2) Sumner vs. (7) Charlotte*
Region 4
(1) Archbishop McCarthy vs. (8) Deerfield Beach
(4) Miami Southridge* vs. (5) Miami Beach
(3) Coconut Creek* vs. (6) Piper
(2) Monarch vs. (7) Mater Academy
Class 4A
Region 1
(1) Columbia* vs. (8) Lincoln
(4) Choctawhatchee* vs. (5) Ed White
(3) St. Augustine* vs. (6) Booker T. Washington (Pensacola)
(2) Mosley* vs. (7) Rickards
Region 2
(1) Bishop Moore* vs. (8) Seabreeze
(4) Vanguard* vs. (5) New Smyrna Beach
(3) Lake Wales vs. (6) Zephyrhills*
(2) Jones* vs. (7) Lake Weir
Region 3
(1) Port Charlotte* vs. (8) Hillsborough
(4) Naples* vs. (5) South Fort Myers
(3) Clearwater* vs. (6) Dunbar
(2) Jesuit* vs. (7) Gulf Coast
Region 4
(1) American Heritage* vs. (8) Blanche Ely
(4) Miami Northwestern* vs. (5) Miami Norland
(3) Atlantic* vs. (6) Miramar
(2) McArthur vs. (7) Jensen Beach*
Class 3A
Region 1
(1) Raines* vs. (8) Menendez*
(4) Baker County vs. (5) South Walton*
(3) Bishop Kenny vs. (6) Wakulla
(2) Godby* vs. (7) Pine Forest
Region 2
(1) Merritt Island* vs. (8) Tenoroc*
(4) Villages Charter* vs. (5) Titusville
(3) Santa Fe* vs. (6) South Sumter
(2) Eau Gallie vs. (7) Dunnellon
Region 3
(1) Nature Coast Tech* vs. (8) Wellen Park
(4) Robinson vs. (5) Tarpon Springs*
(3) Braden River vs. (6) Countryside
(2) Jefferson* vs. (7) Gibbs
Region 4
(1) Cardinal Gibbons* vs. (8) Miami Jackson
(4) Glades Central* vs. (5) North Miami Beach
(3) Dillard vs. (6) Miami Springs
(2) Bishop Verot* vs. (7) Key West
Class 2A
Region 1
(1) Bolles* vs. (8) Rutherford
(4) Florida High* vs. (5) Andrew Jackson
(3) Walton vs. (6) Gadsden County
(2) Pensacola Catholic* vs. (7) Baldwin
Region 2
(1) The First Academy* vs. (8) Calvary Christian (Clearwater)
(4) Bradford* vs. (5) Tampa Catholic
(3) Berkeley Prep vs. (6) Cocoa
(2) Clearwater Central Catholic* vs. (7) Lakewood
Region 3
(1) Carol City* vs. (4) Miami Edison
(2) St. Andrew's vs. (3) Miami Booker T. Washington
Region 4
(1) Immaculata-La Salle*
(4) Westminster Christian vs. (5) Gulliver Prep
(3) Ransom Everglades vs. (6) Somerset Charter (Silver Palms)
(2) Miami Killian*
Class 1A
Region 1
(1) Madison County* vs. (8) Marianna
(4) Fort White vs. (5) Baker
(3) Maclay* vs. (6) Taylor County
(2) Blountstown* vs. (7) Northview
Region 2
(1) Hawthorne* vs. (8) Father Lopez
(4) University Christian vs. (5) Wildwood
(3) Melbourne Central Catholic* vs. (6) Williston
(2) Trinity Christian* vs. (7) Chiefland
Region 3
(1) Carrollwood Day* vs. (8) Zephyrhills Christian
(4) First Baptist vs. (5) St. Petersburg Catholic
(3) St. John Neumann* vs. (6) Victory Christian
(2) Lakeland Christian* vs. (7) Community School of Naples
Region 4
(1) True North Classical*
(4) Archbishop Carroll* vs. (5) Benjamin
(3) Pahokee vs. (6) Palmer Trinity
(2) John Carroll Catholic* vs. (7) Somerset Prep (North Lauderdale)
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Florida high school football playoffs: What bracket would look like now
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