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📊 FPRI EXPLAINER
The Florida Power Rankings Index is an ALGORITHM — not a subjective media poll.
And after only two weeks, there are a few things everyone needs to understand:
🏈 PRESEASON GAMES DO NOT COUNT
🏈 Kickoff Classics/exhibitions are NOT part of the current-season résumé
🏈 The PRESEASON RATING is only the starting point
🏈 That preseason influence gradually phases out as 2026 results take over
🏈 Out-of-state opponents Florida teams play are included in schedule-strength evaluation
🏈 A team can win and still move down
🏈 An OPEN team can still move
🏈 A 1-1 team can rank ahead of a 2-0 team
🏈 Head-to-head matters, but it is not the entire formula
There is a reason the late Joe Pinkos, whose work we admired and deeply respected, traditionally waited until several weeks into the season before releasing his rankings: early-season sample sizes are small.
The FPRI takes a different approach. It publishes from the beginning, using a preseason baseline that progressively disappears as real regular-season data takes over.
PRESEASON RATING = starting point
PRESEASON GAME = does not count
FloridaHSFootball.com does not manually rearrange teams to make the rankings “look right.”
We publish what the algorithm produces.
#flhsfb @FHS7v7A @FHS7v7ACollLink @HSFBamerica @MikeReno65 @chrislyke @NFHSFBBLITZ @Dwight_XOS @PatB5153 @PrepRedzoneFL @RealNews102 @LawrenceBl83397 @CenFLAPreps @HSSportsFL @offsidepreps @H2_Recruiting @polk_way @football305407 @bighitslive @MISTER_F00TBALL @Prep_Gridiron @Top25PublicHSFB @Andy_Villamarzo @Benjamin_Report
The Florida Power Rankings Index is an ALGORITHM — not a subjective media poll.
And after only two weeks, there are a few things everyone needs to understand:
🏈 PRESEASON GAMES DO NOT COUNT
🏈 Kickoff Classics/exhibitions are NOT part of the current-season résumé
🏈 The PRESEASON RATING is only the starting point
🏈 That preseason influence gradually phases out as 2026 results take over
🏈 Out-of-state opponents Florida teams play are included in schedule-strength evaluation
🏈 A team can win and still move down
🏈 An OPEN team can still move
🏈 A 1-1 team can rank ahead of a 2-0 team
🏈 Head-to-head matters, but it is not the entire formula
There is a reason the late Joe Pinkos, whose work we admired and deeply respected, traditionally waited until several weeks into the season before releasing his rankings: early-season sample sizes are small.
The FPRI takes a different approach. It publishes from the beginning, using a preseason baseline that progressively disappears as real regular-season data takes over.
PRESEASON RATING = starting point
PRESEASON GAME = does not count
FloridaHSFootball.com does not manually rearrange teams to make the rankings “look right.”
We publish what the algorithm produces.
#flhsfb @FHS7v7A @FHS7v7ACollLink @HSFBamerica @MikeReno65 @chrislyke @NFHSFBBLITZ @Dwight_XOS @PatB5153 @PrepRedzoneFL @RealNews102 @LawrenceBl83397 @CenFLAPreps @HSSportsFL @offsidepreps @H2_Recruiting @polk_way @football305407 @bighitslive @MISTER_F00TBALL @Prep_Gridiron @Top25PublicHSFB @Andy_Villamarzo @Benjamin_Report
