Southwest Florida high school football teams are preparing for the 2025 season, and so are we. looking at teams, there are 34 that participate in either the Florida High School Athletic Association or the Sunshine State Athletic Association.
Having talked to the coaches and researched the teams leading up to the season, the Southwest Florida sports team is taking an early stab at ranking each area squad. Some come in with high expectations like Naples, Bishop Verot, Lely and Riverdale. Others are under new leadership and trying to build a foundation like Ida Baker and Marco Island. And then there are all the teams in between.
It’s preseason, and there’s lots of football to play, so things will certainly change, but here is how we rank each of our local FHSAA and SSAA teams before any of them step on the field under the lights for the 2025 campaign.
FHSAA and SSAA football rankings in Southwest Florida
1. Naples
2. Bishop Verot
3. Lely
4. Riverdale
5. Cape Coral
6. Community School of Naples
7. Fort Myers
8. St. John Neumann
9. Immokalee
10. Dunbar
11. Estero
12. Gulf Coast
13. Cypress Lake
14. South Fort Myers
15. North Fort Myers
16. Lehigh
17. Barron Collier
18. ECS
19. Mariner
20. East Lee
21. SFCA
22. Oasis
23. Aubrey Rogers
24. Palmetto Ridge
25. LaBelle
26. Island Coast
27. Golden Gate
28. Gateway
29. First Baptist
30. Bonita Springs
31. Canterbury
32. Ida Baker
33. Gateway Charter
34. Marco Island
This article originally appeared on Marco Eagle: Ranking all 34 SWFLA high school football teams for the 2025 season
Reporting by Ed Reed, Naples Daily News / Marco Eagle
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