BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Bradford High School and The Villages continue to swap spots in the Florida High School/MaxPreps Region 2-2A power rankings, with The Villages (8-0) now occupying the top spot with the release of the latest rankings on Oct. 14.
Rankings, which take record and strength of schedule into account, will be updated weekly and be used to determine playoff seeding and at-large qualifiers.
The four district champions in each of the four regions in 2A automatically qualify for the playoffs. Each region will also have four at-larger qualifiers.
Bradford (7-1) is second in Region 2. The remaining top eight is currently Clearwater Calvary Christian (4-3) in third, Cocoa (2-4) in fourth, Titusville Astronaut (5-3) in fifth, Tampa Berkeley Prep (2-4) in sixth, Santa Fe (5-2) in seventh and Newberry (3-4) in eighth.
The Tornadoes are ranked fourth in Class 2A overall behind Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (6-1), Jacksonville Bolles (6-1) and The Villages.
Two of Bradford’s victories have come against two current top-10 teams: Mandarin, which is fourth in Class 6A and Eastside, which is eighth in Class 3A.
The Tornadoes also have wins against South Sumter, which is currently 14th in Class 3A, and Dunnellon, which is 20th in 3A.
Complete rankings can be viewed at fhsaa.com.
