The second installment of FHSAA football rating percentage index (RPI) rankings offer optimism for many Orlando area teams entering Week 6 of the regular season.
Lake Mary (4-0, .802) ranks No. 4 among all classifications and No. 1 ahead of defending state champion Sanford Seminole (5-0, .732) and St. Johns Creekside (5-0, .717) in Class 8A Region 1. The ‘Noles fell from No. 5 last week to No. 23 overall in RPI.
Weekly RPI rankings factor a team’s winning percentage, the winning percentage of a team’s opponents, and the winning percentage of a team’s opponent’s opponents.
Venice (4-0, .