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The Florida High School Athletic Association is reducing its football classes from seven to six, plus a rural division.

Defending state champions Chaminade-Madonna and Miami Northwestern are moving up to new classes.

The FHSAA is also introducing an eight-team Open Division for the top-ranked teams, which will affect the final playoff brackets.

Defending state champions Chaminade-Madonna and Miami Northwestern are moving up, and West Boca is dropping down a class next year.

The Florida High School Athletic Association released the tentative football classes for the 2026-27 and 27-28 school years on Dec. 8.

The FHSAA board voted recently to go down from seven classes plus one rural to six classes plus one rural . Not only does it mean bigger districts in some c

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