*Last week's rankings in parenthesis
1. Clearwater Central Catholic (21-0) - The Marauders will go for their first-ever perfect regular season Wednesday night against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) (Previous No. 1)
2. Plant (18-5) - Six-straight wins have the Panthers climbing, along with a perfect district record (Previous No. 5)
3. Hernando (20-3) - A good gut-it-out win over Lakeland, plus a 20-win season, moves the Leopards up. (Previous No. 6)
4. Northeast (19-4) - They've come out of left field to win 13 in a row. No more knocking on the door. You're in, Vikings (Previously unranked)
5. King (18-4) - We'll see if they're for real, real soon. Alonso comes to town Wednesday (Previous No. 4)
6. Steinbrenner (17-4) - Once is a fluke (King), twice is a trend (Alonso). Warriors heating up at the right time (Previously No. 10)
7. Jesuit (18-5) - The Tigers had back-to-back wins over out-of-state teams sandwiched between losses to Countryside and Seminole (Previous No. 2)
8. Osceola (17-4) - Their the No. 1 seed in the 6A-10 district tournament with a good shot at a district title (Previously unranked)
9. Haines City (18-5) - Look who is best in Polk County now: the Hornets, who have gone 9-1 in their district (Previously unranked)
10. Hillsborough (16-4) - They've beaten Plant City, Jefferson and King recently, plus had a two-run loss to the Lions earlier this year. Time for me to stop overlooking the Terriers. (Previously unranked)
One the bubble: Alonso, (17-6), Winter Haven (18-5), Durant (15-5), River Ridge (16-5), Bartow (17-7), Wiregrass Ranch (16-6), East Lake (15-6), Calvary Christian (18-5), St. Pete (14-7)