PALM BEACH COUNTY – We have finally reached the end of the 2020 high school football season, and by now it is clear where each of our area’s teams stand at this time.

It has been the longest season in memory, as evidenced by everything that has transpired since the end of this past summer. We have overcome a slew of shortened schedules, a slew of cancellations, a slew of roster changes, and so much more.

But through it all, the teams that handled the COVID-19 pandemic the best were the ones that stuck together and played like it on the field from start to finish. As you will see in the final team rankings for both public and private schools, the cream rose to the top.

In this iteration, we have a final public schools Top 10, a private schools Top 5, and a combined Top 10 for both public and private schools. This means we have three total polls in total.

Read on below for the last team rankings of 2020.

FINAL TOP 10: PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1. Atlantic (Delray Beach) (5-1) [Previous Rank: 3]
2. Glades Central (5-1) [Previous Rank: 1]
3. Dwyer (5-1) [Previous Rank: 2]
4. Jupiter (5-1) [Previous Rank: 4]
5. Boca Raton (6-1) [Previous Rank: 8]
6. Palm Beach Gardens (4-3) [Previous Rank: 7]
7. Boynton Beach (5-2) [Previous Rank: Not Ranked]
8. Park Vista (3-3) [Previous Rank: 5]
9. Seminole Ridge (3-2) [Previous Rank: 9]
10. Forest Hill (3-2) [Previous Rank: Not Ranked]

Dropped from rankings: Former No. 6 Pahokee (2-4), Former No. 10 Wellington (3-4)

FINAL TOP 5: PRIVATE SCHOOLS

1. American Heritage (Delray Beach) (4-4) [Previous Rank: 1]
2. St. John Paul II (6-3) [Previous Rank: 4]
3. Cardinal Newman (4-4) [Previous Rank: 2]
4. King’s Academy (4-2) [Previous Rank: 3]
5. St. Andrew’s (3-2) [Previous Rank: 5]

Coming tomorrow: Final public/private Top 10 rankings for 2020

PHOTO CREDITS: Jeffrey Wimbrow and Herve Coby