It didn’t take long for Jones High, the runner-up in the Class 4A state championship football game a year ago, to show they are back in 2025. With a vengeance.

The Tigers were out to prove a point Saturday during the 10th Annual Legacy Classic at Camping World Stadium, and they did so with an exclamation point, throttling Seminole 42-0 in a Kickoff Classic exhibition game .

Area coaches noticed. Jones, which went wire to wire atop the first-ever Sentinel Super 16 Coaches Poll a year ago , debuts there again this week, sitting in the No. 1 spot in the 2025 preseason poll.

Jones was a unanimous No. 1 selection from the 14 coaches voting this week.

Sentinel Preseason Super 16 Coaches Poll

Teams are listed with first-place votes in parentheses, results from their Kickoff Classic prese

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