State high school football polls and Maxwell predictions
Central Georgia’s top 20 teams as per Maxwell Ratings coming at 1 p.m.
Georgia Sports Writers Association
Class AAAAAAA
1. Colquitt County 140 (14) 1
2. Parkview 119 3
3. Grayson 114 4
4. North Gwinnett 87 5
5. Hillgrove 79 6
6. Walton 78 2
7. Archer 38 8
8. Roswell 36 NR
9. Marietta 34 9
10. Lowndes 14 7
Others Receiving Votes: McEachern 12, Milton 11, Tift County 9, Westlake 1
Dropped Out: McEachern
Class AAAAAA
1. Lee County 140 (14) 1
2. Creekview 124 2
3. Tucker 106 3
4. Sequoyah 89 4
5. Douglas County 70 6
6. Northside 55 7
7. Harrison 51 8
8. Stephenson 38 10
9. Allatoona 35 9
10 Valdosta 29 5
Others Receiving Votes: Coffee 21, Dacula 4, John’s Creek 1
Dropped Out: None
Class AAAAA
1. Rome 140 (14) 1
2. Buford 119 3
3. Warner Robins 105 4
t4. Dutchtown 95 6
t4. Wayne County 95 5
6. Stockbridge 72 2
7. Jones County 52 8
8. SW DeKalb 50 7
9. Ware County 32 9
10. Kell 11 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Carrollton 9, Riverdale 1
Dropped Out: Carrollton
Class AAAA
1. Blessed Trinity 140 (14) 1
2. Cartersville 119 2
3. Mary Persons 114 3
4. St. Pius X 93 4
5. Eastside 84 5
6. Troup County 68 6
7. Marist 63 7
8. Pickens 36 NR
9. Flowery Branch 30 8
10. Ridgeland 7 10
Others Receiving Votes: North Oconee 4, Burke County 3, Cairo 2, Carver-Columbus 1, Salem 1
Dropped Out: Burke County
Class AAA
1. Calhoun 139 (13) 1
2. Cedar Grove 122 2
3. Monroe Area 111 (1) 3
4. Peach County 92 4
t5. Benedictine 81 5
t5. Greater Atlanta Christian 81 6
7. Dawson County 41 8
8. Westminster 40 9
9. Pierce County 31 10
10. Jefferson 27 7
Others Receiving Votes: Liberty County 2, Westside 2, North Hall 1
Dropped Out: None
Class AA
1. Hapeville Charter 136 (11) 1
2. Rabun County 117 (3) 3
t3. Bremen 101 4
t3. Rockmart 101 5
5. Callaway 69 2
6. Dublin 65 6
7. Brooks County 46 9
8. Dodge County 39 10
9. Washington County 38 8
10. Heard County 37 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Vidalia 6, Jefferson County 3, Fitzgerald 2, Union County 1
Dropped Out: None
Class A
1. ELCA 134 (9) 1
2. Irwin County 127 (4) 2
3. Athens Academy 115 (1) 3
4. Prince Avenue 91 4
5. Clinch County 87 5
6. Commerce 61 6
7. Pelham 46 7
8. Mount Zion- Carroll 33 9
9. Fellowship Christian 21 10
10. Calvary Day 15 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Savannah Christian 12, Mount Paran 9, Aquinas 6, Greene County 4, Marion County 2, Darlington 1, Schley County 1
Dropped Out: Aquinas
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Class AAAAAAA
1. (1) Colquitt County (8-0)
2. (3) Grayson (6-2)
3. (4) Parkview (8-0)
4. (6) Hillgrove (8-0)
5. (8) Marietta (4-4)
6. (2) Walton (7-1)
7. (NR) Roswell (7-1)
8. (5) North Gwinnett (7-2)
9. (10) Tift County (6-2)
10. (NR) Milton (6-2)
Out: No. 7 Lowndes, No. 9 Archer
Class AAAAAA
1. (1) Lee County (8-0)
2. (2) Creekview (8-0)
3. (4) Tucker (6-2)
4. (5) Douglas County (7-1)
5. (6) Northside-Warner Robins (4-4)
6. (7) Sequoyah (7-1)
7. (8) Allatoona (6-2)
8. (9) Stephenson (7-1)
9. (3) Valdosta (5-4)
10. (10) Coffee (7-2)
Class AAAAA
1. (1) Rome (9-0)
2. (2) Buford (6-2)
3. (4) Warner Robins (8-1)
4. (5) Dutchtown (8-0)
5. (6) Jones County (7-1)
6. (3) Stockbridge (7-1)
7. (7) Ware County (6-2)
8. (8) Wayne County (9-0)
9. (9) Southwest DeKalb (8-0)
10. (10) Kell (6-2)
Class AAAA
1. (1) Blessed Trinity (8-0)
2. (2) Mary Persons (8-0)
3. (3) Troup (8-0)
4. (4) St. Pius (8-1)
5. (5) Cartersville (9-0)
6. (6) Eastside (8-0)
7. (8) Marist (8-1)
8. (NR) Pickens (9-0)
9. (7) Flowery Branch (6-2)
10. (10) Ridgeland (5-3)
Out: No. 9 Burke County
Class AAA
1. (1) Calhoun (8-0)
2. (2) Cedar Grove (8-1)
3. (3) Monroe Area (9-0)
4. (4) Peach County (6-2)
5. (5) Westminster (5-3)
6. (6) Greater Atlanta Christian (7-2)
7. (7) Benedictine (7-1)
8. (9) Dawson County (7-1)
9. (8) Jefferson (7-2)
10. (10) Pace Academy (5-4)
Class AA
1. (1) Hapeville Charter (7-1)
2. (3) Rockmart (8-0)
3. (NR) Heard County (6-2)
4. (2) Callaway (7-2)
5. (4) Bremen (7-1)
6. (5) Rabun County (7-1)
7. (8) Brooks County (6-2)
8. (9) Dublin (8-1)
9. (10) Dodge County (8-1)
10. (6) Washington County (7-1)
Out: No. 7 Vidalia
Class A (Public)
1. (1) Irwin County (8-0)
2. (2) Clinch County (7-1)
3. (3) Commerce (8-0)
4. (4) Pelham (8-0)
5. (5) Marion County (8-0)
6. (6) Charlton County (6-2)
7. (7) Mount Zion (Carroll) (8-1)
8. (8) Schley County (7-1)
9. (9) Mitchell County (6-1)
10. (NR) Greene County (6-2)
Out: No. 10 Dooly County
Class A (Private)
1. (1) Eagle's Landing Christian (7-1)
2. (2) Athens Academy (8-0)
3. (3) Prince Avenue Christian (7-1)
4. (4) Fellowship Christian (8-0)
5. (6) George Walton Academy (7-1)
6. (7) Savannah Christian (7-1)
7. (8) Mount Paran Christian (6-2)
8. (9) Calvary Day (7-1)
9. (10) Darlington (7-1)
10. (5) Aquinas (7-1)
Maxwell Ratings predictions
Brookstone over Macon Co. by 9
Central over Rutland by 40
Dodge Co. over Bleckley Co. by 33
Elbert Co. over Putnam Co. by 30
Greenville over Crawford Co. by 13
Hancock Central over Lincoln Co. by 11
Hawkinsville over Central, Talbotton by 31
Heard Co. over Lamar Co. by 36
Howard over Spalding by 16
Jones Co. over Ola by 39
Lee Co. over Houston Co. by 41
Manchester over Dooly Co. by 4
Marion Co. over Taylor Co. by 28
Mary Persons over Perry by 35
Monticello over Banks Co. by 5
Mount de Sales over Wilkinson Co. by 25
Northside, W.R. over Valdosta by 1
Peach Co. over Jackson by 23
Southwest over East Laurens by 31
Stratford over Twiggs Co. by 36
Tattnall Square at FPD by 13
Upson-Lee over West Laurens by 8
Veterans over Thomas Co. Central by 13
Washington Co. over Northeast by 26
Westside over Pike Co. by 14