Maxwell Projection underneath polls

One set of pollsters put a little more oomph into Northside’s loss to Peach County, so last week’s loss to Jones County dropped the Eagles into the world of the unranked.

The Eagles are out of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Class 6A poll after falling 35-27 to top-5 Class 5A Jones County, and are hanging in at No. 8 in the Georgia Sports Writers Association poll.

Washington County is in the AJC list and on the verge of joining the GSWA group.

Dodge County picked up two spots in one poll and one in the other after knocking off 4A West Laurens.

Peach County lost a hair of ground, falling into a tie for third in 3A in one poll and staying put there in the other.

Probably a win away from getting in at least one poll are Washington County in AA,

But two more teams are getting votes, Houston County in 6A and Perry in 4A in the GSWA poll. The AJC doesn’t list vote-getters.

Dooly County is representing Class A, only because the AJC splits its polls between public and private. Otherwise, it’ll be a few weeks before the Bobcats are joined in either poll.

Georgia Sports Writers Association

Class AAAAAAA

1. Colquitt County 154 (12) 3

2. Grayson 144 (3) 1

3. Walton 125 4

4. North Gwinnett 112 (1) 2

5. Milton 93 6

6. Parkview 87 8

7. Archer 60 7

8. Lowndes 34 5

9. McEachern 26 10

10. Hillgrove 25 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Marietta 10, Mill Creek 8, Tift County 3, North Cobb 3, North Paulding 2.

Dropped Out: None

Class AAAAAA

1. Lee County 160 (16) 1

2. Coffee 144 2

3. Harrison 128 3

4. Glynn Academy 94 5

5. Valdosta 73 6

6. Dalton 64 9

7. Tucker 51 7

8. Northside 49 4

9. Alpharetta 46 8

10. Creekview 42 10

Others Receiving Votes: Douglas County 14, Sequoyah 8, Stephenson 2, Houston County 2, Allatoona 1, Mays 1.

Dropped Out: None

Class AAAAA

1. Rome 160 (16) 1

2. Warner Robins 135 3

3. Buford 121 2

4. Stockbridge 101 4

t5. Jones County 97 6

t5. Carrollton 97 5

7. Wayne County 60 7

8. Kell 46 10

9. Ware County 20 8

10. SW DeKalb 12 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Dutchtown 9, Griffin 6, Starr’s Mill 5, Richmond Hill 4, Douglass 1

Dropped Out: Starr’s Mill

Class AAAA

1. Blessed Trinity 159 (15) 1

2. Marist 128 3

3. Cartersville 123 (1) 2

4. Mary Persons 116 4

5. Flowery Branch 75 7

t6. St. Pius X 74 6

t6. Thomson 74 NR

8. Eastside 51 8

9. Troup County 26 NR

10. Burke County 219

Others Receiving Votes: Woodward Academy 13, Perry 6, Sandy Creek 3, Cedartown 2, Oconee County 2.

Dropped Out: Woodward Academy

Class AAA

1. Calhoun 160 (16) 1

2. Cedar Grove 131 3

t3. Benedictine 117 5

t3. Peach County 117 2

5. Westminster 90 4

6. Greater Atlanta Christian 70 6

7. Monroe Area 65 10

8. Jefferson 42 9

9. Pace Academy 28 8

10. Lovett 23 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Liberty County 16, Pierce County 6, Pike County 3, North Hall 1

Dropped Out: None

Class AA

1. Hapeville Charter 160 (16) 1

2. Callaway 117 5

3. Bremen 100 7

4. Dodge County 99 6

5. Thomasville 85 4

6. Brooks County 84 2

7. Heard County 80 3

8. Rabun County 60 8

9. Dublin 52 9

10. Rockmart 15 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Washington County 11, Elbert 4, Jefferson County 3, Toombs County 2, Fitzgerald 2, SE Bulloch 2, Screven County 1

Dropped Out: Toombs County

Class A

1. Clinch County 155 (14) 1

2. ELCA 137 (1) 2

3. Irwin County 107 4

4. Athens Academy 105 (1) 3

5. Prince Avenue 100 5

6. Calvary Day 70 7

7. Mount Zion 58 8

8. Manchester 36 9

9. Mount Paran 32 6

10. Darlington 27 10

Others Receiving Votes: Commerce 10, Pelham 4, Hebron Christian 2, Savannah Country Day 2, Trinity Christian 1, Aquinas 1.

Dropped out: None.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Class AAAAAAA

1. (2) Colquitt County (3-0)

2. (4) Walton (3-0)

3. (8) Milton (3-0)

4. (3) North Gwinnett (1-1)

5. (1) Grayson (1-1)

6. (7) Parkview (2-0)

7. (6) Marietta (1-2)

8. (9) Archer (1-1)

9. (NR) McEachern (1-1)

10. (NR) Mill Creek (2-1)

Out: No. 5 Lowndes, No. 10 Norcross

Class AAAAAA

1. (1) Lee County (3-0)

2. (2) Coffee (3-0)

3. (3) Harrison (3-0)

4. (5) Creekview (3-0)

5. (4) Dalton (2-0)

6. (9) Glynn Academy (2-1)

7. (7) Valdosta (2-1)

8. (10) Alpharetta (1-1)

9. (NR) Tucker (1-2)

10. (NR) Sequoyah (2-0)

Out: No. 6 Richmond Hill, No. 8 Northside

Class AAAAA

1. (1) Rome (2-0)

2. (2) Buford (2-1)

3. (3) Warner Robins (2-0)

4. (4) Carrollton (2-0)

5. (5) Stockbridge (2-0)

6. (9) Jones County (3-0)

7. (6) Kell (2-0)

8. (7) Wayne County (2-0)

9. (8) Ware County (2-1)

10. (10) Dutchtown (3-0)

Class AAAA

1. (1) Blessed Trinity (3-0)

2. (2) Marist (2-0)

3. (3) Cartersville (2-0)

4. (4) Mary Persons (3-0)

5. (5) St. Pius X (2-1)

6. (6) Thomson (1-1)

7. (7) Troup (2-0)

8. (8) Burke County (0-2)

9. (9) Flowery Branch (2-0)

10. (10) Woodward Academy (1-2)

Class AAA

1. (1) Calhoun (2-0)

2. (2) Cedar Grove (3-0)

3. (3) Peach County (1-1)

4. (5) Benedictine (1-0)

5. (4) Westminster (Atlanta) (2-1)

6. (NR) Monroe Area (3-0)

7. (7) Greater Atlanta Christian (1-1)

8. (6) Pace Academy (2-1)

9. (8) Lovett (1-2)

10. (10) Jefferson (1-1)

Out: No. 9 Liberty County

Class AA

1. (1) Hapeville Charter (2-0)

2. (3) Callaway (2-0)

3. (2) Heard County (1-1)

4. (4) Thomasville (2-1)

5. (6) Bremen (2-0)

6. (7) Dodge County (2-0)

7. (8) Rabun County (1-1)

8. (9) Rockmart (2-0)

9. (10) Dublin (3-0)

10. (NR) Washington County (2-0)

Out: No. 5 Brooks County

Class A (Private)

1. (1) Eagle's Landing Christian (2-1)

2. (2) Prince Avenue Christian (3-0)

3. (3) Athens Academy (2-0)

4. (6) Darlington (3-0)

5. (5) Calvary Day (2-0)

6. (7) Savannah Country Day (2-0)

7. (8) Aquinas (3-0)

8. (4) Mount Paran Christian (1-1)

9. (NR) George Walton Academy (2-0)

10. (9) Fellowship Christian (2-0)

Out: No. 10 Stratford Academy

Class A (Public)

1. (1) Clinch County (2-0)

2. (2) Irwin County (3-0)

3. (3) Mount Zion (Carroll) (2-0)

4. (5) Manchester (2-0)

5. (7) Commerce (3-0)

6. (6) Dooly County (1-1)

7. (8) Pelham (3-0)

8. (4) Charlton County (2-1)

9. (NR) Marion County (2-0)

10. (NR) Trion (2-0)

Out: No. 9 Washington-Wilkes, No. 10 Emanuel County Institute

Maxwell Rating predictions

Burke Co. over Wilkinson Co. by 41
Clinch Co. over Dooly Co. by 22
Crawford Co. over Glascock Co. by 23
Dodge Co. over Appling Co. by 21
East Laurens at Wheeler Co. by 3
First Presb. over Hancock Central by 13
Fitzgerald over Upson-Lee by 9
Georgia Military at ACE Charter by 40
Holy Innocents over Rutland by 21
Jones Co. over Union Grove by 34
Lincoln Co. at Tattnall Square by 1
Manchester over Northeast by 20
Mary Persons over Lovett by 10
North Cobb Christian at Monticello by 2
Northside over Whitewater by 27
Peach Co. over Houston Co. by 23
Perry at Monroe by 16
Southwest over Central by 9
Stratford over Wash.-Wilkes by 8
Taylor Co. over Central Talbotton by 39
Veterans over Statesboro by 9
Warner Robins at Baldwin by 34
Warren Co. at Twiggs Co. by 20
Washington Co. over Greenbrier by 24
Westside over Howard by