High-school football is just around the corner, and that means it’s time to rank the state’s best teams in each classification. In conjunction with Georgia Public Broadcasting, Score will be publishing new rankings each week of the regular season. Check out our preseason rankings below.
Class 5A
1. Lowndes
2. Northside-Warner Robins
3. Camden County
4. North Gwinnett
5. Norcross
6. Peachtree Ridge
7. Newnan
8. Valdosta
9. Walton
10. Grayson
Class 4A
1. Ware County
2. Tucker
3. Thomas County Central
4. Chamblee
5. Rome
6. Bainbridge
7. Whitewater
8. Habersham Central
9. Griffin
10. Cedar Shoals
Class 3A
1. Carver-Columbus
2. Cairo
3. LaGrange
4. Stephens County
5. Flowery Branch
6. Shaw
7. North Hall
8. Perry
9. St. Pius X
10. Carver-Atlanta
Class 2A
1. Buford
2. Dublin
3. Charlton County
4. Thomasville
5. Fitzgerald
6. Calhoun
7. Pepperell
8. Henry County
9. Greater Atlanta Christian
10. Lovett
Class A
1. Emanuel County Institute
2. Clinch County
3. Lincoln County
4. Brookstone
5. Athens Academy
6. Wilcox County
7. Bremen
8. Savannah Christian
9. Wesleyan
10. Darlington
The Score Atlanta/GPB top-10 rankings are the second installment in a 15-day preview leading up to the first full weekend of high-school football. Rankings editor Alex Ewalt can be reached at aewalt@scoreatl.com.