In Class 7A, Newton makes its debut at No. 9 after its 27-12 victory over Westlake. The Rams improve to 5-0 and will be on a bye before their showdown with No. 8 Grayson on Sept. 29. Mill Creek moved up to No. 4 and Carrollton slid to No. 5 after Mill Creek’s impressive 56-35 win over Cedar Grove. In Class 6A, Lee County moved up to No. 5 and Roswell slid to No. 6 after the Trojans’ 45-14 win over Lake Gibson, Fl. The Class 4A poll slightly shifted with Stockbridge moving up a spot to No. 9.
The bottom-half of the Class 3A top 10 lost two teams – former No. 9 Carver-Atlanta and No. 7 Monroe Area – which were replaced with No. 9 Lumpkin County and No. 10 Morgan County. In Class 2A, the top 10 did not shift.
In Class A Division I, Prince Avenue is at the top with Swainsboro, Irwin County, Rabun County and Trion filling the top 5. In Class A Division II, Lanier County is ranked for the first time in school history after beating former No. 9 McIntosh County Academy, the first ranked team Lanier has beaten in 56 tries.
Class 7A
1. Walton
2. Buford
3. Colquitt County
4. Mill Creek
5. Carrollton
6. Milton
7. Parkview
8. Grayson
9. Newton
10. Peachtree Ridge
Class 6A
1. Gainesville
2. Hughes
3. Houston County
4. Thomas County Central
5. Lee County
6. Roswell
7. Marist
8. Douglas County
9. Rome
10. Blessed Trinity
Class 5A
1. Ware County
2. Creekside
3. Cartersville
4. Coffee
5. Jefferson
6. Calhoun
7. Warner Robins
8. Dalton
9. Kell
10. Hiram
Class 4A
1. Benedictine
2. North Oconee
3. Troup
4. Burke County
5. Holy Innocents’
6. Perry
7. Spalding
8. Bainbridge
9. Stockbridge
10. Wayne County
Class 3A
1. Cedar Grove
2. Calvary Day
3. Stephens County
4. Sandy Creek
5. Savannah Christian
6. Mary Persons
7. Thomasville
8. Carver-Columbus
9. Lumpkin County
10. Morgan County
Class 2A
1. Thomson
2. Appling County
3. Pierce County
4. Callaway
5. Northeast-Macon
6. Fellowship Christian
7. Fitzgerald
8. Toombs County
9. Rockmart
10. Cook
Class A Division I
1. Prince Avenue Christian
2. Swainsboro
3. Irwin County
4. Rabun County
5. Trion
6. Brooks County
7. Elbert County
8. Mount Vernon
9. Bryan County
10. Bleckley County
Class A Division II
1. Schley County
2. Macon County
3. Manchester
4. Clinch County
5. Bowdon
6. Greene County
7. Jenkins County
8. Early County
9. Aquinas
10. Lanier County