Final football rankings

Following state championship weekend, here are our final rankings for the 2013 football season. While Classes AA and AAA remained the same from the pre-playoffs poll at Nos. 1 and 2, there was quite a bit of movement in each poll.

The state champs and finalists ended the season ranked 1 and 2 in each class with the exceptions of Class AAAA, due to Sandy Creek’s decisive regular-season win over finalist Carrollton, and Class A-Public, due to Irwin County’s drastically better regular season than finalist Charlton County (the schools split two head-to-head meetings).

Creekside, Griffin, Buford and Aquinas each ended the year undefeated while Lovett did not lose to a Class AA team, nor did the Lions lose in regulation. Norcross ended the year on a 12-game winning streak and avenged its lone loss to an in-state opponent in the finals win over North Gwinnett. Marion County was ranked No. 1 in A-Public earlier in the season until a loss to Hawkinsville, but won out to reclaim the top spot.

Class AAAAAA

1. Norcross

2. North Gwinnett

3. Colquitt County

4. Hillgrove

5. Archer

6. McEachern

7. Collins Hill

8. Camden County

9. Lowndes

10. Langton Hughes

Class AAAAA

1. Creekside

2. Tucker

3. Gainesville

4. Kell

5. Warner Robins

6. North Paulding

7. Ware County

8. Northside-W.R.

9. Thomas County Central

10. South Paulding

Class AAAA

1. Griffin

2. Sandy Creek

3. Carrollton

4. Marist

5. Wayne County

6. Statesboro

7. Monroe Area

8. Stockbridge

9. Burke County

10. Veterans

Class AAA

1. Buford

2. Washington County

3. Callaway

4. Carver-Columbus

5. Cartersville

6. Ringgold

7. Woodward Academy

8. Central-Carroll

9. Blessed Trinity

10. St. Pius X

Class AA

1. Lovett

2. Lamar County

3. Brooks County

4. Benedictine

5. Calhoun

6. GAC

7. Jefferson

8. Washington-Wilkes

9. Bowdon

10. Laney

Class A-Private

1. Aquinas

2. Calvary Day

3. ELCA

4. Mount Pisgah

5. Mount Paran

6. Prince Ave. Chr.

7. Holy Innocents’

8. Darlington

9. Landmark Chr.

10. Christian Heritage

Class A-Public

1. Marion County

2. Irwin County

3. Charlton County

4. Seminole County

5. Hawkinsville

6. Clinch County

7. Dooly County

8. Johnson County

9. Commerce

10. Lincoln County