Pre-playoff girls basketball rankings

The final regular season Class AAAAAAA poll of the year sees No. 5 Mill Creek and No. 8 Brookwood swap places. The Hawks upset No. 4 Collins Hill in overtime 57-56, but the Eagles still hold onto the No.4 spot. Collins Hill defeated Mill Creek 64-42 and 60-48 in the regular season before the Region 6 championship loss.

Harrisons reign of dominance has momentarily ended in Class AAAAAA. The Lady Hoyas held the No. 1 spot since Week 2 but their upset loss in the Region 6 championship to No. 7 Creekview 54-38 drops Harrison to No. 4. Douglas County takes over the No. 1 ranking, leapfrogging No. 2 Winder-Barrow. Northview is up to No. 3 after winning the schools first-ever region title. No. 6 Tucker took down No. 8 Lovejoy is the Region 4 championship 53-48, dropping the Wildcats three spots. Stephenson (18-10) drops out and is replaced by No. 10 Gainesville.

No. 1 Buford handled No. 4 Flowery Branch for a third time this season, beating the Falcons in the Region 8-AAAAA championship 53-38. Wayne County (17-6) departs from the Top 10 and is replaced by No. 10 Statesboro, a debutant to the poll who beat the Yellow Jackets 48-39 and then knocked off Ware County in the Region 2 championship 33-27.

In Class AAAA, Heritage-Catoosa (25-3) tumbles out of the Top 10 after taking a 72-49 beating in the Region 6 championship at the hands of rival No. 6 Northwest Whitfield. Replacing the Generals is scorching hot No. 7 North Clayton. Following a 2-7 start to the season, the Eagles are now 18-9 and riding a 15-game winning streak. They crushed Henry County in the Region 4 championship 66-43.

Johnson-Savannah regainsaholdof No. 1 in Class AAA after beating bitter rival No. 3 Beach 61-57 in the Region 3 championship, now making it two wins apiece for each side in the 4-game regular season series. Haralson County navigated its way to a Region 6 title and moves up four spots to No. 4 in the process. They defeated previously ranked Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 50-42, No. 10 Ringgold 46-36 and No. 7 Calhoun in the championship, 53-45. Redan and Central-Macon reappear in the poll. No. 6 Redan won Region 5 from the third seed while the Chargers extracted revenge in dramatic fashion, snapping Peach Countys 18-game win streak to capture the Region 4 title, 47-46.

No. 3 Dodge County was stunned in Region 3-AA, losing to Bleckley County 61-54 in the championship after throttling the Royals by 20 and 26 points in the regular season. Swainsboro (17-9) departs from the poll after not being able to survive Region 2, losing to eventual champion No. 6 Bryan County 50-44 and to Jeff Davis 38-36, falling to the four-seed. Heard County cracks back into the Top 10 after a Region 5 championship.

In Class A-Private, the third time was a charm for No. 2 Wesleyan who finally solved No. 3 Holy Innocents in the Region 5 championship 59-50.

All roads to the state title in Class A-Public still lead through No. 1 Pelham as the Hornets dominated No. 9 Terrell County 54-20 in the Region 1 championship. Wheeler County jumps Telfair County for the No. 2 ranking after the Bulldogs defeated No. 4 Woodville-Tompkins 47-41 and Class A-Private No. 7 Calvary Day 50-46 to win the Region 3 crown. Over in Region 4, Marion County leaps back into the Top 10 at No. 5 after beating No. 8 Macon County 52-47 and winning the championship over No. 6 Taylor County 43-40.





Class AAAAAAA

1 Norcross (25-2)

2 McEachern (21-6)

3 Archer (22-4)

4 Collins Hill (22-4)

5 Mill Creek (23-4)

6 Lambert (24-2)

7 Colquitt County (21-4)

8 Brookwood (20-6)

9 Westlake (20-7)

10 Newton (20-6)



Class AAAAAA

1 Douglas County (24-3)

2 Winder-Barrow (22-5)

3 Northview (25-3)

4 Harrison (22-5)

5 Grovetown (20-7)

6 Tucker (21-6)

7 Creekview (20-7)

8 Lovejoy (23-4)

9 Mays (17-9)

10 Gainesville (17-9)



Class AAAAA

1 Buford (24-2)

2 Southwest DeKalb (23-4)

3 Carrollton (27-1)

4 Flowery Branch (21-6)

5 Warner Robins (25-1)

6 Griffin (25-1)

7 Maynard Jackson (22-2)

8 Eagles Landing (24-3)

9 Villa Rica (25-3)

10 Statesboro (18-8)



Class AAAA

1 Cross Creek (23-4)

2 West Hall (22-5)

3 Jefferson (22-5)

4 Carver-Columbus (22-4)

5 Columbus (20-5)

6 Northwest Whitfield (21-5)

7 North Clayton (18-9)

8 North Oconee (21-5)

9 Spalding (20-6)

10 Americus-Sumter (23-5)



Class AAA

1 Johnson-Savannah (23-2)

2 Greater Atlanta Christian (20-7)

3 Beach (24-2)

4 Haralson County (25-4)

5 Monroe (21-4)

6 Redan (19-6)

7 Calhoun (21-5)

8 Central-Macon (19-5)

9 Franklin County (20-6)

10 Ringgold (21-6)



Class AA

1 Laney (26-1)

2 Model (22-5)

3 Dodge County (24-3)

4 Fitzgerald (20-2)

5 Rabun County (25-2)

6 Bryan County (22-4)

7 Hapeville Charter (19-6)

8 Vidalia (22-5)

9 Banks County (19-8)

10 Heard County (20-6)



Class A-Private

1 St. Francis (24-4)

2 Wesleyan (24-4)

3 Holy Innocents (26-2)

4 Lakeview Academy (24-4)

5 Landmark Christian (22-4)

6 Pinecrest Academy (19-6)

7 Calvary Day (22-4)

8 Stratford Academy (19-5)

9 Darlington (21-6)

10 First Presbyterian Day (18-6)



Class A-Public

1 Pelham (26-1)

2 Wheeler County (23-3)

3 Telfair County (24-2)

4 Woodville-Tompkins (22-5)

5 Marion County (22-5)

6 Taylor County (18-7)

7 Greenville (22-4)

8 Macon County (17-7)

9 Terrell County (20-6)

10 Hancock Central (20-5)