Pre-playoff football rankings

No major changes in the pre-playoff poll in 5A as the Top 10 clinched postseason spots on November 1st. A thing to note is Lovejoy defeated Morrow 14-7 and Glynn Academy defeated Evans 28-24, and both clinched spots in the playoffs. Glynn Academy will take on No. 8 Rome. Lovejoy will take on No. 6 Woodward Academy.

No. 1 Peach County will be a No. 3 seed and host Chestatee in the first round. No. 2 Sandy Creek will be a No. 4 seed and host Adairsville this week. No. 3 Jefferson is the top overall seed in the bracket and will host Monroe in the first round. No. 4 Westover is a No. 9 seed in the bracket and will play Luella. No. 5 Calhoun is in the same quadrant as No. 1 Peach County and will face Spalding as a No. 6 seed. No. 6 Cherokee Bluff clinched a No. 8 seed and will host Monroe Area. No. 7 LaGrange clinched a No. 20 seed and will face Lumpkin County on the road. No. 8 Douglass-Atlanta will be a No. 11 seed and host Cairo in the first round. No. 9 Northwest Whitfield will travel to face Jenkins in the first round. No. 10 Oconee County clinched a No. 17 seed and will travel to face Westside-Augusta in the first round.

With the Power rankings being unveiled on Saturday night, here is how the bracket shapes up for the top 10. No. 1 Toombs County got a No. 6 seed and will host Southwest. No. 2 Dublin will be a two-seed in the bracket and host Gordon Central. No. 3 Fannin County will host the no. 32-team Vidalia after clinching the No. 1 overall seed. No. 4 Northeast will be the No. 8 seed and host Swainsboro. No. 5 Thomasville will be a No. 7 seed and host Bacon County. No. 6 Commerce will be a No. 11 seed and host Bremen in the first round. No. 7 County will be a No. 9 seed and will face Dade County. No. 8 Heard County clinched a No. 3 seed and will host McNair. No. 9 Dodge County will be a No. 13 seed and will host Chattooga. No. 10 Worth County will be a No. 4 seed and will host Coosa.

No. 1 Manchester will host Marion County in the first round. No. 2 Bowdon will host Taylor County and will be on the opposite side of the bracket than Manchester and they could potentially face off in the title game. No. 3 Lincoln County will host Charlton County. No. 4 Irwin County will travel on the road to face No. 5 Greene County in a top-five matchup in the first round. No. 6 Clinch County will host Warren County in the first round. No. 7 Brooks County will host Washington-Wilkes in the first round of the playoffs. No. 8 Metter will host Hawkinsville in the first round. No. 9 Jenkins County will face Wheeler County. No. 10 Trion will travel on the road to face Schley County.



Class 6A

1. Carrollton

2. Buford

3. North Gwinnett

4. Collins Hill

5. Grayson

6. Douglas County

7. North Cobb

8. Colquitt County

9. Lowndes

10. Mill Creek



Class 5A

1. Milton

2. Lee County

3. Hughes

4. Thomas County Central

5. Brunswick

6. Woodward Academy

7. Roswell

8. Rome

9. Gainesville

10. Decatur



Class 4A

1. North Oconee

2. Marist

3. Blessed Trinity

4. Cartersville

5. Cedartown

6. Eastside

7. Creekside

8. Perry

9. Stockbridge

10. Starrs Mill



Class 3A

1. Peach County

2. Sandy Creek

3. Jefferson

4. Westover

5. Calhoun

6. Cherokee Bluff

7. LaGrange

8. Douglass-Atlanta

9. Northwest Whitfield

10. Oconee County



Class 2A

1. Carver-Columbus

2. Callaway

3. Appling County

4. Pierce County

5. Morgan County

6. Burke County

7. Rockmart

8. Sumter County

9. Thomson

10. Hapeville Charter




Class A Division I

1. Toombs County

2. Dublin

3. Fannin County

4. Northeast

5. Thomasville

6. Commerce

7. Lamar County

8. Heard County

9. Dodge County

10. Worth County



Class A Division II

1. Manchester

2. Bowdon

3. Lincoln County

4. Irwin County

5. Greene County

6. Clinch County

7. Brooks County

8. Metter

9. Jenkins County

10. Trion



Class A-3A Private

1. Savannah Christian

2. Prince Avenue Christian

3. Hebron Christian

4. Athens Academy

5. Calvary Day

6. Fellowship Christian

7. North Cobb Christian

8. Wesleyan

9. Lovett

10 Whitefield Academy