Preseason Baseball Rankings

In Class 6A, two-time defending Class 7A state champion Lowndes debuts at No. 1 and is followed by reigning Class 6A state champion Etowahwhich is now in Georgias highest classification. Region 4 rivals Parkview, Grayson and Brookwood make up half of the top 6 with last years state runner-up Grayson returning at No. 5. Class 5A looks significantly different this year with the new landscape and is led by Houston County and Pope.

Class 5A is led by Houston County at No. 1 with Pope coming in at No. 2. Loganville, Greenbrier and Lassiter lead the top 5. Class 4A is stacked with No. 1 North Oconee ahead of powerhouses Cartersville, Blessed Trinity, Marist and Starrs Mill. The Class 3A poll is led by Harlem at No. 1 and Cherokee Bluff at No. 2. Appling County debuts at No. 1 in Class 2A, Jeff Davis opens the year at the top of Class A Div. I and Lanier County returns at No. 1 in Class A Div. II after taking last years title. The newly-formed Class A-3A Private division opens with Prince Avenue Christian at No. 1 ahead of North Cobb Christianthe reigning Class 2A state champion.

Class 6A

1. Lowndes

2. Etowah

3. Parkview

4. Walton

5. Grayson

6. Brookwood

7. North Paulding

8. Buford

9. North Gwinnett

10. South Forsyth

Class 5A

1. Houston County

2. Pope

3. Loganville

4. Greenbrier

5. Lassiter

6. McIntosh

7. Evans

8. Newnan

9. Gainesville

10. Woodstock

Class 4A

1. North Oconee

2. Cartersville

3. Blessed Trinity

4. Marist

5. Starrs Mill

6. Kell

7. Ware County

8. Westminster

9. Perry

10. Union Grove

Class 3A

1. Harlem

2. Cherokee Bluff

3. LaGrange

4. Troup

5. Pickens

6. Mary Persons

7. Peach County

8. Oconee County

9. Dawson County

10. Jefferson

Class 2A

1. Appling County

2. Rockmart

3. Pierce County

4. Ringgold

5. Morgan County

6. Cook

7. Redan

8. Callaway

9. Hart County

10. Stephens County

Class A Div. I

1. Jeff Davis

2. Brantley County

3. Bleckley County

4. Worth County

5. Toombs County

6. Pepperell

7. Swainsboro

8. Social Circle

9. Elbert County

10. Dublin

Class A Div. II

1. Lanier County

2. Charlton County

3. Crawford County

4. Schley County

5. Bowdon

6. Lake Oconee Academy

7. ECI

8. Baconton Charter

9. Wilcox County

10. Washington-Wilkes

Class A-3A Private

1. Prince Avenue Christian

2. North Cobb Christian

3. Greater Atlanta Christian

4. Holy Innocents

5. Walker

6. Mt. Paran

7. Whitefield Academy

8. Weber School

9. Darlington

10. Athens Christian