Week 3 Football Rankings

Top-ranked Marietta scored a thrilling 21-17 win over Pennsylvania powerhouse St. Josephs Prep on Friday to improve to 2-0. The rest of the Class AAAAAAA poll also retained their spots from last week.

In Class AAAAAA, Northside-Warner Robins fell to No. 6 following its loss to Class AAA No. 1 Cedar Grove. Bainbridge keeps its top spot in Class AAAAA after it beat Cairo 14-10 on the road last week. The Bearcats host North Miami Beach, Fla. on Friday. Buford is No. 2 again this week in a poll that did not change.

Blessed Trinity defeated Class AAAAAAA South Forsyth 34-31 and jumped Cartersville for No. 1 and Troup took over No. 3 after Cairos loss to Class AAAAA No. 1 Bainbridge. In Class AAA, Peach County the No. 1 ranking from Cedar Grove, now No. 2, after the Trojans defeated Class AAAAAA No. 2 Northside-Warner Robins 21-13. Two teams, No. 4 Lovett and No. 5 Pace, suffered large losses Lovett lost to Marist and Pace lost to ELCA, both 49-0 which sent the programs tumbling. Lovett fell to No. 9, Pace fell out of the top 10. Hart County enters the poll at No. 8 and Appling County at No. 10.

Rockmart leads Class AA ahead of Dublin again this week. Hapeville Charter is No. 3 and Washington County moved up from No. 6 to No. 5 following Fitzgeralds fall from No. 5 to unranked after losing to Irwin County 35-8.

The ELCA Chargers asserted dominance in its 49-0 blanking of Pace Academy on Friday which avenged Paces streak-snapping victory last year. Athens Academy is No. 2 again this week with Darlington, Prince Avenue Christian and Aquinas rounding out the top 5.

Class AAAAAAA

1. Marietta

2. Colquitt County

3. Parkview

4. Archer

5. McEachern

6. Grayson

7. North Gwinnett

8. Lowndes

9. Hillgrove

10. Milton

Class AAAAAA

1. Lee County

2. Dacula

3. Valdosta

4. Coffee

5. Harrison

6. Northside-Warner Robins

7. Creekview

8. Stephenson

9. Lanier

10. Allatoona

Class AAAAA

1. Bainbridge

2. Buford

3. Warner Robins

4. Carrollton

5. Dutchtown

6. Jones County

7. Rome

8. Stockbridge

9. Wayne County

10. Clarke Central

Class AAAA

1. Blessed Trinity

2. Cartersville

3. Troup

4. Marist

5. Cairo

6. Sandy Creek

7. Woodward Academy

8. Denmark

9. Mary Persons

10. Thomson

Class AAA

1. Peach County

2. Cedar Grove

3. Calhoun

4. Pierce County

5. Greater Atlanta Christian

6. Crisp County

7. Benedictine

8. Hart County

9. Lovett

10. Appling County

Class AA

1. Rockmart

2. Dublin

3. Hapeville Charter

4. Callaway

5. Washington County

6. Rabun County

7. Swainsboro

8. Brooks County

9. Heard County

10. Dodge County

Class A-Private

1. Eagles Landing Christian

2. Athens Academy

3. Darlington

4. Prince Avenue Christian

5. Aquinas

6. Fellowship Christian

7. Wesleyan

8. North Cobb Christian

9. George Walton Academy

10. Calvary Day

Class A-Public

1. Clinch County

2. Irwin County

3. Pelham

4. Marion County

5. Commerce

6. Turner County

7. Mitchell County

8. Schley County

9. Manchester

10. Trion