Week 5 Boys Basketball Rankings

The Week 5 polls welcomed back teams into the top 10 and debuted several others. In Class 6A, a 66-56 loss to Woodstock moved Westlake out of the poll and Dacula (9-1) made its debut at No. 8—the spot previously held by the Lions. At No. 9, Buford exited the poll after losses to Central Gwinnett and Walker dropped the Wolves’ record to 5-3 and Osborne (5-1) debuted at No. 9. Meadowcreek slid from No. 7 to No. 10 after a 74-70 loss to Norcross and 62-58 loss to No. 6 ranked Berkmar. Additionally, Pebblebrook moved up to No. 4 and Hillgrove dropped to No. 5 and those two teams will play at Hillgrove Tuesday night in a big Region 3 battle.

In Class 5A, No. 1 ranked Gainesville defeated Pinson Valley (AL) 56-36 on Saturday at the Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Basketball Classic and improved to 10-0. Decatur moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 after a 60-59 win over previously No. 2 ranked Dutchtown—which slid to No. 3 after the narrow loss. Hughes moved up from No. 7 to No. 6 and defending state champion Tri-Cities slid to No. 7 after its tough 3-6 start. Woodstock replaced Bradwell Institute at No. 9 after improving its record to 10-0.

The Class 4A poll shifted with 9-0 Westminster swapping places with Pace Academy and moving up one spot to No. 4. At No. 10, Marist fell out of the top 10 after back-to-back losses to No. 6 Southwest DeKalb (62-44) and No. 3 St. Pius (67-52) and was replaced by 8-1 Locust Grove. The Wildcats have won 5-straight and picked up a dominant 96-53 road win over Ola on Saturday to improve to 5-0 in Region 2.

Baldwin made an indisputable case to be No. 1 in Class 3A this week and made the leap all the way from No. 5 by improving to 7-0 and defeating formerly top-ranked Cross Creek 71-64 in overtime. In Class 2A, Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe jumped from No. 9 to No. 6 and Redan replaced Franklin County and returned to the poll at No. 9.

Class A Div. I shifted with Putnam County climbing up from No. 3 to No. 2 and Fannin County moving up from No. 6 to No. 4. Also, Dublin was replaced by Dodge County at No. 10. The Class A Div. II poll sent Wheeler County and Greene County out of the poll this week and 6-0 Seminole County and 10-1 Elite Scholar’s Academy debuted at No. 7 and No. 8, respectfully. In Class A-3A Private, red-hot Walker improved to 9-0 and moved up from No. 2 to No. 1. Former No. 1 Holy Innocents’ dropped to No. 3 after suffering a 65-51 loss to Milton last week. Additionally, Lovett replaced Paideia at No. 10 in the poll.

Class 6A

1. Wheeler

2. Grayson

3. McEachern

4. Pebblebrook

5. Hillgrove

6. Berkmar

7. Cherokee

8. Dacula

9. Osborne

10. Meadowcreek

Class 5A

1. Gainesville

2. Decatur

3. Dutchtown

4. Alexander

5. Woodward Academy

6. Hughes

7. Milton

8. Tri-Cities

9. Woodstock

10. Johns Creek

Class 4A

1. North Oconee

2. Jonesboro

3. St. Pius

4. Westminster

5. Pace Academy

6. Southwest DeKalb

7. Mays

8. Griffin

9. Tucker

10. Locust Grove

Class 3A

1. Baldwin

2. Sandy Creek

3. Cross Creek

4. Cherokee Bluff

5. Douglass

6. Cedar Grove

7. Calhoun

8. Harlem

9. Westover

10. Lumpkin County

Class 2A

1. Carver-Columbus

2. Columbia

3. KIPP Atlanta

4. Butler

5. South Atlanta

6. Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe

7. Kendrick

8. Salem

9. Redan

10. Burke County

Class A Div. I

1. Rabun County

2. Putnam County

3. Southwest Macon

4. Fannin County

5. Vidalia

6. Commerce

7. B.E.S.T. Academy

8. Model

9. Toombs County

10. Dodge County

Class A Div. II

1. Manchester

2. Turner County

3. Chattahoochee County

4. Macon County

5. Bowdon

6. Warren County

7. Seminole County

8. Elite Scholar’s Academy

9. Screven County

10. Hancock Central

Class A-3A Private

1. Walker

2. Mount Vernon

3. Holy Innocents’

4. Greenforest Christian

5. North Cobb Christian

6. Hebron Christian

7. Mt. Bethel

8. Calvary Day

9. Darlington

10. Lovett

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