Week 7 Football Rankings

In Class 6A, No. 1 Grayson improved to 6-0 with a 50-3 home victory over rival Newton and No. 2 Buford and No. 3 Carrollton were off on bye weeks. No. 4 Douglas County defeated Columbia 6-0 and No. 5 McEachern was also on a bye. At No. 6, North Gwinnett dominated in its 57-0 win over Berkmar and has won five-straight games since its loss to fourth-ranked Douglas County Week 1. No. 7 Lowndes defeated Colquitt County 31-14 and No. 8 Valdosta defeated Camden County 63-19. No. 9 Hillgrove and No. 10 North Cobb were also off on byes. This week’s poll did not change and only five of the teams were in action.  

Class 5A saw very little movement, with the only change being Lee County’s fall from No. 6 to No. 10 after their second loss of the season to Thomas County Central.

In Class 4A, Benedictine moved up from No.7 to No. 4 and Ware County moved from No. 4 to No. 7.

Class 3A saw a lot of movement with Cherokee Bluff falling out of the rankings after losing to Oconee County. Stephenson fell to No. 9 after losing to North Clayton. North Clayton made its debut at No. 8 after its big win.

In class A-division I, Dublin dropped from No. 5 to No. 8 after its loss to Northeast. Temple dropped out of the rankings after its second straight loss and was replaced by undefeated Jasper County.

In Class A-Division II, Seminole County and Hawkinsville dropped after losses, while Metter dropped out of the Rankings after losing to Emanuel County Institute. EMI replaced Metter, being ranked at No. 8.

Hebron Christian took over No. 1 in Class A-3A Private this week and improved to 4-1 with a 55-10 win over East Jackson. Former No. 1 Prince Avenue Christian fell to No. 2 after stumbling 31-28 to Hart County. The rest of the poll did not shift.

Class 6A

1. Grayson

2. Buford

3. Carrollton

4. Douglas County

5. McEachern

6. North Gwinnett

7. Lowndes

8. Valdosta

9. Hillgrove

10. North Cobb

No Changes

Class 5A

1. Thomas County Central

2. Hughes

3. Houston County

4. Gainesville

5. Milton

6. Sequoyah (7)

7. Roswell (8)

8. Northgate (9)

9. Jackson County (10)

10. Lee County (6)

Class 4A

1. North Oconee

2. Creekside

3. Cartersville

4. Benedictine (7)

5. Blessed Trinity

6. Marist

7. Ware County (4)

8. Central-Carroll

9. Cambridge

10. Cass

Class 3A

1. Peach County

2. Sandy Creek (3)

3. Calhoun (4)

4. LaGrange (5)

5. North Hall (6)

6. Jefferson (8)

7. West Laurens (10)

8. North Clayton (UR)

9. Stephenson (2)

10. Troup (9)

Dropped out Cherokee Bluff

Class 2A

1.Carver-Columbus

2. Pierce County

3. Morgan County

4. Carver-Atlanta

5. Rockmart

6. Callaway

7. Sumter County

8. Burke County

9. Cook

10. Hapeville Charter

Class A-Div I

1. Worth County

2. Thomasville

3. Northeast

4. Rabun County

5. Toombs County (6)

6. Heard County (7)

7. Swainsboro (8)

8. Dublin (5)

9. Fitzgerald (10)

10. Jasper County (UR)

Dropped out Temple

Class A-Div. II

1. Lincoln County

2. Clinch County

3. Johnson County

4. Bowdon

5. Screven County (8)

6. Wheeler County (9)

7. Early County (10)

8. Emanuel County Institute (UR)

9. Seminole County (6)

10. Hawkinsville (7)

Dropped out Metter

Class A-3A Private

1. Hebron Christian (2)

2. Prince Avenue Christian (1)

3. Fellowship Christian

4. Calvary Day

5. Holy Innocents’

6. Savannah Christian

7. Aquinas

8. Greater Atlanta Christian

9. Lovett

10. Wesleyan

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