Week 7 Volleyball Rankings

In Class 6A, No. 1 ranked Alpharetta picked up its 23rd-straight victory with a sweep over Denmark. No. 2 Buford dropped a tough match 2-0 to Hebron Christian and No. 3 Walton fell 3-0 to Pace Academy. North Forsyth bounced back from its five-set loss to Alpharetta with a 3-0 win over South Forsyth and North Cobb dropped a 2-1 loss to Milton before bouncing back to defeat Blessed Trinity 2-0. No. 6 Etowah fell to Marist, No. 7 Norcross fell to Hebron before defeating Grayson. At No. 8, Harrison picked up its 10th-straight victory and is 26-8 after its slow 16-8 start and Richmond Hill and North Paulding return at No. 9 and No. 10. Despite all of these notable results, the Class 6A poll did not shift this week. Richmond Hill recently fell 2-1 to Savannah Christian on Sept. 13 before its four-game win-streak and No. 10 North Paulding defeated Etowah 2-0 back on Sept. 13 before falling to Walton and Cartersville last week in between a 2-0 win over Campbell.

While the Class 6A poll did not shift this week, Class 5A did experience movement with Woodward Academy replacing McIntosh at No. 2 and the Chiefs sliding to No. 3. This movement played out after No. 1 Pope bounced back from a 2-1 loss to North Paulding on Sept. 4 with four-straight sweeps over Lassiter, Woodstock, Sprayberry and Riverwood to improve to 23-5. Woodward Academy scored a 2-0 win over former No. 2 McIntosh (25-21, 25-22) to take over No. 2 and then No. 4 River Ridge swept Sequoyah 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-17) to remain at No. 4. Sequoyah sits at No. 5 and did not shift after its loss to River Ridge and is 17-3 with its only losses this season coming to Alpharetta, McIntosh and River Ridge.

Marist is No. 1 for the first time this season in Class 4A after extending its win-streak to 16-straight. Pace Academy fell to No. 2 after dropping back-to-back 2-1 losses to McIntosh and Lovett on Sept. 18. Additionally, No. 9 Midtown defeated No. 10 Central-Carroll 2-0 on Saturday to keep the poll in place. Jefferson climbed to No. 1 in Class 3A and former No. 1 Oconee County dropped to No. 3 after its loss to Cherokee Bluff—which moved up to No. 5. Also, North Hall replaced White County at No. 10. Franklin County replaced Burke County at No. 8 in Class 2A. Chattooga moved up two spots to No. 7 in Class A and Class A-3A Private No. 1 Lovett grew its win-streak to 15-straight and improved to 27-1 on the season with its only loss coming to out-of-state Assumption on Aug. 23

Class 6A

1. Alpharetta

2. Buford

3. Walton

4. North Forsyth

5. North Cobb

6. Etowah

7. Norcross

8. Harrison

9. Richmond Hill

10. North Paulding

Class 5A

1. Pope

2. Woodward Academy

3. McIntosh

4. River Ridge

5. Sequoyah

6. Jackson County

7. Lakeside-Evans

8. Milton

9. Gainesville

10. Johns Creek

Class 4A

1. Marist

2. Pace Academy

3. Cartersville

4. Blessed Trinity

5. Westminster

6. North Oconee

7. Allatoona

8. Union Grove

9. Midtown

10. Central-Carroll

Class 3A

1. Jefferson

2. Calhoun

3. Oconee County

4. Richmond Hill

5. Cherokee Bluff

6. LaFayette

7. Dawson County

8. Sandy Creek

9. Whitewater

10. North Hall

Class 2A

1. Morgan County

2. Hart County

3. Columbus

4. Ringgold

5. Sonoraville

6. Savannah Arts

7. Davidson Fine Arts

8. Franklin County

9. Miller Grove

10. Union County

Class A

1. Bremen

2. Gordon Lee

3. Oglethorpe County

4. Model

5. Armuchee

6. Lake Oconee Academy

7. Chattooga

8. Thomasville

9. Fannin County

10. Elite Scholar’s Academy

Class A-3A Private

1. Lovett

2. Hebron Christian

3. Mt. Paran

4. Mt. Pisgah

5. St. Vincent’s

6. Savannah Christian

7. Trinity Christian

8. Holy Innocents’

9. North Cobb Christian

10. Greater Atlanta Christian

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