Class A Blog: ELCA Remains No. 1 in Private Power Rankings ... For Now

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Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy and Irwin County held on to their top rankings in the Class A Power Ratings. However, while Irwin is in the driver’s seat for being a No. 1 seed in the public school playoffs, ELCA will need some help.

Holy Innocents’ sits at No. 2 in the private rankings this week. However, if the Bears win out, which seems likely as they will be favored in their next three games, they will be the Region 5 champs, and therefore earn the top seed in the private school playoffs. In fact, ELCA could fall as low as the No. 6 seed if Savannah Country Day (Region 3), Holy Innocents (Region 5), Darlington (Region 6), Aquinas (Region 7), and Athens Academy (Region 8) all win region titles.

Private

Rank School Region Record Rating

1 Eagle's Landing Christian 5 6-1 16.24
2 Holy Innocents' 5 7-0 15.32
3 Darlington 6 6-0 15.27
4 Athens Academy 8 6-0 14.97
5 Savannah Country Day 3 6-0 14.39
6 Christian Heritage 6 5-1 14.20
7 Fellowship Christian 6 6-0 13.89
8 Wesleyan 5 5-2 13.76
9 Aquinas 7 6-0 13.59
10 North Cobb Christian 6 5-1 13.50
11 Trinity Christian 5 6-1 13.36
12 Prince Avenue Christian 8 5-2 12.86
13 Whitefield Academy 6 6-1 12.50
14 Mount de Sales 7 6-0 11.48
15 Hebron Christian 8 4-2 11.47
16 Savannah Christian 3 3-2 11.33
17 Brookstone 4 4-2 11.29
18 Stratford Academy 7 2-4 11.07
19 Riverside Military 8 4-2 11.02
20 Calvary Day 3 4-2 10.79
20 St. Francis 6 3-3 10.79
22 Mount Paran Christian 6 3-2 10.62
23 George Walton Academy 8 5-2 10.57
24 Mount Vernon Presbyterian 5 3-4 10.51
First Team Out: Walker (3-3)
Worst Record In: No. 18 Stratford Academy (2-4)
Best Record Out: No. 25 Walker, No. 26 Pacelli, No. 27 First Presbyterian and No. 30 Tattnall Square (3-3)
Of Note: No. 20 St. Francis rose two spots from last week, even though the Knights lost by four touchdowns last week to No. 7 Fellowship Christian, 48-21.

Public

Rank School Region Record Rating

1 Irwin County 2 5-0 15.02
2 Clinch County 2 5-1 14.49
3 Bowdon 6 5-0 13.72
4 Marion County 4 5-2 13.34
5 Lincoln County 7 4-2 13.21
6 Johnson County 3 5-1 13.14
7 Pelham 1 6-0 13.09
8 Manchester 4 5-1 12.27
9 Commerce 8 5-1 12.16
10 Terrell County 1 4-2 11.75
10 Wilcox County 2 5-1 11.75
12 Turner County 2 5-1 11.66
13 Mitchell County 1 5-1 11.50
14 Claxton 3 4-2 10.80
15 Trion 6 4-2 11.43
16 McIntosh County Academy 3 2-4 10.72
17 Schley County 4 4-2 10.44
18 Washington-Wilkes 7 3-4 10.42
19 Emanuel County Institute 3 3-4 10.38
20 Chattahoochee County 1 4-3 10.24
21 Taylor County 4 3-3 10.00
22 Montgomery County 3 4-2 9.89
23 Gordon Lee 6 2-5 9.66
24 Seminole County 1 3-3 9.53

First Team Out: Telfair County (2-4)
Worst Record In: No. 23 Gordon Lee (2-5)
Best Record Out: No. 28 Warren County (4-3)
Of Note: Want to know why Gordon Lee is in the Top 24 with a 2-5 record, while Warren County is on the outside looking in at 4-3? Their regions. Gordon Lee is in Region 6, which has a total of 10 teams in the Top 24 (7 private, 3 public), while Region 7 has just five teams in (3 private, 2 public).