Sports
Composite state rankings through Week 1
(Daniel Varnado/Special to AJC)
Here's a look at Georgia's teams ranked on a consensus of six polls (AJC – Atlanta Journal-Constitution/GHSF Daily; GS – Georgia Sports Writers Association; GPB – Georgia Public Broadcasting; SA – Score Atlanta; Max – Maxwell Ratings; and MP – MaxPreps):
| Class AAAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Grayson (0-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 57 |
| 2. Mill Creek (1-0) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| 3. Roswell (1-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| 4. Colquitt County (1-0) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| 5. McEachern (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
| 6. Norcross (1-0) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 33 |
| 7. Westlake (0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |
| 8. Peachtree Ridge (1-0) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | |
| 9T. Camden County (0-1) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 9T. Archer (0-1) | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 9T. Etowah (1-0) | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 12T. South Gwinnett (1-0) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 12T. Newton (1-0) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 12T. Parkview (1-0) | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 12T. Hillgrove (1-0) | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 16T. Lowndes (0-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 16T. Brookwood (1-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Northside, W. Robins (1-0) | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 52.5 |
| 2. Houston County (1-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 52 |
| 3. Valdosta (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 41 | |
| 4. Coffee (1-0) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 37 |
| 5. Lee County (1-0) | 5 | 10.5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28.5 |
| 6. Allatoona (0-1) | 8 | 6 | 6.5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24.5 |
| 7. Dacula (0-0) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | ||
| 8. Northgate (1-0) | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |
| 9. Glynn Academy (0-1) | 10.5 | 9.5 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 10. Hughes (1-0) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11. Dalton (0-0) | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 12. Lanier (1-0) | 2.5 | 8.5 | |||||
| 13T. Tucker (0-1) | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | 10 | 5.5 | ||
| 13T. Creekside (1-0) | 9 | 9.5 | 9 | 5.5 | |||
| 15. Mays (0-0) | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Class AAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Buford (0-1) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| 2. Ware County (0-0) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| 3T. Bainbridge (0-0) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 42 |
| 3T. Kell (1-0) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 42 |
| 5. Stockbridge (0-0) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 36 | |
| 6. Carrollton (1-0) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | |
| 7. Rome (0-0) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
| 8. Thomas Co. Central (1-0) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 9. Jones County (0-1) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 10. Starr's Mill (0-0) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 11. Woodland, Stock. (1-0) | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 12T. Carver, Atl. (1-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 12T. Loganville (0-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 12T. Grady (1-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Cartersville (1-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Woodward Academy (1-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 |
| 3. Blessed Trinity (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| 4. Marist (0-0) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 38 |
| 5. Jefferson (1-0) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
| 6. Sandy Creek (0-1) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| 7. Thomson (1-0) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 8. Mary Persons (0-1) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9. St. Pius (0-1) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | |
| 10. Spalding (0-0) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 11. Carver, Col. (0-1) | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 12. Eastside (1-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Calhoun (1-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 52 |
| 2. Pace Academy (0-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 49 |
| 3. GAC (1-0) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| 4. Cedar Grove (1-0) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
| 5. Westminster (0-1) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| 6. Peach County (0-0) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 7. Westside, Mac. (1-0) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |
| 8. Liberty County (0-0) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 9. Lovett (0-1) | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| 10. Pierce County (0-0) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 11. Hart County (0-0-0) | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 12. Jackson (1-0) | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 13. Dawson County (0-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Fitzgerald (0-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 58 |
| 2. Benedictine (1-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| 3. Brooks County (1-0) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| 4. Vidalia (1-0) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 38 |
| 5. Callaway (1-0) | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 |
| 6. Jefferson County (1-0) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |
| 7. Rabun County (0-0) | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 8. Elbert County (0-0-1) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 9. Heard County (1-0) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10. Dodge County (0-1) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| 11. Model (0-0) | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 12T. Screven County (0-1) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 12T. Washington County (0-0) | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 14. Screven County (1-0) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Class A (Public) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. Clinch County (1-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 2T. Macon County (0-0) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 48 |
| 2T. Irwin County (1-0) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 48 |
| 4. ECI (1-0) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 38 |
| 5. Commerce (0-0) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 36 |
| 6T. Charlton County (0-0) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | |
| 6T. Marion County (1-0) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | |
| 8. Mount Zion (0-0) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||
| 9. Manchester (1-0) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | |
| 10. Lincoln County (0-0) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | |
| 11T. Trion (0-0) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 11T. Turner County (1-0) | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 13. Bowdon (0-0) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 14. McIntosh Co. Acad. (1-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class A (Private) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | MAX | MP | TOT |
| 1. ELCA (1-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Prince Ave. Christian (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| 3. Wesleyan (1-0) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 47 |
| 4. Darlington (1-0) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
| 5. Mount Paran Christian (1-0) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| 6. Stratford Academy (0-0) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 7. Calvary Day (1-0) | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |
| 8. Pinecrest Academy (0-0) | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 17 | |
| 9. Landmark Christian (1-0) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 10. Aquinas (0-1) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 11. Mt. Pisgah Christian (1-0) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
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