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Composite state rankings through Week 8
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 | Total |
| 1. Grayson (6-0) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| 2. Lowndes (7-0) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 3. Archer (5-0) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 47 |
| 4. Walton (6-0) | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 36 |
| 5. Colquitt County (6-1) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| 6. North Gwinnett (5-1) | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
| 7. Tift County (7-0) | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 8. Brookwood (4-2) | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
| 9. Mill Creek (5-2) | 8 | 10.5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12.5 | |
| 10. McEachern (4-2) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11. South Forsyth (6-0) | 5 | 10.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 12. Milton (5-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Lee County (7-0) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 2. Tucker (5-1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 54 |
| 3. Mays (5-1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| 4. Northside-Warner Robins (6-1) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 5. Harrison (4-2) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 6. Coffee (3-2) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| 7. Winder-Barrow (7-0) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8T. Dalton (5-1) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8T. Glynn Academy (3-2) | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 10T. Stephenson (4-2) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 10T. Brunswick (4-1) | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12. Douglas County (6-1) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 13. Alpharetta (5-1) | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 14T. Alexander (5-1) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 14T. Sequoyah (5-1) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 16. Hughes (5-2) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Rome (6-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 58 |
| 2. Buford (4-1) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| 3. Stockbridge (6-0) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 49 |
| 4. Warner Robins (7-0) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 41 |
| 5. Jones County (6-0) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 6. Carrollton (5-1) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 7. Starr's Mill (6-1) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 8. Kell (3-3) | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 9. Bainbridge (5-2) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |
| 10. Wayne County (5-1) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 11. Griffin (6-1) | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 12. Carver-Atlanta (5-1) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 13T. Flowery Branch (6-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 13T. Eagle's Landing (4-3) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 13T. Ware County (1-4) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Cartersville (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Thomson (5-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 |
| 3. Marist (6-0) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 45 |
| 4. Jefferson (5-1) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| 5. Blessed Trinity (6-1) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| 6T. Ridgeland (6-0) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 6T. Troup (6-0) | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| 8. Burke County (6-0) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 9. Woodward Academy (6-1) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 10. Cedartown (6-1) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 11. Mary Persons (5-2) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 12. Heritage-Ringgold (7-0) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Cedar Grove (6-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 2. Greater Atlanta Christian (6-1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 53 |
| 3. Peach County (5-1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| 4. Calhoun (6-1) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| 5. Jenkins (6-0) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 6. Crisp County (4-1) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
| 7. Bremen (6-0) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| 8. Monroe Area (7-0) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 9. Lovett (3-3) | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |
| 10. Westminster (2-4) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 11. Morgan County (5-1) | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 12T. Cook (2-4) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 12T. Pike County (5-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 12T. Westside-Macon (4-3) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Benedictine (6-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Hapeville Charter (5-1) | 2 | 4 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50.5 |
| 3. Rabun County (6-0) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 |
| 4. Screven County (5-0) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 37 | |
| 5. Callaway (6-0) | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 35.5 |
| 6T. Thomasville (6-0) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 6T. Brooks County (6-0) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| 8. Jefferson County (7-0) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 9. Dodge County (6-0) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 10. Heard County (5-1) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 11T. Toombs County (6-0) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 11T. Fitzgerald (2-4) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 13. Swainsboro (5-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class A (private) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Eagle's Landing Christian (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Prince Avenue Christian (7-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 52 |
| 3. Tattnall Square (6-0) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 40 |
| 4. Mount Paran Christian (5-1) | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 37.5 |
| 5. Athens Academy (6-0) | 5 | 7 | 5.5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 35.5 |
| 6. Wesleyan (6-2) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| 7. Stratford Academy (6-0) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8. Mount Pisgah Christian (6-1) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |
| 9. Calvary Day (5-1) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 10. Aquinas (4-2) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 11T. Mount Vernon Presbyterian (6-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 11T. Darlington (4-3) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class A (public) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Manchester (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 57.5 |
| 2. Irwin County (5-1) | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56.5 |
| 3. Macon County (4-2) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
| 4. Clinch County (4-2) | 4 | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 38.5 |
| 5. Mount Zion (Carroll) (6-0) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
| 6. Commerce (5-1) | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28.5 |
| 7. Emanuel County Institute (6-1) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 8. Charlton County (4-1) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |
| 9. Taylor County (5-1) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 10T. Trion (5-1) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 10T. Marion County (6-1) | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 12. Washington-Wilkes (3-3) | 8 | 3 |
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