Sports
Composite state rankings through Week 9
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. Lowndes (8-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| 2. Archer (7-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 54 |
| 3. Grayson (6-1) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 47 |
| 4. Walton (7-0) | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 40 |
| 5. Colquitt County (7-1) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 32 |
| 6. North Gwinnett (6-1) | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| 7T. Brookwood (5-2) | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 7T. South Forsyth (7-0) | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 9. Tift County (7-1) | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| 10. Mill Creek (6-2) | 8 | 10.5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9.5 | |
| 11. McEachern (5-2) | 8 | 10.5 | 10 | 4.5 | |||
| Class AAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Lee County (8-0) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 2. Tucker (6-1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
| 3. Mays (6-1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| 4. Harrison (5-2) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 5. Coffee (4-2) | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 33.5 |
| 6. Northside-Warner Robins (6-2) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| 7. Winder-Barrow (7-0) | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 7 | 15.5 | ||
| 8. Glynn Academy (4-2) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 9. Dalton (6-1) | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 10. Douglas County (7-1) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 11. Brunswick (4-2) | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 12. Stephenson (5-2) | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 13T. Hughes (6-2) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 13T. Alpharetta (6-1) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 15. Richmond Hill (6-0) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 16. Valdosta (2-5) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Rome (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 58 |
| 2. Buford (5-1) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| 3. Stockbridge (7-0) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 49 |
| 4. Warner Robins (8-0) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 40 |
| 5. Jones County (7-0) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 38 |
| 6. Starr's Mill (7-1) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 7. Kell (4-3) | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| 8T. Bainbridge (5-2) | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 8T. Wayne County (5-1) | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | |
| 10. Griffin (7-1) | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 11. Carver-Atlanta (6-1) | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 12. Carrollton (5-2) | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 13. Flowery Branch (7-1) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 14. Ware County (2-4) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Cartersville (8-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Thomson (6-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 48 |
| 3. Marist (7-0) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 45 |
| 4. Ridgeland (7-0) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| 5. Blessed Trinity (7-1) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| 6. Troup (7-0) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| 7. Jefferson (6-1) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8. Burke County (7-0) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 9. Woodward Academy (7-1) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 10. Cedartown (6-1) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 11. Mary Persons (5-2) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 12. Heritage-Ringgold (7-1) | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Cedar Grove (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 2. Greater Atlanta Christian (7-1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 53 |
| 3. Peach County (6-1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| 4. Calhoun (6-1) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 38 |
| 5. Jenkins (7-0) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
| 6. Crisp County (5-1) | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31.5 |
| 7. Bremen (7-0) | 7 | 6 | 5.5 | 7 | 8 | 21.5 | |
| 8. Lovett (4-3) | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 9. Westminster (3-4) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 10. Morgan County (6-1) | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 11. Monroe Area (7-1) | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 12T. Pike County (6-1) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 12T. Pace Academy (2-4) | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Class AA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Benedictine (7-0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Hapeville Charter (5-1) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 3T. Screven County (6-0) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 38 | |
| 3T. Thomasville (7-0) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 38 |
| 3T. Brooks County (6-0) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 38 |
| 6. Rabun County (7-0) | 4 | 6 | 9.5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 34.5 |
| 7. Jefferson County (8-0) | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 8. Dodge County (7-0) | 8 | 10 | 9.5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 18.5 |
| 9. Heard County (6-1) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 10. Callaway (6-1) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
| 11. Swainsboro (6-1) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 12. Fitzgerald (3-4) | 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 (8-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 52 |
| 3. Tattnall Square (7-0) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 39 |
| 4. Mount Paran Christian (6-1) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 38 |
| 5T. Stratford Academy (7-0) | 6 | 5.5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34.5 |
| 5T. Wesleyan (6-2) | 7 | 5.5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 34.5 |
| 7. Athens Academy (7-0) | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 32 |
| 8. Calvary Day (6-1) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| 9. Mount Pisgah Christian (6-1) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | |
| 10. Aquinas (5-2) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 11. Darlington (5-3) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Class A (Public) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Irwin County (6-1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| 2. Manchester (8-0) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54 |
| 3. Macon County (5-2) | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 48.5 |
| 4. Clinch County (5-2) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 41 |
| 5. Mount Zion (7-0) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 6. Charlton County (5-1) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 7. Commerce (6-1) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8. Emanuel County Institute (6-1) | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23.5 |
| 9. Taylor County (6-1) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 10. Marion County (7-1) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
| 11. Washington-Wilkes (4-3) | 10 | 1 |
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