Daily List: Teams that have never been ranked or been ranked in at least 40 years

Adairsville is in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 10 for the first time since 2003. Lanier, which opened in 2010, is in the Top 10 for the first time ever. But dozens of schools have been waiting much longer than that to appear in the rankings. Here are two lists to reflect that:

Schools that have been ranked, but not in more than 40 years:

1962 - Harris County

1963 - Jackson County

1964 - Gilmer

1965 - Jordan

1967 - Hephzibah

1967 - Lumpkin County

1967 - Albany

1970 - Jenkins

1971 - Pickens

1971 - Brantley County

1971 - Liberty County

1972 - Osborne

1972 - Berkmar

1972 - White County

1973 - Mount Zion (Carroll)

*Schools that have never been ranked, and have been playing the longest:

1966 - Beach

1968 - Windsor Forest

1969 - Hancock Central

1976 - Lithia Springs

1976 - Towns County

1978 - Glascock County

1982 - McIntosh

1985 - Southside/Jackson

1987 - Meadowcreek

1988 - Lakeside (Evans)

1988 - Pope

1990 - Temple

1991 - North Atlanta

1992 - Eagle's Landing

1994 - South Atlanta

*Year listed is the first the school played a full varsity schedule in the GHSA.

Sources: GHSFHA.com and Loren Maxwell

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