The state's toughest region, according to the computer Maxwell Ratings, is 1-AAAAAAA. The four-team region has a rating is 79.49. That means the average 1-AAAAAAA team is nearly 12 points better than the average team in the next-best region, which is 3-AAAAAAA, rated at 67.82. That's not surprising considering that 1-AAAAAAA houses three top-10 teams (No. 1 Colquitt County, No. 8 Lowndes and No. 10 Tift County, plus 6-1 Camden County). Below are the regions, ranked on what it takes to be an average team in that region. The ratings in parentheses represent another measure of region strength that shows what is required to be a top team in the region. The rating on the left is the better measure of region depth, whereas the rating on the right is the better measure of the region's high end and playoff potential.
Class AAAAAAA
1 - 79.49 (93.20)
3 - 67.82 (80.29)
4 - 53.67 (71.76)
8 - 51.45 (80.48)
2 - 50.76 (63.59)
6 - 48.86 (72.10)
7 - 47.79 (73.87)
5 - 47.73 (65.58)
Class AAAAAA
1 - 61.63 (75.44)
6 - 45.29 (66.69)
2 - 43.22 (53.30)
8 - 38.92 (51.29)
5 - 37.82 (53.33)
7 - 32.32 (51.66)
4 - 31.63 (50.49)
3 - 31.15 (41.11)
Class AAAAA
1 - 53.23 (68.49)
4 - 47.47 (69.52)
7 - 43.75 (72.41)
2 - 43.14 (58.78)
8 - 40.36 (60.60)
3 - 29.75 (44.81)
6 - 27.28 (46.11)
5 - 25.41 (41.81)
Class AAAA
5 - 53.36 (72.33)
2 - 49.68 (65.47)
8 - 44.96 (60.45)
7 - 42.93 (70.10)
3 - 41.85 (53.99)
1 - 30.52 (47.40)
4 - 24.30 (48.68)
6 - 23.93 (50.08)
Class AAA
5 - 33.8 (62.59)
4 - 31.60 (54.23)
8 - 28.08 (52.61)
2 - 26.11 (45.28)
1 - 25.87 (43.51)
6 - 21.58 (52.32)
7 - 20.47 (52.15)
3 - 13.06 (46.66)
Class AA
1 - 47.39 (57.22)
3 - 38.25 (58.22)
5 - 26.97 (55.93)
2 - 26.65 (45.40)
6 - 24.27 (49.41)
4 - 18.58 (38.75)
8 - 14.78 (43.03)
7 - 13.85 (45.21)
Class A
2 - 29.85 (55.86)
8 - 22.67 (52.31)
5 - 20.77 (43.94)
6 - 19.20 (42.26)
3 - 15.04 (38.31)
4 - 12.06 (38.66)
7 - 11.81 (31.56)
1 - 1.15 (28.87)
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