Lowndes is 4-3 this season. That's not great by Lowndes standards, but Vikings fans might take note that their nine in-state opponents are 47-14. Using that measure, Lowndes' schedule is the hardest in the state. Here are the top 10 in each classification, ranked by their in-state opponents' winning percentage. Those numbers are especially valuable to Class A teams, which are ranked for the playoffs based partly on the opponents' success.
Class AAAAAA
Lowndes (47-14) 77.0%
Valdosta (47-20) 70.1%
Tift County (44-23) 65.7%
North Paulding (42-22) 65.6%
Milton (42-23) 64.6%
Colquitt County (35-20) 63.6%
Hughes (39-23) 62.9%
Berkmar (40-24) 62.5%
Pope (40-25) 61.5%
Camden County (38-24) 61.3%
Class AAAAA
Banneker (38-18) 67.9%
Union Grove (37-18) 67.3%
Bradwell Institute (41-23) 64.1%
Forest Park (36-22) 62.1%
SW DeKalb (34-21) 61.8%
Brunswick (39-25) 60.9%
Dutchtown (34-22) 60.7%
Creekside (33-22) 60.0%
Lithia Springs (37-25) 59.7%
North Springs (34-23) 59.6%
Class AAAA
Perry (45-19) 70.3%
Hampton (37-18) 67.3%
Pike County (39-19) 67.2%
Wayne County (38-20) 65.5%
Westover (33-18) 64.7%
Veterans (41-23) 64.1%
Crisp County (36-21) 63.2%
Ridgeland (39-23) 62.9%
Troup (38-23) 62.3%
Worth County (34-22) 60.7%
Class AAA
East Jackson (42-22) 65.6%
Morgan County (40-27) 59.7%
Toombs County (34-24) 58.6%
Elbert County (36-27) 57.1%
Westminster (32-24) 57.1%
Glenn Hills (33-25) 56.9%
Appling County (34-26) 56.7%
Washington (31-24) 56.4%
Jackson County (36-28) 56.3%
Jefferson (36-28) 56.3%
Class AA
Swainsboro (43-22) 66.2%
Oglethorpe Co. (42-22) 65.6%
Coosa (42-24) 63.6%
Armuchee (39-24) 61.9%
B.E.S.T. Acad. (41-26) 61.2%
Holy Innocents' (41-27) 60.3%
Wash.-Wilkes (39-26) 60.0%
Bowdon (36-25) 59.0%
Lovett (40-28) 58.8%
Thomasville (37-26) 58.6%
Class A
Christ. Heritage (39-19) 67.2%
Walker (35-22) 61.4%
King's Ridge (34-22) 60.7%
ELCA (33-23) 58.9%
Twiggs County (33-23) 58.9%
Montgomery Co. (34-24) 58.6%
Portal (33-24) 57.9%
Towns County (37-27) 57.8%
Irwin County (34-25) 57.5%
Lanier County (34-25) 57.5%
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