Milton is ranked No. 6 in preseason, making the Eagles one of 25 defending state champions since 1982 to be ranked outside the top five in the opening poll of the next season. Milton is the first defending champion in the highest classification to be ranked lower than No. 5 since Norcross in 2014. Norcross finished 7-4 that season.
2019 Milton - #6
2015 Mount Paran Christian - #8
2015 Hawkinsville - #9
2014 Norcross - #9
2011 Chattahoochee - #6
1999 Darlington - #10
1998 Thomas Co. Central - #9
1998 Manchester - #11
1996 Lincoln County - #6
1996 Elbert County - #10
1994 Lincoln County - #6
1994 Greene County - unranked
1993 Bowdon - #6
1993 Thomas Co. Central - #10
1992 Clinch County - #6
1992 Lakeside (Atlanta) - #8
1991 Cairo - #7
1989 Clinch County - #7
1988 Morrow - unranked
1988 Central (Carrollton) - unranked
1986 West Rome - #6
1986 Thomson - #7
1983 Valdosta - #10
1982 Waycross - unranked
1982 Douglass (Montezuma) - unranked
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