The GHSA placed its member schools into classifications for the 2020-21 academic year on Tuesday. Below are how football teams would be ranked in their new classifications based on current Maxwell Ratings. Parentheses note whether the school is slated to move up or down in classification.
Class AAAAAAA
1. Lowndes
2. Colquitt County
3. McEachern
4. North Gwinnett
5. Grayson
6. Marietta
7. Parkview
8. Dacula (+1)
9. Archer
10. Mill Creek
11. Camden County
12. Harrison (+1)
13. Milton
14. Hillgrove
15. Collins Hill
Notable teams moving out: Westlake
Class AAAAAA
1. Valdosta
2. Buford (+1)
3. Lee County
4. Carrollton (+1)
5. Rome (+1)
6. Allatoona
7. Johns Creek
8. Houston County
9. Lanier
10. Westlake (-1)
11. Denmark (+2)
12. Northside-Warner Robins
13. Glynn Academy
14. South Effingham (+1)
15. Dalton
Notable teams moving out: Coffee, Dacula, Harrison, Mays, Stephenson
Class AAAAA
1. Woodward Academy (+1)
2. Coffee (-1)
3. Cartersville (+1)
4. Jones County
5. Blessed Trinity (+1)
6. Ware County
7. Dutchtown
8. Wayne County
9. Kell
10. Veterans
11. Griffin
12. Statesboro
13. Ola
14. Chapel Hill
15. Creekside (-1)
Notable teams moving out: Carrollton, Rome, Buford
Class AAAA
1. Marist
2. West Laurens
3. Mays (-2)
4. Flowery Branch
5. Bainbridge
6. Jefferson (+1)
7. GAC (+1)
8. Stephenson (-2)
9. Jenkins (+1)
10. Burke County
11. Cairo
12. Troup
13. Cedartown
14. North Oconee
15. Riverdale (-1)
Notable teams moving out: Cartersville, Sandy Creek, Oconee County, Blessed Trinity, Woodward Academy
Class AAA
1. Cedar Grove
2. Peach County
3. Pierce County
4. Sandy Creek (-1)
5. Rockmart (+1)
6. Hapeville Charter (+1)
7. Oconee County (-1)
8. Crisp County
9. Appling County
10. North Murray
11. Carver-Columbus (-1)
12. Westminster
13. Liberty County
14. Benedictine
15. Thomson (-1)
Notable teams moving out: Greater Atlanta Christian, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lovett, Pace Academy
Class AA
1. Rabun County
2. Callaway
3. Lovett (-1)
4. Bleckley County
5. Swainsboro
6. Union County
7. Thomasville
8. Bremen
9. Washington County
10. Pepperell
11. Fitzgerald
12. Columbia (-3)
13. Dodge County
14. Northeast
15. Vidalia
Notable teams moving out: Brooks County, Dublin, Hapeville Charter, Rockmart
Class A (private)
1. Holy Innocents'
2. Athens Academy
3. Eagle's Landing Christian
4. Darlington
5. Fellowship Christian
6. Wesleyan
7. Prince Avenue Christian
8. Christian Heritage
9. Hebron Christian
10. Savannah Country Day
11. Pace Academy (-1)
12. Trinity Christian
13. Mount de Sales
14. Whitefield Academy
15. Savannah Christian
Notable teams moving out: Riverside Military
Class A (public)
1. Irwin County
2. Dublin (-1)
3. Clinch County
4. Brooks County (-1)
5. Wilcox County
6. Metter (-1)
7. Bowdon
8. Pelham
9. Commerce
10. Johnson County
11. Lincoln County
12. Mitchell County
13. Emanuel County Institute
14. Marion County
15. Turner County
Notable teams moving out: None
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