List: Teams that reached finals after .500 or worse regular seasons

Bainbridge and Northside of Warner Robins are in the finals after finishing just 5-5 in the regular season. They are the eighth and ninth teams in history to make the finals despite regular-season records of .500 or below. Two of those - 1965 West Rome and 1992 Thomas County Central - won state titles.

1958 Decatur (4-6)

1965 West Rome (4-5-1)

1989 Greene County (4-6)

1992 Thomas Co. Central (5-5)

2002 Dooly County (4-6)

2010 Colquitt County (5-5)

2014 ELCA (4-6)

2018 Northside-W.R. (5-5)

2018 Bainbridge (5-5)

Source: GHSFHA

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