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Maxwell playoff projections after the Semifinals

By Loren Maxwell
Dec 11, 2019

Below are the current Maxwell Ratings' playoff projections for each class.

The Maxwell Ratings playoff projections are based on a Monte Carlo simulation of the 2019 season. The simulation completed 1,000,000 seasons.

While the Maxwell Ratings reflect each team’s strength, the simulation highlights the impact of the season’s structure as defined by the games, region alignments, and playoff brackets.

All out of state opponents were considered equal to the average of the GHSA team’s classification (i.e., out of state opponents of Class AAAAAAA GHSA teams were treated as an average Class AAAAAAA team).

Although regions may use different criteria, in the simulation all standings were determined by 1) region record, 2) head to head, 3) point differential, 4) classification record, and 5) random tie breaker.

Class AAAAAAA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Lowndes#1 (1 - AAAAAAA)14-098.0383.994.80802,817.860.25
Marietta#2 (3 - AAAAAAA)12-283.9998.034.20197,182.144.07

Class AAAAAA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Harrison#1 (6 - AAAAAA)14-083.9167.164.84842,241.310.19
Allatoona#2 (6 - AAAAAA)11-2-167.1683.914.16157,758.695.34

Class AAAAA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Buford#2 (8 - AAAAA)13-174.3073.884.51510,498.460.96
Warner Robins#1 (1 - AAAAA)13-173.8874.304.49489,501.541.04

Class AAAA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Blessed Trinity#1 (7 - AAAA)13-172.1867.084.62624,806.470.60
Oconee County#1 (8 - AAAA)13-167.0872.184.38375,193.531.67

Class AAA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Cedar Grove#1 (5 - AAA)12-271.0859.924.75753,246.000.33
Crisp County#1 (1 - AAA)11-359.9271.084.25246,754.003.05

Class AA

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Dublin#1 (3 - AA)13-159.7853.714.65647,256.160.54
Brooks County#2 (1 - AA)10-453.7159.784.35352,743.841.83

Class A Public

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Irwin County#1 (2 - A)12-068.5536.284.96961,837.790.04
Marion County#2 (4 - A)11-236.2868.554.0438,162.2125.20

Class A Private

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the strength of draw, average depth, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Rec Rating Draw AvgDepth Champion Odds
Eagle's Landing Christian#6 (5 - A)12-174.9156.214.87866,458.280.15
Wesleyan#9 (5 - A)12-256.2174.914.13133,541.726.49

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