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Maxwell playoff projections after Week 10

By Loren Maxwell
Oct 27, 2015

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 2015 season. The simulation completed 1,000,000 seasons and teams with 100 or more championship wins in the simulation are shown.

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 AAAAAA GHSA teams were treated as an average Class AAAAAA team).

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

Class AAAAAA

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Colquitt County 8-A 8-0 96.48 824,511 804,271 589,559 345,687 1.89
Roswell 8-A 8-0 95.40 781,076 735,928 435,433 249,759 3.00
Grayson 8-A 9-0 94.80 907,457 744,495 414,717 235,862 3.24
Archer 8-A 7-1 90.29 676,591 436,020 191,156 76,197 12.12
Peachtree Ridge 8-A 6-2 85.10 913,803 349,421 121,599 37,442 25.71
Mill Creek 8-A 8-0 83.70 902,405 320,081 103,880 28,696 33.85
Camden County 8-A 8-0 80.51 257,339 215,047 66,764 13,585 72.61
McEachern 8-A 7-1 80.86 296,761 135,057 40,528 8,519 116.38
Walton 8-A 8-1 75.08 120,406 100,018 22,248 2,905 343.23
Lowndes 8-A 5-3 75.04 80,087 29,963 4,656 734 1,361.40
Norcross 8-A 7-1 68.99 562,431 48,147 4,816 435 2,297.85

Class AAAAA

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Mays 8-A 8-0 78.36 749,815 640,303 494,757 332,183 2.01
Stephenson 8-A 7-1 76.06 700,240 574,708 420,675 240,946 3.15
Northgate 8-A 8-0 72.63 751,876 523,975 265,092 139,092 6.19
Northside (Warner Robins) 8-A 8-0 72.62 372,380 256,408 169,725 84,125 10.89
Stockbridge 8-A 8-0 65.74 670,809 388,410 131,553 44,554 21.44
Coffee 8-A 7-1 66.49 512,394 286,307 102,946 36,762 26.20
Allatoona 8-A 8-1 66.30 597,079 187,828 97,946 34,403 28.07
Creekside 8-A 7-2 66.33 379,589 187,081 57,350 20,328 48.19
Glynn Academy 8-A 6-2 64.44 427,410 191,652 61,330 20,137 48.66
Starr's Mill 8-A 8-0 63.91 365,000 132,057 44,360 14,004 70.41
Lanier 8-A 8-0 60.80 283,972 115,756 28,206 7,059 140.66
Jones County 8-A 7-1 60.66 121,479 59,938 19,888 5,033 197.69
Alexander 8-A 7-1 58.50 375,011 78,027 22,732 4,923 202.13
Ware County 8-A 6-2 62.01 76,565 38,199 12,584 3,551 280.61
Carver (Columbus) 8-A 7-1 56.56 335,565 57,525 18,393 3,455 288.44
Houston County 8-A 7-1 59.34 197,422 63,052 14,650 3,283 303.60
East Paulding 8-A 6-2 57.32 134,895 49,098 8,905 1,745 572.07
Dalton 8-A 7-2 53.75 169,011 42,971 7,235 1,071 932.71
South Effingham 8-A 7-1 56.55 72,561 23,090 5,131 955 1,046.12
South Paulding 8-A 6-2 53.98 124,761 18,095 3,920 611 1,635.66
Drew 8-A 5-3 55.60 101,124 12,298 2,933 519 1,925.78
Carver (Atlanta) 8-A 5-3 53.10 88,137 17,094 2,180 318 3,143.65
Woodland (Stockbridge) 8-A 6-2 53.15 79,181 7,900 1,541 201 4,974.12
Loganville 8-A 7-1 50.02 62,967 13,267 1,640 178 5,616.98
Effingham County 8-A 6-3 57.24 9,949 2,764 696 143 6,992.01
Kell 8-A 6-2 50.84 57,569 10,422 1,190 132 7,574.76

Class AAAA

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Woodward Academy 8-A 8-0 71.72 883,465 738,396 508,445 344,306 1.90
Cartersville 8-A 8-0 68.61 858,004 695,089 489,512 253,004 2.95
Buford 8-A 7-1 67.90 789,004 602,837 304,029 175,973 4.68
Bainbridge 8-A 8-0 63.40 564,240 383,948 182,992 71,895 12.91
Sandy Creek 8-A 6-2 61.03 457,371 244,074 96,631 32,548 29.72
Thomson 8-A 7-1 59.38 700,761 266,327 85,945 31,166 31.09
St. Pius X 8-A 6-2 58.04 700,808 306,488 110,783 30,659 31.62
Mary Persons 8-A 8-0 59.67 536,698 166,584 66,998 24,675 39.53
Jonesboro 8-A 7-1 57.30 448,901 144,956 51,290 14,084 70.00
Locust Grove 8-A 8-0 55.43 341,282 123,149 40,013 9,973 99.27
Marist 8-A 7-2 54.17 406,049 74,977 19,415 5,017 198.32
Liberty County 8-A 6-3 50.94 106,633 44,833 11,499 1,837 543.37
Burke County 8-A 6-2 50.75 205,567 42,399 7,900 1,464 682.06
Spalding 8-A 7-1 51.94 60,581 21,822 4,799 1,016 983.25
Worth County 8-A 5-3 50.82 46,013 16,625 2,779 558 1,791.11
Carrollton 8-A 5-3 46.20 176,183 28,679 4,692 510 1,959.78
West Laurens 8-A 6-2 46.81 95,783 17,176 2,738 339 2,948.85
Upson-Lee 8-A 6-2 46.49 105,614 16,972 2,183 280 3,570.43
Eastside 8-A 6-2 47.36 33,858 8,756 1,290 166 6,023.10
Veterans 8-A 4-4 44.10 61,660 9,052 1,146 101 9,899.99

Class AAA

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Calhoun 8-A 8-0 67.01 906,123 818,923 570,124 390,864 1.56
Jefferson 8-A 8-0 63.98 719,255 641,257 552,293 266,581 2.75
Blessed Trinity 8-A 8-0 65.05 749,153 694,251 383,065 244,015 3.10
Cedar Grove 8-A 7-1 53.94 312,333 252,894 137,588 37,197 25.88
Jackson 8-A 6-2 47.33 692,899 459,484 115,026 18,707 52.46
Elbert County 8-A 7-1 50.17 240,797 168,821 43,589 11,956 82.64
Dodge County 8-A 8-0 47.54 502,049 96,982 26,786 6,523 152.30
Central (Carrollton) 8-A 8-0 44.67 457,139 186,258 39,352 5,500 180.82
Peach County 8-A 7-2 47.11 322,297 93,228 24,767 5,351 185.88
Westside (Macon) 8-A 6-2 45.36 440,984 75,721 26,195 4,086 243.74
Spencer 8-A 5-3 43.96 480,262 85,139 15,353 2,760 361.32
Adairsville 8-A 7-1 41.48 287,662 147,062 21,736 2,194 454.79
Callaway 8-A 7-1 40.74 281,981 70,742 11,337 1,263 790.77
Laney 8-A 6-2 38.70 322,394 33,871 12,459 988 1,011.15
Hart County 8-A 6-2 42.61 193,986 25,286 4,864 835 1,196.60
Westminster (Atlanta) 8-A 4-4 37.86 180,070 49,418 5,467 442 2,261.44
Pierce County 8-A 6-2 37.81 131,887 21,888 2,626 249 4,015.06
Oconee County 8-A 6-2 34.96 105,187 23,574 2,101 137 7,298.27

Class AA

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Benedictine 8-A 8-0 68.03 902,243 773,325 673,861 480,188 1.08
Greater Atlanta Christian 8-A 7-1 63.91 868,833 710,800 651,373 339,923 1.94
Rabun County 8-A 8-1 51.89 812,350 569,518 134,071 51,832 18.29
Brooks County 8-A 7-2 50.00 910,927 276,912 210,467 49,796 19.08
Fitzgerald 8-A 7-1 54.11 851,172 171,881 102,227 43,654 21.91
Jefferson County 8-A 6-2 46.47 657,903 283,571 45,335 12,961 76.15
Darlington 8-A 8-0 42.07 435,912 285,795 52,532 7,006 141.73
Lamar County 8-A 6-2 38.81 488,887 241,168 33,634 3,611 275.93
Macon County 8-A 6-2 39.16 350,691 166,379 23,331 2,575 387.35
Lovett 8-A 5-4 40.86 197,254 79,256 18,232 2,365 421.83
Wesleyan 8-A 7-1 41.20 222,616 86,954 16,733 2,324 429.29
Pace Academy 8-A 6-2 40.05 178,008 78,935 10,955 1,372 727.86
Screven County 8-A 7-1 37.53 231,623 111,792 13,847 1,322 755.43
Early County 8-A 5-3-1 37.84 83,975 27,021 1,683 285 3,507.77
Model 8-A 8-1 36.24 113,982 24,173 1,555 215 4,650.16
Vidalia 8-A 5-3 33.32 67,628 17,813 3,063 213 4,693.84
Union County 8-A 7-1 29.55 171,355 41,756 2,803 140 7,141.86

Class A-Public

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Clinch County 8-A 7-1 46.42 925,256 672,928 459,045 308,114 2.25
Turner County 8-A 7-1 44.21 904,658 684,163 394,537 237,894 3.20
Charlton County 8-A 6-1 41.29 877,337 555,282 291,571 142,977 5.99
Marion County 8-A 7-1 38.20 898,069 568,964 299,867 113,153 7.84
Irwin County 8-A 5-2-1 39.46 778,021 345,297 160,530 74,469 12.43
Emanuel County Institute 8-A 7-1 36.77 826,382 423,953 190,133 66,587 14.02
Lincoln County 8-A 8-0 35.80 532,759 267,878 98,357 33,695 28.68
Commerce 8-A 5-3 32.31 590,111 194,388 62,427 16,246 60.55
Trion 8-A 5-3 28.45 301,540 98,010 20,776 4,340 229.41
Mount Zion (Carroll) 8-A 6-2 23.61 193,766 48,984 7,760 1,023 976.52
Telfair County 8-A 4-4 23.15 206,161 36,356 5,654 726 1,376.41
Wilkinson County 8-A 5-3 20.47 208,958 30,233 3,717 381 2,623.67
Dooly County 8-A 5-3 18.08 130,284 21,111 2,000 189 5,290.01

Class A-Private

Modal Bracket

Although any specific bracket is highly unlikely, the modal bracket represents the most probable of all the possible brackets.

Playoff Projections by Team

Each team is shown with its region, rating, the number of times making it to the finals, and the number of times of winning the state championship along with the associated odds.

Team Region Record Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Prince Avenue Christian 8-A 8-0 56.95 979,208 892,639 655,963 534,477 0.87
Eagle's Landing Christian 8-A 5-3 53.25 950,606 824,539 396,919 278,033 2.60
Mount Paran Christian 8-A 8-0 44.23 860,265 535,331 311,954 88,416 10.31
Aquinas 8-A 7-1 39.88 744,537 405,400 203,131 40,169 23.89
Savannah Christian 8-A 7-1 36.80 754,414 341,616 153,712 23,670 41.25
Calvary Day 8-A 7-1 34.95 669,208 257,170 91,350 12,447 79.34
Landmark Christian 8-A 5-3 33.93 704,682 207,840 55,524 8,162 121.52
Athens Academy 8-A 7-1 34.14 509,631 125,663 40,824 5,860 169.65
Pinecrest Academy 8-A 7-1 31.30 560,748 136,582 39,834 4,389 226.84
Stratford Academy 8-A 6-2 30.97 423,914 120,936 26,421 2,979 334.68
Christian Heritage 8-A 5-4 27.09 178,992 49,949 9,456 663 1,507.30
Brookstone 8-A 5-3 24.65 357,649 63,963 11,055 582 1,717.21

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