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Maxwell playoff projections after Week 6

By Loren Maxwell
Sept 30, 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 using recursive head-to-head records with all ties being broken randomly.

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Colquitt County 1-AAAAAA 99.74 849,352 791,181 607,117 457,795 1.18
Grayson 8-AAAAAA 93.75 788,042 609,716 456,808 220,601 3.53
Mill Creek 7-AAAAAA 89.95 880,512 485,715 238,486 109,156 8.16
Archer 8-AAAAAA 89.44 478,302 296,401 127,457 58,731 16.03
McEachern 4-AAAAAA 88.74 453,949 273,637 114,019 50,920 18.64
Peachtree Ridge 7-AAAAAA 83.40 705,138 295,280 113,893 31,266 30.98
Norcross 7-AAAAAA 81.75 677,434 255,300 90,176 21,762 44.95
Roswell 5-AAAAAA 82.79 346,855 216,072 75,362 19,803 49.50
Walton 5-AAAAAA 80.28 272,413 159,190 47,371 10,465 94.56
Tucker 2-AAAAAA 78.00 452,340 163,632 42,009 7,796 127.27
Lowndes 1-AAAAAA 77.22 147,270 67,468 17,808 2,900 343.83
Valdosta 1-AAAAAA 76.44 109,495 48,069 11,821 1,805 553.02
Dacula 8-AAAAAA 75.82 99,595 42,493 9,322 1,534 650.89
Camden County 1-AAAAAA 75.63 92,139 38,042 8,747 1,297 770.01
Tift County 1-AAAAAA 74.32 80,316 31,108 6,804 932 1,071.96
Lee County 1-AAAAAA 73.50 57,054 20,727 4,118 502 1,991.03
East Coweta 3-AAAAAA 69.56 193,815 26,935 5,047 483 2,069.39
North Gwinnett 7-AAAAAA 72.44 117,633 19,713 3,625 460 2,172.91
North Cobb 4-AAAAAA 70.66 57,076 17,498 3,327 331 3,020.15
Parkview 8-AAAAAA 71.43 45,638 16,223 2,467 281 3,557.72
Newton 2-AAAAAA 67.47 211,586 26,671 3,059 266 3,758.40
Collins Hill 7-AAAAAA 66.92 223,020 23,225 2,645 253 3,951.57
Etowah 5-AAAAAA 71.68 38,824 11,594 2,008 244 4,097.36

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Ware County 3-AAAAA 78.63 631,304 481,131 293,788 186,856 4.35
Northside (Warner Robins) 2-AAAAA 79.11 574,339 441,399 287,362 185,924 4.38
Stephenson 6-Div A-AAAAA 77.47 551,834 414,164 269,852 154,583 5.47
Mays 6-Div B-AAAAA 75.80 464,178 326,785 190,225 99,971 9.00
Allatoona 5-AAAAA 73.36 592,795 279,990 146,296 68,914 13.51
Coffee 3-AAAAA 72.03 481,475 283,647 131,492 54,171 17.46
Stockbridge 4-Div B-AAAAA 71.44 544,998 275,792 124,564 51,605 18.38
Houston County 2-AAAAA 71.81 346,639 214,517 107,830 43,602 21.93
Creekside 6-Div B-AAAAA 72.48 341,160 209,766 96,983 43,584 21.94
South Paulding 5-AAAAA 69.13 467,713 173,315 71,842 26,311 37.01
Gainesville 8-AAAAA 69.39 376,094 151,228 59,636 22,507 43.43
East Paulding 5-AAAAA 68.42 447,530 161,444 62,807 22,053 44.35
Northgate 4-Div A-AAAAA 67.22 411,478 153,044 52,835 17,326 56.72
Lanier 8-AAAAA 64.84 238,840 80,040 23,962 6,562 151.39
Carver (Columbus) 1-AAAAA 62.12 241,597 56,121 17,182 3,689 270.08
Alexander 5-AAAAA 62.19 171,628 42,597 11,001 2,481 402.06
Creekview 7-Div A-AAAAA 61.28 126,555 42,716 10,329 2,146 464.98
Jones County 2-AAAAA 61.73 90,219 30,833 7,557 1,601 623.61
Warner Robins 2-AAAAA 61.95 87,218 29,743 7,009 1,507 662.57
Glynn Academy 3-AAAAA 62.28 66,725 25,485 6,755 1,466 681.13
Carver (Atlanta) 6-Div B-AAAAA 59.72 71,076 20,511 3,910 756 1,321.75
Mundy's Mill 4-Div A-AAAAA 58.53 82,440 13,330 2,572 468 2,135.75
Drew 4-Div A-AAAAA 57.61 76,895 12,705 2,227 370 2,701.70
Starr's Mill 4-Div A-AAAAA 56.95 75,434 11,394 1,934 279 3,583.23
Kell 7-Div B-AAAAA 58.04 25,553 7,206 1,341 215 4,650.16
Loganville 8-AAAAA 55.47 72,602 9,957 1,675 189 5,290.01
South Effingham 3-AAAAA 56.05 32,647 8,135 1,349 182 5,493.51
Dalton 7-Div A-AAAAA 57.16 20,590 5,433 983 153 6,534.95
LaGrange 1-AAAAA 53.40 69,617 8,085 1,090 120 8,332.33

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Buford 8-AAAA 86.01 912,985 850,253 691,036 533,378 0.87
Cartersville 7-AAAA 77.09 852,508 684,739 458,745 182,356 4.48
Sandy Creek 5-AAAA 76.03 790,798 571,743 257,163 117,112 7.54
Woodward Academy 5-AAAA 73.64 747,926 504,873 208,978 78,609 11.72
Marist 6-AAAA 70.96 775,217 394,196 153,752 46,680 20.42
St. Pius X 6-AAAA 66.10 651,365 244,292 67,830 16,090 61.15
Bainbridge 1-Div B-AAAA 65.22 252,943 125,712 39,730 8,184 121.19
Jonesboro 4-Div B-AAAA 62.51 295,316 93,795 27,049 4,458 223.32
Mary Persons 2-AAAA 62.78 288,031 93,926 20,184 4,000 249.00
Thomson 3-AAAA 60.81 344,190 69,253 18,134 3,161 315.36
Burke County 3-AAAA 58.27 239,213 47,028 9,922 1,321 756.00
Spalding 4-Div B-AAAA 57.40 137,762 35,022 6,607 765 1,306.19
West Laurens 2-AAAA 57.24 156,056 36,239 6,116 752 1,328.79
Eastside 4-Div A-AAAA 56.37 120,047 28,920 5,565 668 1,496.01
Carrollton 5-AAAA 55.45 177,091 36,315 5,716 548 1,823.82
North Oconee 8-AAAA 54.45 137,697 25,951 4,135 324 3,085.42
Thomas County Central 1-Div A-AAAA 55.17 78,715 19,868 2,647 302 3,310.26
Liberty County 3-AAAA 53.50 136,795 22,912 3,628 294 3,400.36
Worth County 1-Div B-AAAA 55.17 54,667 15,645 2,592 281 3,557.72
Upson-Lee 2-AAAA 52.42 82,122 13,277 1,710 132 7,574.76
Stephens County 8-AAAA 51.40 81,565 12,852 1,654 113 8,848.56

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Calhoun 6-AAA 76.39 899,689 828,690 556,073 415,895 1.40
Blessed Trinity 4-Div B-AAA 75.62 779,415 736,039 461,878 329,154 2.04
Jefferson 8-AAA 67.37 520,756 443,103 281,621 104,191 8.60
Cedar Grove 4-Div A-AAA 64.05 452,904 390,195 221,455 61,328 15.31
Westside (Macon) 2-AAA 60.65 590,895 404,220 162,948 36,797 26.18
Elbert County 8-AAA 60.80 314,166 242,561 107,914 27,390 35.51
Peach County 2-AAA 54.42 401,448 167,090 45,370 7,171 138.45
Central (Carrollton) 5-AAA 54.18 410,885 141,371 38,224 5,523 180.06
Callaway 5-AAA 52.61 349,788 102,199 24,744 3,253 306.41
Adairsville 6-AAA 50.23 286,579 138,854 28,989 2,803 355.76
Dodge County 1-Div A-AAA 50.81 240,273 50,557 10,549 1,323 754.86
Pierce County 1-Div A-AAA 50.39 250,337 47,869 9,692 1,275 783.31
Laney 3-AAA 46.91 439,035 55,594 12,355 1,012 987.14
Washington County 3-AAA 46.07 420,686 49,729 10,394 828 1,206.73
Hart County 8-AAA 49.16 182,019 35,378 6,081 700 1,427.57
Jackson 2-AAA 44.45 255,212 32,293 4,776 343 2,914.45
Decatur 4-Div B-AAA 45.12 131,602 27,287 3,832 234 4,272.50
Central (Macon) 2-AAA 43.12 236,658 22,967 3,359 226 4,423.78
Cook 1-Div A-AAA 46.37 44,895 12,169 2,004 154 6,492.51
Pepperell 5-AAA 43.94 84,717 14,466 1,853 123 8,129.08

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Benedictine 2-AA 76.18 875,978 803,798 746,884 491,153 1.04
Greater Atlanta Christian 6-AA 73.58 881,334 625,646 572,055 307,319 2.25
Fitzgerald 1-AA 68.57 940,115 428,818 379,104 157,944 5.33
Brooks County 1-AA 53.29 621,466 163,886 55,083 9,851 100.51
Wesleyan 6-AA 54.23 270,638 144,274 50,238 8,954 110.68
Rabun County 8-AA 51.32 547,989 337,737 44,520 7,302 135.95
Macon County 4-AA 49.72 441,407 249,510 31,556 4,253 234.13
Pace Academy 6-AA 50.30 394,106 204,322 27,114 4,070 244.70
Lamar County 4-AA 47.12 364,669 184,683 19,021 2,228 447.83
Jefferson County 3-AA 46.48 363,963 168,444 15,864 1,789 557.97
Lovett 6-AA 47.63 260,067 131,602 14,439 1,695 588.97
Darlington 7-AA 45.37 251,192 119,104 10,550 985 1,014.23
Early County 1-AA 45.01 244,155 77,241 7,898 771 1,296.02
Thomasville 1-AA 43.16 210,028 59,983 5,423 444 2,251.25
Model 7-AA 42.00 158,615 60,053 3,997 299 3,343.48
Dublin 3-AA 42.57 112,611 39,754 3,702 268 3,730.34
Bacon County 2-AA 42.16 99,264 29,952 3,381 247 4,047.58
Heard County 5-AA 39.23 157,266 20,028 2,285 134 7,461.69

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Turner County 2-A 49.57 880,859 627,153 392,693 230,355 3.34
Irwin County 2-A 50.26 836,054 580,912 377,467 229,604 3.36
Clinch County 2-A 48.22 736,387 460,558 267,115 143,451 5.97
Marion County 4-A 46.06 811,711 481,764 264,332 123,000 7.13
Charlton County 2-A 45.80 752,911 454,748 222,773 104,096 8.61
Lincoln County 7-Div B-A 46.03 722,434 423,214 219,420 102,540 8.75
Emanuel County Institute 3-Div B-A 40.73 638,956 298,993 112,953 38,289 25.12
Commerce 8-A 35.92 448,669 160,346 46,000 10,871 90.99
Wilkinson County 7-Div A-A 35.05 373,989 129,000 33,167 7,659 129.57
Trion 6-Div A-A 31.88 243,814 67,521 13,422 2,494 399.96
Greenville 4-A 31.12 277,547 74,601 14,483 2,450 407.16
Mount Zion (Carroll) 6-Div A-A 30.57 242,252 63,167 11,448 1,848 540.13
Dooly County 4-A 30.38 164,711 41,722 7,420 1,216 821.37
Hawkinsville 4-A 29.40 159,588 36,178 6,031 863 1,157.75
Telfair County 2-A 28.42 155,459 32,054 4,952 687 1,454.60
Miller County 1-A 22.68 226,984 31,565 2,996 259 3,860.00
Johnson County 3-Div B-A 27.78 55,184 10,925 1,645 211 4,738.34

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 Rating Qtrfinals Semifinals Finals Champion Odds
Eagle's Landing Christian 5-A 61.49 913,693 767,762 592,748 447,188 1.24
Mount Paran Christian 6-Div A-A 55.74 885,756 638,556 427,823 225,920 3.43
Prince Avenue Christian 8-A 52.43 890,110 643,795 315,738 149,882 5.67
Calvary Day 3-Div A-A 49.24 833,587 518,075 258,607 89,638 10.16
Aquinas 7-Div B-A 45.61 698,299 335,255 133,062 36,270 26.57
Landmark Christian 5-A 43.84 636,993 267,801 89,086 22,932 42.61
Savannah Christian 3-Div A-A 41.38 490,754 173,976 54,481 11,039 89.59
Athens Academy 8-A 36.43 526,955 145,776 32,127 4,512 220.63
Pinecrest Academy 6-Div B-A 37.10 420,177 116,738 25,224 3,957 251.72
Pacelli 4-A 35.15 431,797 107,526 20,998 2,574 387.50
Brookstone 4-A 34.49 407,546 98,395 18,140 2,257 442.07
Stratford Academy 7-Div A-A 35.22 200,516 52,150 10,520 1,396 715.33
Christian Heritage 6-Div A-A 33.78 195,799 46,355 8,326 968 1,032.06
Mount Pisgah Christian 6-Div B-A 34.61 138,555 37,937 7,021 916 1,090.70
First Presbyterian 7-Div A-A 32.56 111,281 25,249 4,188 452 2,211.39

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