Maxwell Week 8 Projections

Each game is listed showing the game rate, favorite, the expected winning percentage of the favored team, the projected margin, and the opponent.

The game rating is the rating required to win 50% of all games in an infinite round robin competition against the expected rating of the loser of the game, which favors games with highly rated and closely matched opponents.

All data is courtesy of the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.

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Oct 8

Game Rate	Class	Favorite	Percent	Margin	Opponent	Class
38.62	AAAA	Westover	62.5%	5	Americus-Sumter	AAAA
25.43	AAA	Maynard Jackson	63.7%	6	Towers	AAA
23.85	AAAA	Griffin	93.1%	26	Mount Zion (Jonesboro)	AAAA
23.24	AAA	Callaway	94.0%	27	Cedartown	AAA
18.34	AAAAA	Harris County	90.5%	23	Hardaway	AAAAA
9.78	AAAA	Heritage (Ringgold)	93.4%	26	LaFayette	AAAA
0.71	AA	McIntosh County Academy	93.3%	26	Groves	AA

Oct 9

Game Rate	Class	Favorite	Percent	Margin	Opponent	Class
82.65	AAAAAA	Colquitt County	86.8%	19	Lee County	AAAAAA
79.27	AAAAAA	Camden County	55.7%	3	Lowndes	AAAAAA
72.13	AAAAAA	McEachern	83.4%	16	North Cobb	AAAAAA
71.15	AAAAAA	Peachtree Ridge	78.8%	13	North Gwinnett	AAAAAA
69.03	AAAAAA	Valdosta	61.9%	5	Tift County	AAAAAA
66.72	AAAA	Marist	58.8%	4	St. Pius X	AAAA
66.26	AAAAAA	East Coweta	64.0%	6	Hughes	AAAAAA
66.23	AAAAAA	Central Gwinnett	59.1%	4	Brookwood	AAAAAA
65.42	AAAAA	Gainesville	68.1%	8	Lanier	AAAAA
64.87	AAAAAA	Roswell	92.3%	25	Wheeler	AAAAAA
64.49	AAAAAA	Etowah	69.9%	9	Milton	AAAAAA
63.79	AAAAAA	Newnan	51.1%	1	Westlake	AAAAAA
63.07	AAAAA	Ware County	84.5%	17	Glynn Academy	AAAAA
62.79	AAAAA	Creekside	74.6%	11	Carver (Atlanta)	AAAAA
60.75	AAAA	Spalding	50.4%	1	Jonesboro	AAAA
59.32	AAAAAA	Archer	95.7%	30	South Gwinnett	AAAAAA
58.30	AAAAA	Coffee	81.4%	15	South Effingham	AAAAA
58.15	AAAA	Bainbridge	76.7%	12	Worth County	AAAA
57.16	AAAAAA	Cherokee	67.6%	8	Woodstock	AAAAAA
57.07	AAAAA	Allatoona	85.1%	17	New Manchester	AAAAA
56.94	AAAAAA	Hillgrove	69.7%	9	North Paulding	AAAAAA
55.41	AAAAA	Dalton	69.0%	8	Rome	AAAAA
55.02	AAAA	Burke County	61.9%	5	Liberty County	AAAA
51.94	AAAAA	South Paulding	85.9%	18	Paulding County	AAAAA
51.84	AAAA	Mary Persons	76.6%	12	Howard	AAAA
51.53	AAAA	Eastside	61.2%	5	Locust Grove	AAAA
51.10	AAAA	West Laurens	67.8%	8	Veterans	AAAA
50.95	AAAAAA	Alpharetta	75.8%	12	Centennial	AAAAAA
50.90	AAAAAA	Grayson	98.8%	39	Shiloh	AAAAAA
50.23	AAAAA	Cambridge	64.1%	6	Sprayberry	AAAAA
50.19	AAAAAA	Mill Creek	97.7%	35	Mountain View	AAAAAA
49.26	AA	Greater Atlanta Christian	91.9%	24	Pace Academy	AA
48.89	AAAA	Sandy Creek	93.5%	26	Whitewater	AAAA
48.74	AAAAAA	South Forsyth	79.1%	13	Northview	AAAAAA
48.21	AAAA	Buford	96.9%	33	North Hall	AAAA
47.86	AAAAA	Southwest DeKalb	55.1%	2	Miller Grove	AAAAA
46.68	AAAAA	Cass	77.9%	13	Sequoyah	AAAAA
46.09	AAAAA	Alexander	82.0%	15	Hiram	AAAAA
45.22	AAAAAA	South Cobb	65.9%	7	Douglas County	AAAAAA
44.57	AAAA	Columbia	51.5%	1	Grady	AAAA
44.16	A	Calvary Day	64.2%	6	Savannah Christian	A
44.11	AAAAA	Clarke Central	52.5%	1	Flowery Branch	AAAAA
43.83	AAA	Westminster (Atlanta)	50.9%	1	Decatur	AAA
43.62	AAAAAA	Harrison	91.6%	24	Kennesaw Mountain	AAAAAA
43.08	AAA	Dodge County	74.8%	11	Appling County	AAA
41.87	AAAAAA	Collins Hill	91.1%	23	Duluth	AAAAAA
41.65	AA	Lovett	70.0%	9	Hapeville	AA
40.99	AAAA	Upson-Lee	77.0%	12	Perry	AAAA
40.81	AAAAAA	Parkview	95.8%	30	Berkmar	AAAAAA
40.42	AAAAAA	West Forsyth	85.7%	18	North Forsyth	AAAAAA
40.37	AAAA	North Oconee	62.1%	5	Monroe Area	AAAA
40.23	AAAAA	Statesboro	64.0%	6	Richmond Hill	AAAAA
40.21	AAAAA	East Paulding	94.8%	28	Chapel Hill	AAAAA
39.87	AAAA	Cairo	80.0%	14	Crisp County	AAAA
39.40	AAAAAA	Walton	97.8%	36	Pope	AAAAAA
38.15	AAAAA	M. L. King	75.6%	11	Druid Hills	AAAAA
37.85	AA	Wesleyan	86.8%	19	B.E.S.T. Academy	AA
37.59	A	Prince Avenue Christian	88.6%	20	Athens Academy	A
37.58	AAAA	Cartersville	97.9%	36	Ridgeland	AAAA
37.55	AAAAA	Ola	52.2%	1	Union Grove	AAAAA
37.31	AA	Jefferson County	77.8%	13	Metter	AA
37.12	AAAA	Stephens County	86.0%	18	White County	AAAA
36.87	A	Marion County	83.0%	16	Brookstone	A
36.59	AAA	Elbert County	92.2%	25	Jackson County	AAA
36.55	AAAAA	Columbus	83.8%	17	Shaw	AAAAA
36.49	AAAAA	Stockbridge	96.5%	32	Luella	AAAAA
36.47	AAAAAA	Johns Creek	77.4%	12	Chattahoochee	AAAAAA
35.01	AAAA	Carrollton	91.3%	23	Fayette County	AAAA
34.95	AAAAA	Tri-Cities	76.5%	12	Banneker	AAAAA
34.71	AA	Darlington	79.6%	14	Dade County	AA
34.35	AAA	Jefferson	97.7%	35	Morgan County	AAA
34.20	AA	Early County	81.2%	15	Berrien	AA
34.10	AAAA	Woodward Academy	97.8%	36	Troup	AAAA
33.90	AA	Thomasville	67.4%	7	Pelham	AA
33.77	AAAA	Henry County	55.1%	2	Walnut Grove	AAAA
33.75	AAAAAA	Norcross	99.1%	40	Meadowcreek	AAAAAA
33.34	AA	Lamar County	83.3%	16	Bleckley County	AA
33.30	AAA	Calhoun	98.7%	38	Sonoraville	AAA
33.27	AAA	Dawson County	60.5%	5	Franklin County	AAA
32.51	AAAAA	Loganville	92.3%	25	Cedar Shoals	AAAAA
31.87	AAA	Pierce County	89.2%	21	Tattnall County	AAA
31.78	A	Mount Zion (Carroll)	53.5%	2	Christian Heritage	A
31.66	AAAAAA	Pebblebrook	69.1%	8	Campbell	AAAAAA
31.64	A	Emanuel County Institute	74.2%	11	Johnson County	A
31.26	AAAAA	Starr's Mill	95.5%	30	McIntosh	AAAAA
31.00	AAAAAA	Lovejoy	93.0%	26	Lakeside (Atlanta)	AAAAAA
30.81	AAAAA	Effingham County	92.2%	25	Bradwell Institute	AAAAA
30.74	AAAAAA	Tucker	97.5%	35	Rockdale County	AAAAAA
30.45	A	Dooly County	50.2%	0	Hawkinsville	A
30.11	AAA	West Hall	54.7%	2	East Hall	AAA
29.67	AAAAA	Creekview	95.1%	29	Woodland (Cartersville)	AAAAA
28.93	AAAA	Pickens	79.7%	14	Southeast Whitfield	AAAA
28.54	AA	Union County	67.9%	8	Greene County	AA
28.41	AA	Bowdon	63.7%	6	Greenville	A
28.40	AAAA	Northwest Whitfield	76.0%	12	Gilmer	AAAA
27.16	AAAA	Lithonia	84.1%	17	Chamblee	AAAA
26.93	AAAAA	Villa Rica	80.5%	14	Lithia Springs	AAAAA
26.81	A	Mount Pisgah Christian	67.0%	7	Fellowship Christian	A
26.44	AAA	Washington	57.2%	3	Douglass	AAA
26.37	AAAAAA	Newton	99.0%	39	Alcovy	AAAAAA
26.27	AA	Brooks County	92.5%	25	Seminole County	AA
25.79	AAAAA	Forsyth Central	85.7%	18	North Atlanta	AAAAA
25.70	AAA	Blessed Trinity	99.2%	40	Therrell	AAA
24.99	AAAAAA	Lambert	97.2%	34	Habersham Central	AAAAAA
24.86	AA	Benedictine	99.4%	40	Jeff Davis	AA
24.63	AAAAA	Grovetown	86.8%	19	Greenbrier	AAAAA
24.37	AAA	Peach County	95.8%	30	Kendrick	AAA
24.17	A	Wilkinson County	81.5%	15	Twiggs County	A
23.99	AAA	Pepperell	87.7%	20	Rockmart	AAA
22.83	A	Stratford Academy	84.4%	17	Tattnall Square	A
22.53	AA	Coosa	69.1%	8	Gordon Lee	AA
21.98	AAAAA	Stephenson	99.6%	41	Dunwoody	AAAAA
21.11	AA	Screven County	84.3%	17	East Laurens	AA
21.10	AAAAA	Riverwood	97.0%	33	North Springs	AAAAA
20.17	AAA	Jenkins	92.4%	25	Beach	AAA
20.01	AAA	Lumpkin County	63.5%	6	Fannin County	AAA
19.46	AA	Bacon County	91.9%	24	Bryan County	AA
19.43	A	Mount Paran Christian	97.4%	34	Walker	A
19.43	AAA	Southwest	67.7%	8	Rutland	AAA
18.59	AAAAAA	Osborne	55.1%	2	Johnson (Gainesville)	AAAA
18.55	AA	Long County	63.4%	6	New Hampstead	AAAA
18.06	AAAAA	Mundy's Mill	98.5%	38	Forest Park	AAAAA
17.76	AAAA	Chestatee	58.1%	4	Madison County	AAAA
17.13	AAA	Laney	96.0%	31	Butler	AAA
16.78	AAA	Cook	95.7%	30	Toombs County	AAA
16.65	A	Savannah Country Day	56.9%	3	Portal	A
16.22	A	Hancock Central	66.0%	7	Warren County	A
15.58	AA	Putnam County	88.0%	20	Northeast	AA
15.34	AAA	Southeast Bulloch	88.6%	21	Savannah	AAA
14.77	AA	Dublin	94.5%	28	Harlem	AA
14.58	AA	Macon County	96.7%	33	Monticello	AA
14.32	AAA	Central (Carrollton)	97.9%	36	Haralson County	AAA
13.94	A	Taylor County	59.7%	4	Central (Talbotton)	A
13.84	AAAAA	Drew	97.9%	36	Morrow	AAAAA
13.52	A	First Presbyterian	83.8%	17	Mount de Sales	A
12.64	AAA	Adairsville	97.7%	35	Murray County	AAA
11.94	A	Whitefield Academy	65.8%	7	King's Ridge Christian	A
11.47	AAA	North Clayton	87.7%	20	South Atlanta	AAA
10.86	AA	Crawford County	51.1%	1	Social Circle	AA
10.30	AA	Washington-Wilkes	92.8%	25	Riverside Military Academy	AA
9.90	A	Claxton	68.4%	8	Jenkins County	A
9.81	AAAA	Thomas County Central	99.0%	39	Albany	AAAA
6.65	A	Eagle's Landing Christian	99.5%	41	Strong Rock Christian	A
5.47	A	Pinecrest Academy	96.4%	32	St. Francis	A
4.69	AAA	Hart County	98.8%	39	East Jackson	AAA
4.35	AAA	Johnson (Savannah)	57.4%	3	Islands	AAA
3.42	AAA	Westside (Augusta)	82.5%	16	Hephzibah	AAA
2.81	AA	Rabun County	99.1%	40	Oglethorpe County	AA
2.63	A	Mitchell County	84.2%	17	Baconton	A
1.10	AAAA	Wayne County	99.3%	40	Windsor Forest	AAAA
0.45	A	Aquinas	99.0%	39	Georgia Military College	A
0.34	A	Our Lady of Mercy	84.2%	17	Mount Vernon Presbyterian	A
0.18	A	George Walton Academy	86.9%	19	Lakeview Academy	A
-0.84	A	Randolph-Clay	82.7%	16	Calhoun County	A
-2.25	AA	Model	98.7%	38	Armuchee	AA
-3.23	A	Pacelli	97.5%	35	Schley County	A
-3.77	A	Athens Christian	93.7%	27	Towns County	A
-4.51	A	Treutlen	94.5%	28	Montgomery County	A
-4.87	AAAA	Thomson	99.8%	41	Clarkston	AAAAA
-7.26	AAA	Coahulla Creek	51.9%	1	Gordon Central	AAA
-14.82	AAA	Ringgold	99.4%	40	Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe	AAA
-15.40	A	North Cobb Christian	92.0%	24	Glascock County	A
-21.02	A	Hebron Christian Academy	97.1%	34	Providence Christian	A
-22.87	AA	Chattahoochee County	95.6%	30	Stewart County	A

Oct 10

Game Rate	Class	Favorite	Percent	Margin	Opponent	Class
53.44	AAAAA	Carver (Columbus)	76.0%	12	LaGrange	AAAAA
40.87	AAAA	Arabia Mountain	70.4%	9	Redan	AAAA
39.63	AAA	Jackson	79.3%	14	Spencer	AAA
24.89	AAA	Westside (Macon)	95.4%	30	Jordan	AAA
16.51	AAA	Cedar Grove	99.0%	39	McNair	AAA
10.44	AAA	Josey	77.1%	12	Glenn Hills	AAA
2.81	AA	Holy Innocents	91.4%	23	K.I.P.P. Atlanta Collegiate	AA

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