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Maxwell Week 4 Projections

By Loren Maxwell
Sept 10, 2015

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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Sep 10

Game Rate Class Favorite Percent Margin Opponent Class
31.21 AAAA Westover 85.9% 18 Northside (Columbus) AAAAA
27.44 AAAAA Columbus 62.3% 5 Manchester AA
21.46 AAAAA Luella 90.1% 22 Forest Park AAAAA
16.76 AAA Toombs County 80.7% 14 Beach AAA
-5.26 AA Groves 81.4% 15 Windsor Forest AAAA

Sep 11

Game Rate Class Favorite Percent Margin Opponent Class
87.54 AAAAAA Grayson 54.5% 2 Archer AAAAAA
78.05 AAAAAA McEachern 86.1% 18 Peachtree Ridge AAAAAA
77.85 AAAAAA Walton 58.2% 4 Etowah AAAAAA
73.83 AAAAAA Roswell 50.1% 0 Lassiter AAAAAA
73.37 AAAAA Ware County 52.5% 1 Coffee AAAAA
72.18 AAAAAA Roswell 58.9% 4 Milton AAAAAA
68.63 AAAAAA Hillgrove 59.7% 4 Lovejoy AAAAAA
67.96 AAAA Sandy Creek 57.8% 3 Newnan AAAAAA
67.78 AAAAA East Paulding 56.0% 3 South Paulding AAAAA
66.86 AAAAAA Westlake 66.5% 7 Newton AAAAAA
65.76 AAAAAA Brookwood 54.6% 2 Parkview AAAAAA
64.02 AAAAAA South Gwinnett 56.3% 3 Central Gwinnett AAAAAA
61.48 AAAA West Laurens 61.0% 5 Westside (Macon) AAA
59.84 AAAA Cartersville 84.6% 17 North Paulding AAAAAA
59.32 AAAAA Dutchtown 56.9% 3 Starr's Mill AAAAA
58.87 AAAA Thomson 53.4% 2 Hart County AAA
58.27 AAA Elbert County 54.1% 2 Westminster (Atlanta) AAA
58.25 AAAAAA East Coweta 78.5% 13 Whitewater AAAA
56.08 AAAA Woodward Academy 85.6% 18 Lovett AA
56.00 AAAAAA Marietta 51.1% 1 South Cobb AAAAAA
55.31 AAAAA Kell 83.0% 16 Sequoyah AAAAA
55.06 AAAAA Northside (Warner Robins) 93.0% 26 Lakeside (Evans) AAAAA
54.13 AAA Blessed Trinity 90.5% 23 Creekview AAAAA
53.43 AAAAAA Camden County 93.9% 27 Brunswick AAAAA
51.10 AAAAAA Valdosta 93.9% 27 Thomasville AA
50.84 AAA Cedar Grove 79.8% 14 Miller Grove AAAAA
50.79 AAAA Jonesboro 78.9% 13 Eagle's Landing AAAA
50.76 AAAAA Rome 57.7% 3 Cambridge AAAAA
50.30 AAAAAA Tift County 92.5% 25 Baldwin AAAA
49.74 AAAA Bainbridge 76.5% 12 Monroe AAAA
49.54 AAAA Griffin 81.2% 15 Eastside AAAA
48.79 AAAAA South Effingham 52.1% 1 Effingham County AAAAA
48.71 AAAAA New Manchester 80.7% 14 Villa Rica AAAAA
48.15 AAAA Marist 92.2% 24 Arabia Mountain AAAA
47.98 AAAAA Hiram 55.9% 3 Paulding County AAAAA
47.49 AAAA Mary Persons 87.2% 19 Lamar County AA
47.15 AAA Cook 69.4% 8 Pierce County AAA
46.16 AAAAAA Woodstock 68.7% 8 Pope AAAAAA
46.04 AAAAAA Northview 61.6% 5 North Forsyth AAAAAA
45.92 AAAAA Northgate 80.4% 14 Woodland (Stockbridge) AAAAA
45.61 AAAAA Lanier 85.0% 17 Flowery Branch AAAAA
45.52 AAAAA Gainesville 92.4% 25 Winder-Barrow AAAAA
45.37 AAAAAA Dacula 95.8% 31 Berkmar AAAAAA
45.31 AAAAAA Douglas County 68.7% 8 Kennesaw Mountain AAAAAA
44.97 AAAAAA Lambert 74.9% 11 Centennial AAAAAA
44.39 AAA Adairsville 58.6% 4 Ringgold AAA
44.34 AAAAA Forsyth Central 55.8% 3 Cass AAAAA
44.30 A Charlton County 58.3% 4 Bacon County AA
43.81 AAA Washington County 85.9% 18 Veterans AAAA
43.64 AAAAA Harris County 72.9% 10 Troup AAAA
43.51 AA Rabun County 62.4% 5 Jackson County AAA
42.87 AAA West Hall 60.4% 5 North Hall AAAA
42.67 AAAA Thomas County Central 85.0% 17 Americus-Sumter AAAA
42.14 AAAA St. Pius X 92.0% 24 Lithonia AAAA
41.79 AA Benedictine 97.2% 34 Liberty County AAAA
41.60 AAAA Worth County 65.3% 7 Crisp County AAAA
40.46 AAA Jefferson 94.1% 27 Commerce A
40.33 AA Pace Academy 83.5% 16 White County AAAA
38.65 AA Macon County 84.2% 17 Perry AAAA
38.49 A Eagle's Landing Christian 88.7% 21 Mount Pisgah Christian A
38.43 AAAAAA West Forsyth 90.7% 23 Chattahoochee AAAAAA
38.03 AAAAA Evans 81.4% 15 Grovetown AAAAA
37.88 AAAAA Mundy's Mill 93.3% 26 Union Grove AAAAA
37.52 A Marion County 84.3% 17 Dooly County A
37.33 AAAAA McIntosh 55.1% 2 Ola AAAAA
37.28 AAAAAA North Cobb 96.9% 33 Monroe Area AAAA
36.44 AAAAA Carver (Atlanta) 84.5% 17 Dunwoody AAAAA
35.71 AAAAA Clarke Central 83.2% 16 Cedar Shoals AAAAA
35.55 AAAAA Stephenson 96.2% 31 Banneker AAAAA
35.30 AAAAAA Alpharetta 97.9% 36 Johns Creek AAAAAA
35.26 AAAAA Alexander 94.7% 28 Chapel Hill AAAAA
35.17 AAAAA Loganville 86.1% 18 Heritage (Conyers) AAAAA
34.91 AAA Washington 56.5% 3 Maynard Jackson AAA
34.86 A Aquinas 75.3% 11 Our Lady of Mercy A
34.08 AAAAAA Lowndes 97.5% 35 Rockdale County AAAAAA
33.96 AAAA Howard 78.5% 13 Rutland AAA
33.69 AA Bowdon 51.6% 1 Cedartown AAA
33.30 AAAAA Houston County 95.7% 30 Richmond Academy AAAAA
32.86 AAA Appling County 74.8% 11 Tattnall County AAA
32.59 AA Jefferson County 80.3% 14 Washington-Wilkes AA
32.15 A Lincoln County 76.4% 12 Westside (Augusta) AAA
31.28 A Clinch County 87.6% 20 Berrien AA
31.13 AAA Dawson County 68.2% 8 Heritage (Ringgold) AAAA
30.32 AAAA Spalding 88.0% 20 Walnut Grove AAAA
28.87 A Johnson County 59.7% 4 Wilkinson County A
28.70 AAAAA Sprayberry 92.0% 24 Woodland (Cartersville) AAAAA
28.31 AAAAA Drew 94.1% 27 North Clayton AAA
28.11 AAAA Ridgeland 51.8% 1 Dade County AA
28.10 AAAA Henry County 57.7% 3 Mount Zion (Jonesboro) AAAA
27.95 AAA Pepperell 76.1% 12 Chestatee AAAA
27.93 AAAAA Creekside 99.4% 40 Druid Hills AAAAA
27.92 AA Greene County 51.1% 1 Morgan County AAA
27.75 AAAAA Richmond Hill 87.4% 19 Bradwell Institute AAAAA
26.93 AAA Decatur 88.3% 20 Towers AAA
26.28 AA Seminole County 73.4% 10 Mitchell County A
26.25 AA Coosa 55.0% 2 Rockmart AAA
26.25 AAAAA Dalton 97.5% 35 North Atlanta AAAAA
25.96 AAAAA Salem 91.4% 24 Apalachee AAAAA
25.90 AAAAA Jones County 96.4% 32 Greenbrier AAAAA
25.74 AAAAA Allatoona 98.9% 39 Lithia Springs AAAAA
25.64 AAAAAA Campbell 81.4% 15 Lakeside (Atlanta) AAAAAA
25.51 AAA Oconee County 83.2% 16 Putnam County AA
25.25 AAA Southeast Bulloch 65.6% 7 Bryan County AA
25.17 AAAA Locust Grove 92.6% 25 Pike County AAAA
24.99 A Mount Zion (Carroll) 72.5% 10 Whitefield Academy A
24.87 AA Model 82.8% 16 Bremen AA
24.64 A First Presbyterian 68.5% 8 Monticello AA
24.20 AA Chattooga 69.5% 8 Fellowship Christian A
23.40 AAA Peach County 96.2% 31 Southwest AAA
23.35 AA B.E.S.T. Academy 79.1% 13 Therrell AAA
22.95 AAAAAA South Forsyth 97.0% 33 Habersham Central AAAAAA
22.90 AAAA Upson-Lee 91.9% 24 Northeast AA
22.84 AAAAA Warner Robins 98.6% 38 Cross Creek AAAAA
22.77 A Christian Heritage 61.6% 5 Gordon Lee AA
22.70 AAA Jackson 88.6% 21 Kendrick AAA
22.59 AAA Central (Macon) 81.4% 15 Jordan AAA
22.59 A Savannah Christian 87.0% 19 Savannah Country Day A
22.37 A Pinecrest Academy 75.8% 12 Walker A
21.84 AAA Lumpkin County 62.1% 5 Johnson (Gainesville) AAAA
20.17 A Telfair County 60.6% 5 Treutlen A
19.23 AAAAA River Ridge 67.0% 7 North Springs AAAAA
18.96 AA Metter 82.8% 16 Long County AA
18.78 A Prince Avenue Christian 95.7% 30 George Walton Academy A
18.41 AAAAA Stockbridge 99.5% 41 Morrow AAAAA
18.30 AAAA Northwest Whitfield 96.4% 32 Southeast Whitfield AAAA
18.16 AAA Sonoraville 83.7% 16 North Murray AAA
17.71 AAAAAA Harrison 99.0% 39 Osborne AAAAAA
17.47 A Hawkinsville 90.9% 23 Taylor County A
17.43 AAA Central (Carrollton) 97.8% 35 Hardaway AAAAA
16.14 AA Darlington 93.8% 27 King's Ridge Christian A
15.48 AA East Laurens 56.2% 3 Jenkins County A
14.99 A Hancock Central 59.7% 4 Josey AAA
14.23 AAA Douglass 60.6% 5 McNair AAA
14.04 AA Pelham 88.1% 20 Miller County A
13.45 A Mount de Sales 74.9% 11 Georgia Military College A
13.41 A Trion 86.4% 19 LaFayette AAAA
13.13 AAA Laney 98.3% 37 Albany AAAA
12.46 AAAA Columbia 96.7% 32 Stone Mountain AAAA
12.39 A Turner County 93.4% 26 Randolph-Clay A
11.43 AAA Banks County 80.1% 14 East Jackson AAA
10.88 AA Hapeville 90.0% 22 Riverside Military Academy AA
10.72 A Pacelli 95.3% 29 Central (Talbotton) A
8.76 A Emanuel County Institute 96.0% 31 Portal A
8.45 A Wilcox County 85.5% 18 Calhoun County A
7.74 AAA Dodge County 98.7% 38 Savannah AAA
7.01 AA Heard County 97.1% 34 South Atlanta AAA
6.86 A Warren County 51.9% 1 Harlem AA
6.81 AAAA New Hampstead 74.5% 11 Islands AAA
5.24 AAAA Riverdale 95.0% 29 Hampton AAAA
3.97 A Greenville 92.3% 25 Schley County A
2.20 A Atkinson County 78.3% 13 Baconton A
2.11 AA Dublin 99.2% 40 Twiggs County A
1.68 A Athens Academy 93.4% 26 Oglethorpe County AA
0.45 A Tattnall Square 97.9% 36 Strong Rock Christian A
-0.85 AAA Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe 68.5% 8 Coahulla Creek AAA
-0.97 AA Temple 63.8% 6 Social Circle AA
-1.98 AA Jeff Davis 91.5% 24 Montgomery County A
-3.30 AAAAAA Meadowcreek 96.7% 33 Clarkston AAAAA
-5.52 AAA Fannin County 94.9% 29 Armuchee AA
-8.08 AAA Calhoun 100.0% 42 Gordon Central AAA
-8.45 A Lakeview Academy 84.9% 17 Towns County A
-11.76 AAA Hephzibah 91.5% 24 Glascock County A
-20.81 AA Crawford County 94.1% 27 Stewart County A

Sep 12

Game Rate Class Favorite Percent Margin Opponent Class
32.18 AAAA Grady 92.7% 25 Redan AAAA
29.23 AAAAAA Pebblebrook 70.4% 9 Alcovy AAAAAA
-1.97 A Wheeler County 59.1% 4 Mount Vernon Presbyterian A
-4.42 AA K.I.P.P. Atlanta Collegiate 81.0% 15 North Cobb Christian A

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