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Maxwell Week 4 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 percent 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 6
| Game Rate | Class | Team | Pct | Proj | Team | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.46 | AAAAAA | Lovejoy | 75.5% | 11 | Drew | AAAAAA |
| 37.28 | AAAA | Westover | 50.5% | 1 | Columbus | AAAA |
| 21.66 | AAAA | Shaw | 58.8% | 4 | Dougherty | AAAA |
| 19.00 | AAA | Windsor Forest | 63.4% | 6 | Beach | AAA |
Sep 7
| Game Rate | Class | Team | Pct | Proj | Team | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79.68 | AAAAAAA | Mill Creek | 53.6% | 2 | Archer | AAAAAAA |
| 77.47 | AAAA | Blessed Trinity | 67.3% | 7 | Benedictine | AAA |
| 75.13 | AAAAAAA | North Gwinnett | 85.1% | 18 | Norcross | AAAAAAA |
| 73.99 | AAAAAAA | McEachern | 74.5% | 11 | Cedar Grove | AAA |
| 71.52 | AAAAAAA | Grayson | 91.2% | 23 | Marietta | AAAAAAA |
| 68.22 | AAAAA | Rome | 88.8% | 21 | Kell | AAAAA |
| 67.45 | AAAAAAA | Colquitt County | 95.1% | 29 | Valdosta | AAAAAA |
| 66.19 | AAAA | Marist | 71.2% | 9 | Westminster (Atlanta) | AAA |
| 63.35 | AAAAAAA | South Forsyth | 74.0% | 11 | South Gwinnett | AAAAAAA |
| 62.30 | AAAAAAA | Brookwood | 83.0% | 16 | Collins Hill | AAAAAAA |
| 62.29 | AAAAAAA | Roswell | 73.7% | 10 | West Forsyth | AAAAAAA |
| 60.89 | AAAAAAA | Mountain View | 67.0% | 7 | Central Gwinnett | AAAAAAA |
| 58.75 | AAAAAA | Dalton | 58.5% | 4 | Sequoyah | AAAAAA |
| 58.26 | AAAA | Mary Persons | 73.1% | 10 | Lovett | AAA |
| 57.91 | AAAAAAA | Camden County | 73.8% | 11 | Richmond Hill | AAAAAA |
| 57.83 | AAAAAAA | Newnan | 56.6% | 3 | Griffin | AAAAA |
| 57.25 | AAAA | Thomson | 68.3% | 8 | Clarke Central | AAAAA |
| 56.73 | AAAAAA | Douglas County | 63.9% | 6 | Northgate | AAAAAA |
| 56.01 | AAAAAAA | Lowndes | 92.9% | 25 | East Coweta | AAAAAAA |
| 55.03 | AAAA | Chapel Hill | 65.1% | 6 | Starr's Mill | AAAAA |
| 55.01 | AAAAA | Bainbridge | 53.4% | 2 | Brooks County | AA |
| 54.27 | AAAAAA | Mays | 80.2% | 14 | Hughes | AAAAAA |
| 53.76 | AAAAAAA | Etowah | 71.9% | 10 | Pebblebrook | AAAAAAA |
| 53.38 | AAAAAAA | Newton | 74.2% | 11 | Arabia Mountain | AAAAA |
| 52.79 | AAAAA | Stockbridge | 90.5% | 22 | Locust Grove | AAAAA |
| 51.85 | AA | Rockmart | 63.1% | 6 | Heard County | AA |
| 49.92 | AAAA | Sandy Creek | 81.8% | 15 | Ridgeland | AAAA |
| 49.92 | AAAA | Cedartown | 69.8% | 9 | Bremen | AA |
| 48.26 | AAAAA | Dutchtown | 86.9% | 19 | Ola | AAAAA |
| 48.00 | AAAA | Flowery Branch | 79.8% | 14 | Winder-Barrow | AAAAAA |
| 47.85 | AAA | Peach County | 91.2% | 23 | Houston County | AAAAAA |
| 47.40 | AAAAAAA | Tift County | 94.5% | 28 | Crisp County | AAA |
| 46.99 | AAAAAAA | Kennesaw Mountain | 69.4% | 8 | Cherokee | AAAAAAA |
| 46.95 | AAAAAAA | Lambert | 57.3% | 3 | Peachtree Ridge | AAAAAAA |
| 46.80 | AA | Fitzgerald | 70.9% | 9 | Upson-Lee | AAAA |
| 46.54 | AAAAA | Ware County | 89.6% | 22 | Jonesboro | AAAAA |
| 46.35 | AAAAA | Veterans | 70.5% | 9 | Statesboro | AAAAA |
| 45.85 | AAAAAA | Lee County | 97.1% | 34 | Americus-Sumter | AAAA |
| 45.32 | AAAA | Cairo | 65.4% | 7 | Northside (Columbus) | AAAA |
| 44.82 | AAA | Westside (Macon) | 58.5% | 4 | Howard | AAAA |
| 44.00 | AAAAA | Hiram | 59.2% | 4 | Paulding County | AAAAA |
| 43.46 | AA | Rabun County | 77.5% | 13 | Stephens County | AAAA |
| 43.03 | AAAAA | Eagle's Landing | 69.2% | 8 | Woodland (Stockbridge) | AAAAA |
| 42.81 | AAAAA | Thomas County Central | 64.9% | 6 | Cook | AAA |
| 42.03 | AAAA | Carver (Columbus) | 58.1% | 4 | Hardaway | AAAA |
| 42.00 | AAAAA | Carrollton | 92.4% | 25 | Villa Rica | AAAAA |
| 41.91 | AAA | Liberty County | 67.6% | 8 | Evans | AAAAAA |
| 40.61 | AAAAAA | Centennial | 79.8% | 14 | Pope | AAAAAA |
| 40.27 | AAAA | Richmond Academy | 54.7% | 2 | Grovetown | AAAAAA |
| 40.25 | AAAAAA | Northside (Warner Robins) | 93.9% | 27 | Whitewater | AAAAA |
| 39.03 | AAAA | Troup | 90.9% | 23 | Harris County | AAAAA |
| 38.96 | AA | Dodge County | 88.8% | 21 | Appling County | AAA |
| 38.74 | AAAAA | Warner Robins | 97.2% | 34 | Baldwin | AAAA |
| 38.65 | A | Clinch County | 90.0% | 22 | Dooly County | A |
| 38.13 | AAAAAA | Creekside | 58.6% | 4 | New Manchester | AAAAAA |
| 37.96 | AAA | Dawson County | 78.7% | 13 | West Hall | AAAA |
| 35.72 | AAAAAA | Allatoona | 94.5% | 28 | River Ridge | AAAAAA |
| 35.42 | AAAAA | Jones County | 97.2% | 34 | Union Grove | AAAAA |
| 35.20 | AAAA | Salem | 69.1% | 8 | Alcovy | AAAAAA |
| 35.11 | AAAA | Pickens | 76.3% | 12 | White County | AAAA |
| 35.08 | AAAAA | Woodland (Cartersville) | 51.7% | 1 | Cass | AAAAA |
| 34.69 | AAAAAA | Heritage (Conyers) | 67.3% | 7 | Rockdale County | AAAAAAA |
| 34.68 | AAAAAA | Effingham County | 91.5% | 24 | South Effingham | AAAAA |
| 34.56 | AAAAAAA | Meadowcreek | 82.7% | 16 | Discovery | AAAAAAA |
| 34.43 | AAAAAA | Northview | 51.7% | 1 | Chattahoochee | AAAAAA |
| 34.19 | AAAA | Perry | 83.3% | 16 | Monroe | AAA |
| 34.15 | AAAAAA | Alexander | 84.2% | 17 | South Paulding | AAAAAA |
| 33.97 | AAA | Ringgold | 64.9% | 6 | North Murray | AAA |
| 33.83 | AAAAAA | Harrison | 97.7% | 35 | South Cobb | AAAAAA |
| 33.69 | AA | Elbert County | 77.0% | 12 | North Oconee | AAAA |
| 33.61 | AAAAAA | Johns Creek | 69.3% | 8 | North Atlanta | AAAAAA |
| 33.58 | AAAA | LaGrange | 53.2% | 2 | Hampton | AAAA |
| 31.77 | A | George Walton Academy | 75.1% | 11 | Hebron Christian Academy | A |
| 31.51 | A | Lincoln County | 51.4% | 1 | Tattnall Square | A |
| 31.23 | AAA | Monroe Area | 93.3% | 26 | Walnut Grove | AAAAA |
| 30.81 | AA | Southwest | 70.8% | 9 | Central (Macon) | AAA |
| 30.18 | AA | Pepperell | 59.0% | 4 | Heritage (Ringgold) | AAAA |
| 30.12 | AAAAAA | Mundy's Mill | 74.6% | 11 | Morrow | AAAAAA |
| 29.39 | A | Manchester | 87.6% | 20 | Northeast | AA |
| 29.32 | AAAA | Oconee County | 92.9% | 25 | Morgan County | AAA |
| 29.03 | AAAAAA | Stephenson | 93.4% | 26 | Mount Zion (Jonesboro) | AAAAAA |
| 28.69 | AAAAAA | Cambridge | 81.9% | 15 | Dunwoody | AAAAAA |
| 28.62 | AAAA | St. Pius X | 97.5% | 35 | Decatur | AAAAA |
| 28.23 | AA | Washington County | 91.4% | 24 | Greenbrier | AAAAAA |
| 28.20 | AAA | Hart County | 57.0% | 3 | Madison County | AAAA |
| 27.98 | AAAAA | Riverdale | 81.0% | 15 | Miller Grove | AAAAA |
| 27.93 | AAA | Calhoun | 98.8% | 39 | Sonoraville | AAA |
| 26.95 | AAAAAAA | Duluth | 61.6% | 5 | Lakeside (Atlanta) | AAAAAAA |
| 26.93 | AA | Toombs County | 61.4% | 5 | Claxton | A |
| 26.48 | AA | Screven County | 87.9% | 20 | Hephzibah | AA |
| 25.29 | A | Emanuel County Institute | 86.7% | 19 | Metter | AA |
| 25.26 | AAAAAA | Habersham Central | 84.6% | 17 | Franklin County | AAA |
| 25.03 | AA | Vidalia | 94.4% | 28 | Tattnall County | AAA |
| 25.03 | A | Stratford Academy | 67.4% | 8 | Washington-Wilkes | A |
| 24.98 | A | Telfair County | 66.1% | 7 | Bacon County | AA |
| 23.98 | AA | Early County | 86.1% | 18 | Worth County | AAA |
| 23.54 | AAAAA | McIntosh | 72.9% | 10 | Luella | AAAA |
| 23.22 | AAAA | Chestatee | 63.2% | 6 | East Hall | AAA |
| 23.08 | AA | Berrien | 81.9% | 15 | Wilcox County | A |
| 22.89 | AA | Spencer | 71.2% | 9 | Schley County | A |
| 22.47 | A | Mount Pisgah Christian | 55.3% | 2 | Whitefield Academy | A |
| 22.36 | A | Mitchell County | 70.9% | 9 | Miller County | A |
| 22.33 | AAAAAAA | Forsyth Central | 86.2% | 18 | Denmark | AAAA |
| 21.50 | AA | Jefferson County | 89.3% | 21 | Butler | AA |
| 20.69 | AAAA | Cartersville | 99.9% | 41 | McNair | AA |
| 19.48 | AAA | Jackson County | 79.8% | 14 | Apalachee | AAAAAA |
| 18.62 | A | Savannah Country Day | 84.5% | 17 | Bryan County | AA |
| 18.56 | AA | Swainsboro | 91.6% | 24 | Cross Creek | AAAA |
| 18.55 | AAAAA | Maynard Jackson | 92.6% | 25 | KIPP Atlanta Collegiate | AA |
| 18.42 | AAAA | Spalding | 95.3% | 30 | Henry County | AAAA |
| 18.19 | AAA | Jenkins | 92.2% | 24 | Savannah | AAA |
| 18.13 | AAA | Jackson | 86.8% | 19 | Strong Rock Christian | A |
| 17.72 | AA | Jeff Davis | 81.7% | 15 | Brantley County | AAA |
| 16.51 | AAAAA | Southwest DeKalb | 98.1% | 36 | Redan | AAA |
| 15.82 | A | Mount Zion (Carroll) | 94.1% | 27 | Temple | AA |
| 14.96 | A | First Presbyterian | 78.3% | 13 | Hancock Central | A |
| 14.30 | A | North Cobb Christian | 53.8% | 2 | Monticello | AA |
| 13.95 | AAAA | LaFayette | 65.1% | 6 | Christian Heritage | A |
| 11.30 | A | Fellowship Christian | 91.9% | 24 | Walker | A |
| 11.03 | AA | Harlem | 88.1% | 20 | Glenn Hills | AA |
| 9.24 | AAA | Southeast Bulloch | 96.8% | 33 | Islands | AAA |
| 9.20 | A | Athens Christian | 84.6% | 17 | Pinecrest Academy | A |
| 9.02 | AAA | Towers | 67.9% | 8 | Druid Hills | AAAA |
| 9.02 | AAAA | Burke County | 99.5% | 41 | Wilkinson County | A |
| 7.34 | AA | Jordan | 84.6% | 17 | Kendrick | AAA |
| 7.22 | AA | Union County | 94.4% | 28 | Fannin County | AAA |
| 7.17 | A | Holy Innocents | 88.8% | 21 | Rutland | AAA |
| 7.15 | AAA | Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe | 71.5% | 9 | Murray County | AAA |
| 6.44 | AA | East Laurens | 56.6% | 3 | Wheeler County | A |
| 5.37 | A | Trion | 93.9% | 27 | Armuchee | AA |
| 4.73 | A | Jenkins County | 79.3% | 14 | Portal | A |
| 3.41 | A | St. Francis | 61.3% | 5 | Lakeview Academy | A |
| 2.93 | AAAAAA | Creekview | 99.9% | 41 | Osborne | AAAAAA |
| 1.65 | A | Riverside Military Academy | 63.9% | 6 | Johnson (Gainesville) | AAAAA |
| 1.40 | AA | Laney | 92.5% | 25 | Westside (Augusta) | AA |
| -3.36 | A | Prince Avenue Christian | 99.7% | 41 | Providence Christian | A |
| -4.22 | AA | Banks County | 88.5% | 20 | East Jackson | AAA |
| -6.23 | AA | Washington | 97.9% | 36 | Berkmar | AAAAAAA |
| -6.26 | AAAA | Northwest Whitfield | 99.3% | 40 | Stone Mountain | AAA |
| -8.73 | A | Marion County | 98.8% | 39 | Pacelli | A |
| -10.46 | A | Athens Academy | 99.8% | 41 | Cherokee Bluff | AAA |
| -11.77 | AAA | Groves | 62.7% | 5 | Johnson (Savannah) | AAA |
| -13.37 | A | Warren County | 88.6% | 20 | Twiggs County | A |
| -13.52 | AAA | Adairsville | 99.2% | 40 | Coahulla Creek | AAA |
| -14.09 | A | Seminole County | 91.8% | 24 | Baconton Charter | A |
| -15.86 | A | Calhoun County | 80.9% | 15 | Stewart County | A |
| -17.06 | AAA | Lumpkin County | 95.4% | 30 | Gilmer | AAAA |
| -17.11 | A | Taylor County | 98.8% | 39 | Central (Talbotton) | A |
| -20.13 | AAAAA | Lithia Springs | 98.1% | 36 | Clarkston | AAAAA |
| -22.26 | AAA | Pierce County | 99.9% | 42 | Randolph-Clay | A |
| -30.60 | A | Crawford County | 91.3% | 23 | Glascock County | A |
| -51.35 | A | Georgia Military College | 99.2% | 40 | ACE Charter | A |
| -53.65 | AA | Callaway | 100.0% | 42 | Cross Keys | AAAAA |
