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Maxwell Week 2 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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Aug 24
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.33 | AAAAA | Veterans | 69.0% | 8 | Dublin | AA |
| 28.01 | AAAA | North Clayton | 68.7% | 8 | Washington | AA |
| 12.65 | A-Public | Johnson County | 73.9% | 11 | East Laurens | AA |
| 10.17 | AA | Bryan County | 79.6% | 14 | Beach | AAA |
| 5.39 | A-Public | Jenkins County | 68.4% | 8 | Windsor Forest | AAA |
Aug 25
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70.41 | AAAAA | Rome | 51.5% | 1 | Harrison | AAAAAA |
| 69.94 | AAAAAAA | North Cobb | 73.3% | 10 | Etowah | AAAAAAA |
| 69.14 | AAAAAAA | Archer | 75.9% | 12 | Peachtree Ridge | AAAAAAA |
| 68.38 | AAAAA | Ware County | 54.9% | 2 | Glynn Academy | AAAAAA |
| 67.96 | AAAAAAA | Walton | 57.1% | 3 | Brookwood | AAAAAAA |
| 66.28 | AAAAAAA | Norcross | 81.7% | 15 | Collins Hill | AAAAAAA |
| 65.87 | AAAAAA | Allatoona | 61.2% | 5 | Alexander | AAAAAA |
| 64.80 | AAAAAAA | North Gwinnett | 53.3% | 2 | Milton | AAAAAAA |
| 63.66 | AAAAAAA | Central Gwinnett | 51.9% | 1 | Dacula | AAAAAA |
| 63.39 | AAAAAA | Dalton | 72.8% | 10 | Calhoun | AAA |
| 62.44 | AAAAAAA | Mill Creek | 95.9% | 31 | Stephenson | AAAAAA |
| 61.43 | AAAAAA | Valdosta | 84.5% | 17 | Woodland (Stockbridge) | AAAAA |
| 61.39 | AAA | Greater Atlanta Christian | 78.7% | 13 | Westminster (Atlanta) | AAA |
| 61.37 | AAAAAA | Houston County | 56.5% | 3 | Peach County | AAA |
| 60.22 | AAAAAA | Lee County | 82.4% | 16 | Bainbridge | AAAAA |
| 59.07 | AAAAAAA | Lambert | 52.0% | 1 | Mountain View | AAAAAAA |
| 58.29 | AAAA | Marist | 62.3% | 5 | Lovett | AAA |
| 57.96 | AAAAAAA | South Gwinnett | 60.7% | 5 | Lanier | AAAAAA |
| 56.31 | AAAA | Thomson | 80.8% | 14 | Effingham County | AAAAAA |
| 56.16 | AAAAA | Griffin | 60.3% | 4 | Spalding | AAAA |
| 55.55 | AAAAAAA | West Forsyth | 79.4% | 14 | Pace Academy | AAA |
| 54.92 | AAAA | Blessed Trinity | 84.3% | 17 | St. Pius X | AAAA |
| 54.45 | AAAAA | Thomas County Central | 65.0% | 6 | Thomasville | AA |
| 53.59 | AAAAAAA | Cherokee | 72.2% | 10 | Sequoyah | AAAAAA |
| 53.32 | AAAAA | Starr's Mill | 61.4% | 5 | Newnan | AAAAAAA |
| 53.23 | AAAAAA | Gainesville | 62.1% | 5 | Alpharetta | AAAAAA |
| 52.23 | AAAAA | Warner Robins | 80.5% | 14 | Locust Grove | AAAAA |
| 51.49 | AAAAAAA | Newton | 82.8% | 16 | Eastside | AAAA |
| 51.16 | AAAAAA | Centennial | 56.1% | 3 | Wheeler | AAAAAAA |
| 51.04 | AAAAAA | Creekview | 61.0% | 5 | Cambridge | AAAAAA |
| 50.84 | AAAAAAA | Parkview | 92.8% | 25 | Shiloh | AAAAAAA |
| 50.57 | AAAAAA | Coffee | 89.4% | 21 | Brunswick | AAAAAA |
| 50.50 | AAAAAAA | North Paulding | 84.2% | 17 | South Paulding | AAAAAA |
| 50.03 | AA | Fitzgerald | 73.3% | 10 | Irwin County | A-Public |
| 49.03 | A-Private | Eagle's Landing Christian | 86.3% | 19 | Jonesboro | AAAAAA |
| 46.82 | AAAAA | Dutchtown | 61.8% | 5 | Ola | AAAAA |
| 46.19 | AAAA | Ridgeland | 54.0% | 2 | Pepperell | AA |
| 46.15 | AAA | Cedar Grove | 92.9% | 26 | Southwest DeKalb | AAAAA |
| 45.83 | A-Private | Mount Paran Christian | 58.7% | 4 | Fellowship Christian | A-Private |
| 45.27 | AAAA | Jefferson | 88.7% | 21 | Riverwood | AAAAA |
| 44.10 | A-Public | Clinch County | 68.0% | 8 | McIntosh County Academy | A-Public |
| 44.05 | AAAAAA | Johns Creek | 60.2% | 4 | North Forsyth | AAAAAAA |
| 43.53 | AAAA | West Laurens | 70.6% | 9 | Wayne County | AAAAA |
| 42.38 | AAAAA | Villa Rica | 59.8% | 4 | LaGrange | AAAA |
| 41.72 | AAAAAA | Lovejoy | 93.4% | 26 | Mundy's Mill | AAAAAA |
| 41.62 | AAAAA | Jones County | 94.6% | 28 | Washington County | AA |
| 41.29 | A-Private | Wesleyan | 77.5% | 13 | B.E.S.T. Academy | AA |
| 40.92 | AAAAAAA | Tift County | 94.2% | 27 | Cook | AAA |
| 40.53 | AAAA | Woodward Academy | 96.3% | 31 | Grady | AAAAA |
| 40.29 | AAAA | Mary Persons | 90.9% | 23 | Jackson | AAA |
| 39.94 | AAA | Crisp County | 80.7% | 14 | Americus-Sumter | AAAA |
| 39.75 | AA | Rabun County | 84.4% | 17 | Mount Pisgah Christian | A-Private |
| 39.46 | AAAA | Chapel Hill | 58.4% | 4 | Fayette County | AAAAA |
| 39.29 | AAAAA | Paulding County | 68.6% | 8 | New Manchester | AAAAAA |
| 38.76 | AAA | Worth County | 72.8% | 10 | Turner County | A-Public |
| 38.65 | AAAA | Carver (Columbus) | 74.6% | 11 | Spencer | AA |
| 38.61 | AAAA | Westover | 55.8% | 3 | Monroe | AAA |
| 38.40 | A-Public | Emanuel County Institute | 71.2% | 9 | Swainsboro | AA |
| 38.36 | AA | Vidalia | 63.4% | 6 | Appling County | AAA |
| 37.84 | AA | Model | 58.6% | 4 | Sonoraville | AAA |
| 37.70 | A-Public | Manchester | 66.0% | 7 | Luella | AAAA |
| 37.43 | AA | Jefferson County | 78.8% | 13 | Lakeside (Evans) | AAAAAA |
| 37.22 | AAAAAAA | South Forsyth | 97.5% | 35 | Pinecrest Academy | A-Private |
| 36.56 | AAA | Dawson County | 64.1% | 6 | Forsyth Central | AAAAAAA |
| 36.44 | AAAAAAA | Lassiter | 94.7% | 28 | Pope | AAAAAA |
| 35.98 | A-Private | Aquinas | 60.6% | 5 | Laney | AA |
| 35.71 | AAA | Jenkins | 63.4% | 6 | South Effingham | AAAAA |
| 35.01 | A-Public | Macon County | 91.1% | 23 | Dooly County | A-Public |
| 34.13 | AAAAAAA | Rockdale County | 50.5% | 1 | Chattahoochee | AAAAAA |
| 33.83 | AAAAA | Cass | 72.8% | 10 | Adairsville | AAA |
| 32.92 | AA | Elbert County | 70.6% | 9 | Washington-Wilkes | A-Public |
| 32.65 | AAAAAA | Richmond Hill | 78.1% | 13 | Southeast Bulloch | AAA |
| 32.37 | AAAAAA | Drew | 85.8% | 18 | Riverdale | AAAAA |
| 32.18 | A-Public | Bowdon | 53.6% | 2 | Bremen | AAA |
| 32.10 | A-Public | Charlton County | 55.5% | 3 | Brantley County | AAA |
| 31.95 | AAAAA | Arabia Mountain | 83.5% | 16 | M.L. King | AAAAAA |
| 31.70 | AAA | Liberty County | 90.6% | 23 | Bradwell Institute | AAAAAA |
| 31.26 | AAA | Westside (Macon) | 84.9% | 17 | Southwest | AA |
| 31.08 | AAA | Morgan County | 63.9% | 6 | Greene County | A-Public |
| 30.69 | AAAAA | McIntosh | 64.0% | 6 | Mount Zion (Jonesboro) | AAAAAA |
| 30.31 | AAAA | Heritage (Ringgold) | 60.9% | 5 | Ringgold | AAA |
| 30.28 | AAAAA | Whitewater | 88.0% | 20 | Union Grove | AAAAA |
| 30.10 | AAAAAA | Winder-Barrow | 85.2% | 18 | Walnut Grove | AAAAA |
| 29.65 | A-Private | Landmark Christian | 66.9% | 7 | Central (Carrollton) | AAAA |
| 29.57 | AAAAA | Flowery Branch | 73.8% | 11 | North Hall | AAA |
| 27.37 | AAAAA | Carver (Atlanta) | 93.3% | 26 | Tri-Cities | AAAAAA |
| 27.27 | AAAAAA | South Cobb | 82.0% | 15 | Campbell | AAAAAAA |
| 26.97 | AAAAAA | Grovetown | 69.0% | 8 | North Oconee | AAAA |
| 26.80 | A-Public | Telfair County | 58.5% | 4 | Savannah | AAA |
| 26.61 | AAAA | Burke County | 95.2% | 29 | Statesboro | AAAAA |
| 26.04 | AAAAA | Cedar Shoals | 59.4% | 4 | Discovery | AAAAAAA |
| 25.98 | AAAA | Madison County | 52.2% | 1 | Jackson County | AAA |
| 25.07 | A-Public | Twiggs County | 65.5% | 7 | Toombs County | AA |
| 24.42 | AAAA | Chestatee | 74.5% | 11 | East Hall | AAA |
| 23.68 | AAAA | White County | 72.5% | 10 | Lumpkin County | AAA |
| 23.52 | AAAAAA | Tucker | 99.6% | 41 | Lakeside (Atlanta) | AAAAAAA |
| 23.32 | AAA | Pierce County | 91.2% | 23 | Bacon County | AA |
| 22.18 | AAAAA | North Springs | 64.8% | 6 | KIPP Atlanta Collegiate | AA |
| 22.16 | AAAAAA | River Ridge | 77.4% | 12 | Apalachee | AAAAAA |
| 22.03 | AAAAA | Maynard Jackson | 70.1% | 9 | Therrell | AA |
| 21.19 | AAAA | Baldwin | 78.7% | 13 | Wilkinson County | A-Public |
| 21.15 | AA | Lamar County | 86.4% | 19 | Northeast | AA |
| 20.55 | AAAA | Perry | 82.2% | 15 | Rutland | AAA |
| 20.18 | AAAAA | Chamblee | 53.3% | 2 | Decatur | AAAAA |
| 19.76 | A-Public | Commerce | 91.3% | 23 | Banks County | AA |
| 19.12 | AAAAA | Columbia | 86.3% | 19 | Druid Hills | AAAA |
| 19.11 | AAAA | Stephens County | 94.7% | 28 | Franklin County | AAA |
| 18.89 | A-Private | Stratford Academy | 91.7% | 24 | Savannah Country Day | A-Private |
| 18.84 | AAAAA | Loganville | 96.3% | 32 | Monroe Area | AAA |
| 17.87 | A-Public | Miller County | 61.8% | 5 | Terrell County | A-Public |
| 17.62 | AAAAAA | Douglas County | 97.3% | 34 | Lithia Springs | AAAAA |
| 16.82 | A-Private | Savannah Christian | 87.8% | 20 | New Hampstead | AAAAA |
| 16.53 | AAAAAA | Northside (Warner Robins) | 99.3% | 40 | Henry County | AAAA |
| 15.89 | A-Public | Atkinson County | 52.2% | 1 | Jeff Davis | AA |
| 15.75 | AAAAAA | Sprayberry | 96.1% | 31 | Osborne | AAAAAA |
| 15.74 | A-Private | Athens Christian | 84.2% | 17 | Monticello | AA |
| 15.63 | AAAAAA | Greenbrier | 72.4% | 10 | Butler | AA |
| 15.53 | AAAA | Northwest Whitfield | 95.5% | 30 | South Atlanta | AA |
| 14.77 | A-Public | Hawkinsville | 59.0% | 4 | Bleckley County | AA |
| 13.42 | AA | Putnam County | 59.6% | 4 | Hancock Central | A-Public |
| 10.75 | A-Public | Trion | 90.1% | 22 | LaFayette | AAAA |
| 9.74 | AA | Temple | 56.7% | 3 | Haralson County | AAA |
| 8.70 | A-Public | Marion County | 91.2% | 23 | Chattahoochee County | A-Public |
| 8.59 | AAAAA | Morrow | 73.0% | 10 | Forest Park | AAAAAA |
| 8.39 | A-Public | Wheeler County | 55.7% | 3 | Georgia Military College | A-Other |
| 8.36 | A-Private | Mount Vernon Presbyterian | 65.7% | 7 | Whitefield Academy | A-Private |
| 8.30 | A-Private | Tattnall Square | 98.1% | 36 | Wilcox County | A-Public |
| 7.23 | AAA | Long County | 74.6% | 11 | Islands | AAA |
| 6.47 | A-Private | George Walton Academy | 90.8% | 23 | Social Circle | AA |
| 6.20 | A-Public | Treutlen | 58.8% | 4 | Portal | A-Public |
| 5.48 | A-Private | Lakeview Academy | 51.0% | 1 | East Jackson | AAA |
| 5.29 | AAA | Union County | 94.5% | 28 | Gilmer | AAAA |
| 3.77 | AA | Berrien | 89.3% | 21 | Lanier County | A-Public |
| 3.43 | A-Private | Prince Avenue Christian | 99.4% | 41 | Riverside Military Academy | A-Private |
| 1.76 | A-Private | Holy Innocents | 92.4% | 25 | St. Francis | A-Private |
| -0.15 | AAAAA | Miller Grove | 95.7% | 30 | Stone Mountain | AAA |
| -0.27 | AAAAAAA | Duluth | 84.5% | 17 | Berkmar | AAAAAAA |
| -0.82 | AA | Josey | 76.2% | 12 | Groves | AAA |
| -2.64 | AAA | Tattnall County | 95.1% | 29 | Claxton | A-Public |
| -2.88 | A-Public | Schley County | 77.1% | 12 | Calhoun County | A-Public |
| -3.09 | AAAA | Richmond Academy | 90.1% | 22 | Westside (Augusta) | AA |
| -3.38 | AAAA | West Hall | 98.5% | 38 | Johnson (Gainesville) | AAAAA |
| -6.04 | A-Private | Calvary Day | 99.4% | 40 | Johnson (Savannah) | AAA |
| -7.13 | A-Private | Strong Rock Christian | 81.3% | 15 | North Cobb Christian | A-Private |
| -8.06 | A-Public | Crawford County | 90.2% | 22 | Pacelli | A-Private |
| -9.03 | AA | Armuchee | 73.5% | 10 | Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe | AAA |
| -9.24 | A-Private | Brookstone | 92.7% | 25 | Central (Talbotton) | A-Public |
| -9.94 | AA | Glenn Hills | 81.7% | 15 | Hephzibah | AAAA |
| -16.36 | A-Public | Pelham | 98.8% | 39 | Baconton Charter | A-Public |
| -17.03 | AAA | McNair | 95.0% | 29 | Clarkston | AAAAA |
| -17.07 | AA | Coosa | 97.5% | 35 | Coahulla Creek | AAA |
| -18.90 | AAAA | Southeast Whitfield | 97.9% | 36 | Gordon Central | AA |
| -21.39 | AA | Harlem | 95.0% | 29 | Glascock County | A-Other |
| -21.73 | A-Public | Seminole County | 98.2% | 37 | Stewart County | A-Public |
Aug 25
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73.61 | AAAAAA | Mays | 53.0% | 2 | Stockbridge | AAAAA |
| 67.09 | AAAAAAA | Westlake | 64.8% | 6 | Hughes | AAAAAA |
| 42.70 | AAAA | Oconee County | 59.7% | 4 | Clarke Central | AAAAA |
| 33.21 | AAAAA | Harris County | 82.5% | 16 | Hardaway | AAAA |
| 32.15 | AAA | Central (Macon) | 54.0% | 2 | First Presbyterian | A-Private |
| 30.08 | AAAA | Upson-Lee | 87.4% | 19 | Shaw | AAAA |
| 26.98 | AAAAA | Lithonia | 71.4% | 9 | Redan | AAA |
| 23.72 | A-Public | Mitchell County | 53.8% | 2 | Dougherty | AAA |
| 23.20 | AAAAA | Banneker | 72.1% | 10 | Towers | AAA |
| 20.60 | AAAA | Columbus | 80.7% | 14 | Jordan | AA |
| 17.00 | AAAA | Troup | 94.8% | 29 | Kendrick | AAA |
| 12.03 | AAAA | Howard | 84.6% | 17 | Mount de Sales | A-Private |
| 10.89 | AAAAAA | Alcovy | 80.0% | 14 | Meadowcreek | AAAAAAA |
