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Maxwell Week 5 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 13
| Game Rate | Class | Team | Pct | Proj | Team | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.08 | AAAAAA | Stephenson | 92.3% | 25 | Morrow | AAAAAA |
| 24.14 | AAAA | Eastside | 97.5% | 35 | North Clayton | AAAA |
Sep 14
| Game Rate | Class | Team | Pct | Proj | Team | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.43 | AAAAAAA | North Gwinnett | 68.4% | 8 | Walton | AAAAAAA |
| 77.67 | AAAAAAA | Colquitt County | 87.5% | 20 | Warner Robins | AAAAA |
| 76.99 | AAAAAAA | Parkview | 66.3% | 7 | Tift County | AAAAAAA |
| 75.22 | AAAAAAA | Archer | 73.2% | 10 | Norcross | AAAAAAA |
| 73.17 | AAAAAAA | Milton | 70.9% | 9 | Roswell | AAAAAAA |
| 68.57 | AAA | Peach County | 56.4% | 3 | Mary Persons | AAAA |
| 68.52 | AAAAAAA | Grayson | 92.1% | 24 | Westlake | AAAAAAA |
| 67.62 | AAAA | Marist | 75.0% | 11 | St. Pius X | AAAA |
| 66.16 | AAAAAA | Glynn Academy | 68.9% | 8 | Wayne County | AAAAA |
| 66.11 | AAAAA | Rome | 92.8% | 25 | Carrollton | AAAAA |
| 65.11 | AAAAAAA | Hillgrove | 74.5% | 11 | Etowah | AAAAAAA |
| 63.23 | AAAAA | Buford | 92.4% | 25 | Newton | AAAAAAA |
| 61.77 | AAAAAAA | Camden County | 72.8% | 10 | Brunswick | AAAAAA |
| 61.44 | AAAAAAA | McEachern | 90.6% | 23 | Collins Hill | AAAAAAA |
| 61.23 | AAAA | Troup | 62.8% | 5 | Callaway | AA |
| 60.97 | AAAAAAA | North Paulding | 62.5% | 5 | Woodstock | AAAAAAA |
| 59.02 | AAA | Greater Atlanta Christian | 65.4% | 7 | Thomson | AAAA |
| 58.93 | AAAAAA | Creekview | 74.1% | 11 | Dalton | AAAAAA |
| 58.92 | A | Clinch County | 57.4% | 3 | Irwin County | A |
| 58.73 | AAAAAAA | North Cobb | 82.8% | 16 | East Coweta | AAAAAAA |
| 56.95 | AAAAAA | Dacula | 54.2% | 2 | Central Gwinnett | AAAAAAA |
| 54.65 | AAAAAAA | Wheeler | 50.9% | 1 | Lassiter | AAAAAAA |
| 53.42 | AA | Dodge County | 61.2% | 5 | Fitzgerald | AA |
| 52.44 | AAAAA | Clarke Central | 71.0% | 9 | Lanier | AAAAAA |
| 51.80 | AA | Brooks County | 66.4% | 7 | Dublin | AA |
| 51.35 | AAAA | Sandy Creek | 62.4% | 5 | Starr's Mill | AAAAA |
| 49.99 | AAAAAAA | South Gwinnett | 77.1% | 12 | Crisp County | AAA |
| 49.98 | AAAAA | Kell | 84.3% | 17 | East Paulding | AAAAA |
| 49.15 | AAAAA | Veterans | 67.9% | 8 | Houston County | AAAAAA |
| 48.97 | AAAAAAA | Kennesaw Mountain | 53.8% | 2 | North Forsyth | AAAAAAA |
| 48.69 | AAAAA | Southwest DeKalb | 75.3% | 11 | Lovejoy | AAAAAA |
| 48.30 | AAAAA | Locust Grove | 59.0% | 4 | Ola | AAAAA |
| 47.98 | AAAA | Cartersville | 98.0% | 36 | Cherokee | AAAAAAA |
| 47.52 | AAAAA | Jones County | 91.2% | 23 | Woodland (Stockbridge) | AAAAA |
| 47.44 | AAAAAA | Sequoyah | 85.5% | 18 | Campbell | AAAAAAA |
| 46.73 | AAAAA | Griffin | 85.4% | 18 | Upson-Lee | AAAA |
| 45.76 | AAAAAA | Effingham County | 65.2% | 7 | Statesboro | AAAAA |
| 45.18 | AAAAAA | Richmond Hill | 75.3% | 11 | New Hampstead | AAAAA |
| 45.00 | AAA | Jefferson | 81.6% | 15 | Gainesville | AAAAAA |
| 44.98 | AAAAA | Banneker | 66.5% | 7 | Riverwood | AAAAA |
| 44.97 | AAAAAA | Northgate | 71.0% | 9 | Creekside | AAAAAA |
| 44.86 | AA | Washington County | 68.8% | 8 | Swainsboro | AA |
| 44.54 | AAAAAAA | West Forsyth | 83.8% | 17 | Peachtree Ridge | AAAAAAA |
| 44.29 | AAAAAA | Centennial | 70.1% | 9 | Cambridge | AAAAAA |
| 44.25 | AAAAAA | Winder-Barrow | 62.3% | 5 | Loganville | AAAAA |
| 43.62 | AAAAA | Carver (Atlanta) | 56.7% | 3 | Maynard Jackson | AAAAA |
| 42.53 | AAAAAA | Harrison | 94.3% | 28 | Sprayberry | AAAAAA |
| 42.45 | AAAA | Oconee County | 79.2% | 14 | Cedar Shoals | AAAAA |
| 42.39 | AAAAA | Stockbridge | 96.6% | 32 | Eagle's Landing | AAAAA |
| 41.28 | AAAAAA | Alpharetta | 89.4% | 21 | Pope | AAAAAA |
| 41.20 | AAAAA | Arabia Mountain | 75.3% | 11 | Heritage (Conyers) | AAAAAA |
| 40.70 | AAAAAA | Northside (Warner Robins) | 92.9% | 25 | Baldwin | AAAA |
| 40.51 | AAAA | Chapel Hill | 88.5% | 20 | Whitewater | AAAAA |
| 40.43 | AAAA | Howard | 71.5% | 9 | Jackson | AAA |
| 39.96 | AAAA | Cairo | 82.9% | 16 | Hardaway | AAAA |
| 39.72 | AAAA | Stephens County | 56.6% | 3 | Habersham Central | AAAAAA |
| 39.69 | AAAAAAA | Meadowcreek | 78.4% | 13 | Shiloh | AAAAAAA |
| 39.35 | AAAA | Burke County | 91.0% | 23 | Evans | AAAAAA |
| 39.35 | AAAAA | Woodland (Cartersville) | 55.8% | 3 | Paulding County | AAAAA |
| 38.90 | AAA | Dawson County | 76.4% | 12 | Denmark | AAAA |
| 38.60 | AAA | Calhoun | 96.7% | 32 | North Murray | AAA |
| 37.71 | AAA | Appling County | 58.2% | 4 | Cook | AAA |
| 37.62 | AAAAAA | Mays | 94.6% | 28 | New Manchester | AAAAAA |
| 37.42 | AAAA | West Laurens | 81.9% | 15 | South Effingham | AAAAA |
| 36.99 | AAAAAA | Tucker | 97.3% | 34 | Mundy's Mill | AAAAAA |
| 36.98 | AA | Bleckley County | 51.2% | 1 | Marion County | A |
| 36.92 | AAAAAA | Lee County | 99.0% | 39 | Southwest | AA |
| 36.69 | A | Aquinas | 64.7% | 6 | Lincoln County | A |
| 36.07 | AAA | North Hall | 78.7% | 13 | White County | AAAA |
| 35.69 | AAAAAA | Allatoona | 94.5% | 28 | South Cobb | AAAAAA |
| 35.25 | AAAAA | Dutchtown | 95.8% | 30 | Union Grove | AAAAA |
| 34.91 | AAAA | Northside (Columbus) | 63.3% | 6 | Westover | AAAA |
| 34.03 | AAAAAA | Douglas County | 94.0% | 27 | South Paulding | AAAAAA |
| 32.86 | A | Trinity Christian (Sharpsburg) | 75.5% | 11 | Mount Vernon Presbyterian | A |
| 32.42 | AAAAA | Villa Rica | 76.1% | 12 | Cass | AAAAA |
| 32.35 | A | Fellowship Christian | 71.5% | 9 | Stratford Academy | A |
| 32.24 | AAAAAAA | Pebblebrook | 88.3% | 20 | Lithonia | AAAAA |
| 32.15 | AA | Heard County | 84.2% | 17 | Central (Carrollton) | AAAA |
| 31.92 | A | Turner County | 61.5% | 5 | Telfair County | A |
| 31.40 | AAAAAA | Hughes | 90.3% | 22 | Tri-Cities | AAAAAA |
| 31.32 | AAAAAA | Johns Creek | 82.3% | 15 | Chattahoochee | AAAAAA |
| 30.88 | AA | Douglass | 80.5% | 14 | B.E.S.T. Academy | AA |
| 30.82 | AAAA | Salem | 69.2% | 8 | Hampton | AAAA |
| 30.48 | AA | Northeast | 67.4% | 7 | Central (Macon) | AAA |
| 29.37 | AAAAAA | M.L. King | 55.4% | 2 | Mount Zion (Jonesboro) | AAAAAA |
| 28.41 | AAAAAA | Northview | 79.3% | 14 | Dunwoody | AAAAAA |
| 27.54 | AA | Chattooga | 74.8% | 11 | Coosa | AA |
| 27.49 | AAAAAAA | Forsyth Central | 69.1% | 8 | Lakeside (Atlanta) | AAAAAAA |
| 27.23 | AAAA | Americus-Sumter | 87.1% | 19 | Shaw | AAAA |
| 27.18 | AAA | Pike County | 84.1% | 17 | Lamar County | AA |
| 27.09 | AAAA | Spalding | 89.2% | 21 | Fayette County | AAAAA |
| 26.96 | AAAAAA | Bradwell Institute | 75.9% | 12 | Tattnall County | AAA |
| 26.94 | AAAAA | Decatur | 55.8% | 3 | North Springs | AAAAA |
| 26.83 | AAAAA | Walnut Grove | 60.3% | 4 | Apalachee | AAAAAA |
| 25.70 | AAAAA | Thomas County Central | 93.6% | 26 | Monroe | AAA |
| 25.36 | AAAA | North Oconee | 81.4% | 15 | Franklin County | AAA |
| 25.15 | AAAAAA | Coffee | 99.4% | 40 | Miller Grove | AAAAA |
| 24.58 | A | Whitefield Academy | 70.5% | 9 | Pinecrest Academy | A |
| 23.97 | A | Savannah Country Day | 80.4% | 14 | Johnson County | A |
| 23.74 | A | Eagle's Landing Christian | 98.4% | 37 | Holy Innocents | A |
| 22.61 | A | Charlton County | 81.3% | 15 | Atkinson County | A |
| 22.51 | AAA | Southeast Bulloch | 83.7% | 16 | Savannah | AAA |
| 21.77 | A | Mount de Sales | 63.8% | 6 | Greene County | A |
| 21.71 | A | Trion | 78.2% | 13 | North Cobb Christian | A |
| 21.38 | AA | Hephzibah | 82.7% | 16 | Butler | AA |
| 20.54 | AAAA | Cedartown | 96.4% | 32 | Southeast Whitfield | AAAA |
| 20.26 | A | Mount Zion (Carroll) | 91.7% | 24 | Christian Heritage | A |
| 19.98 | A | McIntosh County Academy | 66.6% | 7 | Jenkins County | A |
| 19.21 | AAAAA | Grady | 55.2% | 2 | Lithia Springs | AAAAA |
| 19.11 | AAA | Ringgold | 81.5% | 15 | Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe | AAA |
| 18.46 | A | Wesleyan | 86.3% | 18 | Our Lady of Mercy | A |
| 18.43 | AA | Hapeville Charter | 99.6% | 41 | Therrell | AA |
| 18.42 | A | Brookstone | 68.1% | 8 | First Presbyterian | A |
| 17.92 | AA | McNair | 55.7% | 3 | KIPP Atlanta Collegiate | AA |
| 17.58 | AAAA | Woodward Academy | 98.2% | 37 | Henry County | AAAA |
| 17.47 | AAAA | Carver (Columbus) | 94.9% | 29 | Dougherty | AAAA |
| 16.33 | AAA | Adairsville | 85.3% | 18 | Haralson County | AAA |
| 15.86 | AAAA | Northwest Whitfield | 93.2% | 26 | Temple | AA |
| 15.78 | AAA | Liberty County | 96.2% | 31 | Cross Creek | AAAA |
| 13.90 | AA | Union County | 90.1% | 22 | Monticello | AA |
| 13.60 | AAA | Islands | 56.6% | 3 | Beach | AAA |
| 13.59 | AA | Rabun County | 98.7% | 38 | Putnam County | AA |
| 13.57 | AAAAAA | Drew | 91.6% | 24 | Forest Park | AAAAAA |
| 12.80 | AAAA | Luella | 87.0% | 19 | Druid Hills | AAAA |
| 12.56 | AA | Metter | 88.3% | 20 | Wilkinson County | A |
| 12.28 | A | Claxton | 87.3% | 19 | Montgomery County | A |
| 12.19 | A | Schley County | 84.4% | 17 | Hawkinsville | A |
| 10.50 | A | Washington-Wilkes | 80.5% | 14 | Warren County | A |
| 9.46 | AAAA | Chestatee | 76.6% | 12 | Fannin County | AAA |
| 8.87 | A | Strong Rock Christian | 65.7% | 7 | Landmark Christian | A |
| 8.11 | AA | Banks County | 65.1% | 6 | Social Circle | AA |
| 7.61 | AAAA | Pickens | 97.7% | 35 | Chamblee | AAAAA |
| 7.44 | A | George Walton Academy | 97.1% | 33 | Towns County | A |
| 7.10 | AA | Vidalia | 98.6% | 38 | Long County | AAA |
| 6.02 | AAA | Worth County | 86.0% | 18 | Rutland | AAA |
| 5.68 | AAAAAA | River Ridge | 95.0% | 29 | Osborne | AAAAAA |
| 4.50 | AA | Model | 72.6% | 10 | Dade County | AA |
| 4.09 | A | Emanuel County Institute | 95.4% | 30 | Portal | A |
| 3.85 | A | Darlington | 98.6% | 38 | Gordon Lee | A |
| 2.12 | A | Savannah Christian | 97.1% | 34 | Wheeler County | A |
| 1.76 | AA | Rockmart | 99.6% | 41 | Armuchee | AA |
| 1.02 | AA | Screven County | 97.4% | 34 | Westside (Augusta) | AA |
| 0.19 | A | Wilcox County | 90.1% | 22 | Lanier County | A |
| -0.52 | AA | Jordan | 72.2% | 10 | Greenville | A |
| -0.87 | A | Chattahoochee County | 83.7% | 16 | Calhoun County | A |
| -1.29 | A | Hancock Central | 90.3% | 22 | Georgia Military College | A |
| -1.52 | AA | Jefferson County | 98.6% | 38 | Josey | AA |
| -2.55 | A | Calvary Day | 99.0% | 39 | Treutlen | A |
| -2.89 | A | Pelham | 98.0% | 36 | Terrell County | A |
| -3.18 | AA | Pepperell | 97.9% | 36 | Gordon Central | AA |
| -3.32 | A | Commerce | 99.1% | 40 | Providence Christian | A |
| -5.63 | AAAA | Madison County | 96.4% | 32 | East Jackson | AAA |
| -7.39 | AAA | Jenkins | 99.4% | 40 | Johnson (Savannah) | AAA |
| -7.59 | A | Mount Paran Christian | 99.6% | 41 | King's Ridge Christian | A |
| -8.75 | AAA | Murray County | 76.4% | 12 | Coahulla Creek | AAA |
| -15.29 | AAA | Benedictine | 100.0% | 42 | Groves | AAA |
| -15.48 | A | Mitchell County | 99.2% | 40 | Baconton Charter | A |
| -16.01 | AAAAAAA | Berkmar | 77.6% | 13 | Clarkston | AAAAA |
| -17.09 | A | Macon County | 99.2% | 40 | Twiggs County | A |
| -19.01 | A | Seminole County | 95.3% | 29 | Stewart County | A |
| -19.19 | AA | Elbert County | 99.7% | 41 | Oglethorpe County | AA |
| -22.91 | A | Miller County | 98.2% | 37 | Randolph-Clay | A |
| -48.10 | A | Pacelli | 98.0% | 36 | Pataula Charter | A |
| -54.20 | AAAAA | Johnson (Gainesville) | 99.8% | 41 | Cross Keys | AAAAA |
Sep 15
| Game Rate | Class | Team | Pct | Proj | Team | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.62 | AA | Washington | 63.7% | 6 | South Atlanta | AA |
| 26.47 | AA | Harlem | 61.1% | 5 | Laney | AA |