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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 15
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.29 | AA | McIntosh County Academy | 67.6% | 8 | Bryan County | AA |
| 11.22 | AAAAA | Northside (Columbus) | 93.7% | 27 | Hardaway | AAAAA |
| -0.39 | AAA | Beach | 87.6% | 20 | Islands | AAA |
| -1.88 | A | Terrell County | 80.0% | 14 | Baconton | A |
Oct 16
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.21 | AAAAAA | Lowndes | 52.9% | 2 | Lee County | AAAAAA |
| 69.84 | AAAAAA | Colquitt County | 96.0% | 31 | Valdosta | AAAAAA |
| 66.07 | AAAAAA | Camden County | 86.7% | 19 | Tift County | AAAAAA |
| 65.33 | AAAAAA | Grayson | 94.7% | 28 | Central Gwinnett | AAAAAA |
| 63.93 | AAAAAA | Dacula | 58.7% | 4 | Brookwood | AAAAAA |
| 63.82 | AAAAA | Houston County | 59.7% | 4 | Jones County | AAAAA |
| 63.03 | AAAAAA | Etowah | 73.4% | 10 | Lassiter | AAAAAA |
| 59.60 | AAAAA | Ware County | 73.7% | 11 | Effingham County | AAAAA |
| 59.46 | AAAAAA | Parkview | 78.3% | 13 | South Gwinnett | AAAAAA |
| 59.26 | AAAAA | Northside (Warner Robins) | 84.2% | 17 | Warner Robins | AAAAA |
| 57.16 | AAAAAA | South Forsyth | 66.4% | 7 | West Forsyth | AAAAAA |
| 55.06 | AAAAAA | Walton | 91.8% | 24 | Woodstock | AAAAAA |
| 54.79 | AAAAAA | Cherokee | 56.4% | 3 | Milton | AAAAAA |
| 54.62 | AAAA | Liberty County | 56.4% | 3 | Thomson | AAAA |
| 52.81 | AAAAA | Kell | 63.7% | 6 | Riverwood | AAAAA |
| 51.97 | AAAAA | Creekview | 62.1% | 5 | Sequoyah | AAAAA |
| 51.90 | AAAAA | Mundy's Mill | 58.2% | 4 | Drew | AAAAA |
| 51.55 | AAAAA | Paulding County | 62.3% | 5 | New Manchester | AAAAA |
| 50.52 | AAAAAA | McEachern | 96.5% | 32 | North Paulding | AAAAAA |
| 50.23 | AAAAAA | North Cobb | 85.7% | 18 | Marietta | AAAAAA |
| 50.05 | AAAA | Locust Grove | 66.1% | 7 | Eagle's Landing | AAAA |
| 49.75 | AAAA | Mary Persons | 78.1% | 13 | Upson-Lee | AAAA |
| 49.50 | AAAA | Thomas County Central | 68.9% | 8 | Cairo | AAAA |
| 49.12 | AAAAAA | Archer | 98.0% | 36 | Shiloh | AAAAAA |
| 47.15 | AAAAA | Loganville | 70.1% | 9 | Salem | AAAAA |
| 45.76 | AA | Fitzgerald | 89.7% | 22 | Brooks County | AA |
| 45.35 | AAAAA | Coffee | 91.4% | 23 | Brunswick | AAAAA |
| 45.32 | A | Turner County | 65.2% | 7 | Clinch County | A |
| 44.69 | AAA | Peach County | 67.7% | 8 | Jackson | AAA |
| 44.48 | AAA | Central (Carrollton) | 65.5% | 7 | Pepperell | AAA |
| 44.27 | AAA | Blessed Trinity | 93.9% | 27 | Westminster (Atlanta) | AAA |
| 44.06 | AAAAA | South Effingham | 81.9% | 15 | Richmond Hill | AAAAA |
| 43.72 | AAAAAA | Westlake | 89.6% | 22 | Douglas County | AAAAAA |
| 43.05 | AAAA | Marist | 88.5% | 20 | Grady | AAAA |
| 42.83 | AAAAAA | Hillgrove | 84.0% | 17 | Kennesaw Mountain | AAAAAA |
| 42.81 | AAAAA | Miller Grove | 70.6% | 9 | M. L. King | AAAAA |
| 42.80 | AAAAAA | Lambert | 86.8% | 19 | Northview | AAAAAA |
| 42.80 | AAAA | Carrollton | 78.9% | 13 | Whitewater | AAAA |
| 42.23 | AAAA | Worth County | 81.2% | 15 | Westover | AAAA |
| 42.14 | AAAAAA | Hughes | 92.9% | 26 | South Cobb | AAAAAA |
| 41.36 | AAAAA | South Paulding | 87.2% | 19 | Chapel Hill | AAAAA |
| 40.92 | AAAAA | Lakeside (Evans) | 69.2% | 8 | Grovetown | AAAAA |
| 40.37 | AAAA | West Laurens | 78.8% | 13 | Baldwin | AAAA |
| 40.36 | AAA | Cook | 53.9% | 2 | Appling County | AAA |
| 40.33 | AAAAA | Gainesville | 90.0% | 22 | Clarke Central | AAAAA |
| 39.13 | AAAAA | Allatoona | 96.0% | 31 | Hiram | AAAAA |
| 38.97 | AAAAA | Creekside | 96.2% | 31 | Tri-Cities | AAAAA |
| 38.17 | AAAAA | Stockbridge | 95.1% | 29 | Ola | AAAAA |
| 38.12 | AAA | Hart County | 61.1% | 5 | Jackson County | AAA |
| 38.02 | AAAAA | Sprayberry | 67.0% | 7 | Forsyth Central | AAAAA |
| 37.73 | AAAA | Veterans | 77.0% | 12 | Perry | AAAA |
| 36.76 | AA | Benedictine | 97.1% | 34 | Vidalia | AA |
| 36.55 | AAAAA | Columbus | 73.3% | 10 | Harris County | AAAAA |
| 36.53 | AAAAA | Alexander | 92.7% | 25 | Villa Rica | AAAAA |
| 36.24 | AAAA | Eastside | 83.3% | 16 | Henry County | AAAA |
| 35.76 | AAAAA | Dutchtown | 82.8% | 16 | Luella | AAAAA |
| 35.51 | AAA | Oconee County | 61.8% | 5 | Morgan County | AAA |
| 35.41 | AAAAAA | Johns Creek | 79.2% | 14 | North Forsyth | AAAAAA |
| 35.33 | AAAAA | Woodland (Stockbridge) | 84.1% | 17 | Union Grove | AAAAA |
| 35.24 | AAAAAA | East Coweta | 95.8% | 30 | Pebblebrook | AAAAAA |
| 34.99 | AA | Rabun County | 86.4% | 19 | Union County | AA |
| 34.33 | AAAA | North Oconee | 72.2% | 10 | White County | AAAA |
| 33.54 | AAAA | Cartersville | 98.1% | 36 | Northwest Whitfield | AAAA |
| 33.47 | AA | Early County | 80.8% | 14 | Pelham | AA |
| 33.29 | AAAA | Heritage (Ringgold) | 53.4% | 2 | Ridgeland | AAAA |
| 32.90 | AAAAA | Winder-Barrow | 82.8% | 16 | Cedar Shoals | AAAAA |
| 32.29 | A | Mount Paran Christian | 90.4% | 22 | Christian Heritage | A |
| 32.10 | AAAAAA | Roswell | 99.7% | 41 | Pope | AAAAAA |
| 32.07 | AA | Heard County | 55.1% | 2 | Manchester | AA |
| 31.29 | AAA | Ringgold | 60.3% | 4 | Sonoraville | AAA |
| 31.22 | AAAA | Woodward Academy | 97.9% | 36 | Fayette County | AAAA |
| 30.64 | AAAAAA | Alpharetta | 91.5% | 24 | Chattahoochee | AAAAAA |
| 30.17 | AA | Screven County | 61.2% | 5 | Swainsboro | AA |
| 30.10 | A | Pinecrest Academy | 72.4% | 10 | Mount Pisgah Christian | A |
| 29.29 | AAA | Decatur | 74.7% | 11 | Douglass | AAA |
| 29.16 | AAAA | Buford | 99.4% | 40 | Monroe Area | AAAA |
| 29.11 | AA | Macon County | 83.5% | 16 | Bleckley County | AA |
| 29.02 | AAA | Brantley County | 52.2% | 1 | Tattnall County | AAA |
| 28.77 | AAAAA | Statesboro | 79.9% | 14 | Bradwell Institute | AAAAA |
| 28.69 | AAAAA | Stephenson | 99.3% | 40 | Druid Hills | AAAAA |
| 28.57 | AA | Thomasville | 52.9% | 1 | Berrien | AA |
| 28.09 | A | Trion | 72.6% | 10 | Mount Zion (Carroll) | A |
| 27.88 | AA | Bacon County | 62.0% | 5 | Jeff Davis | AA |
| 27.49 | A | Stratford Academy | 72.8% | 10 | Twiggs County | A |
| 26.76 | AAAA | Jonesboro | 97.5% | 34 | Riverdale | AAAA |
| 26.48 | AAAA | Sandy Creek | 99.0% | 39 | Troup | AAAA |
| 25.55 | AAAAA | Mays | 99.5% | 41 | Banneker | AAAAA |
| 25.55 | AA | Lovett | 88.2% | 20 | Holy Innocents | AA |
| 25.30 | A | Marion County | 89.9% | 22 | Hawkinsville | A |
| 24.94 | AA | Chattooga | 79.8% | 14 | Gordon Lee | AA |
| 24.77 | AAA | Maynard Jackson | 52.6% | 1 | North Clayton | AAA |
| 24.56 | AAAAA | Rome | 94.4% | 28 | Woodland (Cartersville) | AAAAA |
| 24.15 | AAA | Central (Macon) | 86.9% | 19 | Southwest | AAA |
| 23.98 | AA | Model | 83.4% | 16 | Coosa | AA |
| 23.84 | AAA | Franklin County | 54.4% | 2 | West Hall | AAA |
| 23.68 | A | Lincoln County | 87.3% | 19 | Hancock Central | A |
| 23.00 | AAAAAA | Newnan | 97.6% | 35 | Campbell | AAAAAA |
| 22.71 | AAAAAA | Centennial | 95.6% | 30 | Habersham Central | AAAAAA |
| 22.69 | AAAAA | Evans | 79.8% | 14 | Richmond Academy | AAAAA |
| 22.60 | AAA | Dawson County | 75.1% | 11 | Fannin County | AAA |
| 21.73 | AAAA | St. Pius X | 98.4% | 37 | Chamblee | AAAA |
| 21.18 | AA | Dublin | 87.2% | 19 | East Laurens | AA |
| 20.92 | A | Telfair County | 63.0% | 6 | Atkinson County | A |
| 20.87 | AAAA | Gilmer | 53.5% | 2 | Southeast Whitfield | AAAA |
| 20.34 | AAAAA | Cambridge | 96.5% | 32 | North Springs | AAAAA |
| 20.33 | AAAAA | East Paulding | 98.7% | 38 | Lithia Springs | AAAAA |
| 20.27 | AAAAA | Cross Creek | 56.9% | 3 | Greenbrier | AAAAA |
| 20.15 | AAAAA | Southwest DeKalb | 89.9% | 22 | Dunwoody | AAAAA |
| 19.73 | AAAAA | Flowery Branch | 93.5% | 26 | Apalachee | AAAAA |
| 19.72 | AAAA | Bainbridge | 99.1% | 40 | Dougherty | AAAA |
| 19.68 | AAAAA | Lanier | 99.2% | 40 | Heritage (Conyers) | AAAAA |
| 19.52 | AAA | Callaway | 92.6% | 25 | Rockmart | AAA |
| 18.75 | A | Emanuel County Institute | 91.5% | 24 | Treutlen | A |
| 17.71 | AAA | Banks County | 69.1% | 8 | Lumpkin County | AAA |
| 17.48 | AAAA | North Hall | 92.4% | 25 | Madison County | AAAA |
| 16.82 | AAAA | Mount Zion (Jonesboro) | 63.8% | 6 | Pike County | AAAA |
| 16.81 | A | First Presbyterian | 64.8% | 6 | Tattnall Square | A |
| 16.72 | AAAAA | Dalton | 98.5% | 38 | River Ridge | AAAAA |
| 16.69 | A | Miller County | 69.3% | 8 | Mitchell County | A |
| 16.67 | A | Greenville | 57.0% | 3 | Taylor County | A |
| 16.25 | A | Wilkinson County | 81.0% | 15 | Mount de Sales | A |
| 15.98 | A | Athens Christian | 67.5% | 8 | George Walton Academy | A |
| 15.91 | AA | Metter | 84.2% | 17 | Harlem | AA |
| 15.76 | AAA | Pierce County | 95.7% | 30 | Toombs County | AAA |
| 15.42 | AAA | East Hall | 79.0% | 13 | Johnson (Gainesville) | AAAA |
| 14.64 | AAA | Jenkins | 93.9% | 27 | Savannah | AAA |
| 14.02 | AAAAA | Northgate | 99.5% | 41 | Forest Park | AAAAA |
| 13.39 | A | Charlton County | 96.1% | 31 | Wilcox County | A |
| 13.39 | AAA | Washington County | 92.2% | 25 | Butler | AAA |
| 12.95 | AAA | Spencer | 93.9% | 27 | Rutland | AAA |
| 10.97 | AA | Lamar County | 95.9% | 31 | Northeast | AA |
| 10.50 | AAAA | New Hampstead | 60.9% | 5 | North Cobb Christian | A |
| 10.38 | A | Savannah Christian | 96.3% | 32 | Jenkins County | A |
| 9.82 | AAA | Cedartown | 77.0% | 12 | Haralson County | AAA |
| 9.70 | AAAAA | Starr's Mill | 99.1% | 40 | Morrow | AAAAA |
| 8.11 | A | Calvary Day | 96.8% | 33 | Portal | A |
| 8.04 | A | Fellowship Christian | 87.2% | 19 | Whitefield Academy | A |
| 7.74 | AAA | McNair | 71.0% | 9 | South Atlanta | AAA |
| 6.89 | A | Savannah Country Day | 81.9% | 15 | Claxton | A |
| 6.29 | AA | Bowdon | 92.8% | 25 | Temple | AA |
| 5.23 | AA | Washington-Wilkes | 92.9% | 25 | Social Circle | AA |
| 5.15 | A | Brookstone | 93.3% | 26 | Central (Talbotton) | A |
| 4.79 | AAA | Southeast Bulloch | 95.2% | 29 | Johnson (Savannah) | AAA |
| 4.65 | AAAA | Monroe | 98.8% | 39 | Albany | AAAA |
| 4.43 | A | Our Lady of Mercy | 69.3% | 8 | Strong Rock Christian | A |
| 3.48 | AAAA | Redan | 95.1% | 29 | Stone Mountain | AAAA |
| 3.20 | AAAA | Pickens | 97.6% | 35 | LaFayette | AAAA |
| 3.06 | AA | Bremen | 91.2% | 23 | Chattahoochee County | AA |
| 2.90 | A | Irwin County | 98.2% | 37 | Lanier County | A |
| 2.79 | AAAA | Stephens County | 99.1% | 40 | Chestatee | AAAA |
| 1.90 | AA | Riverside Military Academy | 69.2% | 8 | Oglethorpe County | AA |
| 1.50 | AAA | Jefferson | 99.8% | 41 | East Jackson | AAA |
| 0.68 | A | King's Ridge Christian | 79.0% | 13 | St. Francis | A |
| 0.44 | A | Warren County | 72.4% | 10 | Georgia Military College | A |
| 0.30 | AAAA | Walnut Grove | 95.2% | 29 | Hampton | AAAA |
| 0.12 | AA | Dade County | 95.0% | 29 | Armuchee | AA |
| 0.09 | AAA | Hephzibah | 69.1% | 8 | Glenn Hills | AAA |
| -1.90 | AAAA | Burke County | 99.6% | 41 | Windsor Forest | AAAA |
| -4.39 | A | Wheeler County | 72.1% | 10 | Montgomery County | A |
| -5.41 | AA | Long County | 94.2% | 27 | Groves | AA |
| -6.93 | AAA | North Murray | 91.6% | 24 | Coahulla Creek | AAA |
| -8.30 | A | Athens Academy | 98.8% | 39 | Lakeview Academy | A |
| -9.26 | A | Dooly County | 97.5% | 35 | Schley County | A |
| -10.90 | A | Prince Avenue Christian | 99.9% | 42 | Towns County | A |
| -14.83 | AAA | Murray County | 93.0% | 26 | Gordon Central | AAA |
| -21.93 | AA | Crawford County | 96.5% | 32 | Glascock County | A |
| -23.49 | A | Commerce | 99.7% | 41 | Providence Christian | A |
| -24.77 | AAA | Adairsville | 99.9% | 42 | Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe | AAA |
| -27.75 | AAAAA | Clarkston | 91.2% | 23 | Cross Keys | AAAA |
| -28.50 | AA | Seminole County | 99.4% | 40 | Stewart County | A |
Oct 17
| Game Rate | Class | Favorite | Percent | Margin | Opponent | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.60 | AAAA | Arabia Mountain | 75.3% | 11 | Lithonia | AAAA |
| 35.11 | AAAAA | Carver (Columbus) | 93.6% | 26 | Shaw | AAAAA |
| 21.92 | AAA | Washington | 53.9% | 2 | Therrell | AAA |
| 20.64 | AAA | Laney | 92.1% | 24 | Josey | AAA |
| 19.93 | AAA | Kendrick | 52.6% | 1 | Jordan | AAA |
| 17.34 | AAA | Cedar Grove | 98.8% | 39 | Towers | AAA |
| -4.46 | A | Landmark Christian | 98.8% | 39 | Mount Vernon Presbyterian | A |


