Power rankings set for Class A basketball playoffs

By Score Atlanta

The Class A-Private and Class A-Public power rankings were finalized Wednesday as the 16-team brackets await Friday and Saturday’s first-round action. The St. Francis boys and girls took the No. 1 seed in A-Private and the Taylor County girls and Calhoun County boys took Class A-Public’s top seeds.

In the two years that Class A has used power rankings to seed the playoffs, only one of the four boys’ state champions was a No. 1 seed and the same can be said for the girls. Last season, Wilkinson County repeated as the boys Class A-Public state champion as a No. 4 seed and the St. Francis boys captured its first state titles as a No. 3. Southwest Atlanta Christian won the girls Class A-Private title last season as a No. 5 seed and in 2013 No. 6 Gordon Lee captured the A-Public state title.

BOYS

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis

2. Greenforest Christian

3. Athens Christian

4. Whitefield Academy

5. North Cobb Christian

6. Landmark Christian

7. Stratford Academy

8. Tattnall Square

9. Aquinas

10. Providence Christian

11. Pacelli

12. Calvary Day

13. Hebron Christian

14. Mt. Pisgah

15. Southwest Atlanta Christian

16. Lakeview Academy

Class A-Private

1. Calhoun County

2. Greenville

3. Hancock Central

4. Treutlen

5. Turner County

6. Wilkinson County

7. Portal

8. Randolph-Clay

9. Dooly County

10. Taylor County

11. Georgia Military

12. Claxton

13. Marion County

14. Terrell County

15. Lanier County

16. Irwin County

GIRLS

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis

2. Southwest Atlanta Christian

3. Savannah Country Day

4. Tattnall Square

5. Stratford Academy

6. Calvary Day

7. Eagle’s Landing Christian

8. Mt. Paran

9. Paideia

10. Fellowship Christian

11. Lakeview Academy

12. Our Lady of Mercy

13. Pinecrest Academy

14. Whitefield Academy

15. George Walton Academy

16. Mt. Pisgah

Class A-Public

1. Taylor County

2. Turner County

3. Mitchell County

4. Commerce

5. Claxton

6. Atkinson County

7. Dooly County

8. Treutlen

9. Emanuel County Institute

10. Clinch County

11. Randolph-Clay

12. Terrell County

13. Montgomery County

14. Quitman County

15. Hawkinsville

16. Greenville