Georgia high school football rankings: Roswell, Kell make big jumps
Roswell moved up to No. 3 in Class 5A this week ahead of its Region 7 football showdown against Milton.
Kell made a big jump in 4A, Jasper County entered the rankings for the first time in nearly 30 years and Harrison and Cass joined the top 10 with one week remaining in the regular season.
Then-No. 6 Roswell (8-1, 5-0) defeated then-No. 3 Gainesville (8-2, 5-1) 37-35 on Friday night and can win Region 7-5A with a victory this week over No. 5 Milton (7-2, 4-1), the defending Class 5A champion.
Roswell has won six region titles in the past 11 seasons, but 2015 was the last time Roswell won a region when archrival Milton was a part of it.
In Class 4A, Kell jumped four spots to No. 5 after beating then-No. 8 Cambridge 45-18. The victory gave Kell the Region 6 championship.
Harrison joined the Class 6A rankings, at No. 10, for the first time this season after a 30-23 Region 3 victory over previously No. 10 Hillgrove. The win gave Harrison the No. 2 region seed ahead of Hillgrove and behind 6A No. 5 McEachern.
Cass is No. 10 in Class 4A after a 22-19 victory over unranked Allatoona. Out is previous No. 5 Ware County, which lost 48-44 to unranked Warner Robins, a 22-point underdog.
Jasper County, the new No. 10 in Class A Division I, is ranked for the first time since 1996 after beating Putnam County 28-10. Jasper County, which is 9-0 for the first time since 1988, replaced Dodge County, which lost to No. 4 Northeast 33-14.
The biggest dropper was Peach County (8-1), which went from No. 2 to No. 10 in Class 3A though it’s still ahead of unranked Cairo (7-2), which defeated Peach 38-31 to take first place in Region 1.
Teams’ previous ranking in parentheses.
Class 6A
- (1) Grayson (9-0)
- (2) Buford (9-0)
- (3) Carrollton (9-0)
- (4) Lowndes (9-0)
- (5) McEachern (9-0)
- (6) Douglas County (7-2)
- (7) North Gwinnett (8-1)
- (8) Colquitt County (7-2)
- (9) Valdosta (8-1)
- (NR) Harrison (8-1)
Out: No. 10 Hillgrove (7-2)
Class 5A
- (1) Hughes (9-0)
- (2) Thomas County Central (9-0)
- (6) Roswell (8-1)
- (3) Gainesville (8-2)
- (5) Milton (7-2)
- (7) Lee County (7-2)
- (8) Rome (7-2)
- (4) Houston County (8-1)
- (9) Sequoyah (8-1)
- (10) Sprayberry (8-1)
Class 4A
- (1) Creekside (9-0)
- (3) Cartersville (9-0)
- (2) North Oconee (9-0)
- (4) Benedictine (6-2)
- (9) Kell (8-2)
- (6) Marist (8-1)
- (7) Central-Carrollton (9-0)
- (10) Blessed Trinity (6-3)
- (8) Cambridge (7-2)
- (NR) Cass (8-2)
Out: No. 5 Ware County (7-2)
Class 3A
- (1) Sandy Creek (9-0)
- (3) Calhoun (7-2)
- (4) Jefferson (8-1)
- (5) Troup (9-0)
- (6) North Hall (9-0)
- (7) Jenkins (8-1)
- (8) West Laurens (9-0)
- (9) Westside-Augusta (9-0)
- (10) LaGrange (7-2)
- (2) Peach County (8-1)
Class 2A
- (1) Carver-Columbus (9-0)
- (2) Carver-Atlanta (10-0)
- (3) Morgan County (9-0)
- (4) Rockmart (8-1)
- (5) Callaway (7-2)
- (6) Sumter County (8-1)
- (7) Hapeville Charter (5-4)
- (8) North Murray (9-0)
- (9) Thomson (6-3)
- (10) Burke County (7-2)
Class A Division I
- (1) Worth County (10-0)
- (2) Toombs County (8-1)
- (3) Heard County (9-0)
- (5) Northeast (7-2)
- (6) Thomasville (6-3)
- (8) Lamar County (9-0)
- (4) Swainsboro (8-2)
- (9) Fitzgerald (6-3)
- (10) Dublin (7-2)
- (NR) Jasper County (9-0)
Out: No. 7 Dodge County (7-2)
Class A Division II
- (1) Lincoln County (9-0)
- (2) Clinch County (9-0)
- (3) Bowdon (7-2)
- (4) Johnson County (9-0)
- (5) Brooks County (4-5)
- (6) Early County (7-2)
- (7) Wheeler County (9-0)
- (8) Screven County (9-0)
- (9) Seminole County (7-1)
- (10) Emanuel County Institute (7-2)
Class 3A-A Private
- (1) Hebron Christian (7-1)
- (2) Fellowship Christian (7-1)
- (3) Calvary Day (8-1)
- (4) Savannah Christian (6-3)
- (5) Prince Avenue Christian (7-2)
- (7) Athens Academy (9-1)
- (6) Aquinas (6-3)
- (8) Holy Innocents’ (6-3)
- (9) Whitefield Academy (8-1)
- (10) Greater Atlanta Christian (7-2)
About the Author
Todd Holcomb has been a contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1985. He is currently co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily.
