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2 region champions among 39 teams that beat the odds to reach GHSA playoffs
Locust Grove and Screven County won region titles to reach the playoffs.
The Dacula football team breaks through its banner before running onto the field for a game in Dacula. The team was given only a 41.3% chance of reaching the GHSA football playoffs. (Casey Sykes for the AJC)
By Todd Holcomb
4 hours agoBelow are the Georgia high school football playoff teams given no better than a 50% chance of making the postseason in preseason by the Maxwell Ratings.
Locust Grove and Screven County won region championships. Locust Grove, judged the longest shot at 3%, is in the playoffs for the first time since 2018 and just two seasons removed from ending a 26-game losing streak.
- 3.0% - Locust Grove
- 3.4% - Beach
- 3.7% - Griffin
- 5.3% - North Clayton
- 5.3% - Seckinger
- 5.6% - Richmond Academy
- 8.0% - Franklin County
- 8.1% - Randolph-Clay
- 8.4% - Lithonia
- 8.5% - KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
- 9.6% - Mount Zion (Jonesboro)
- 10.3% - Oglethorpe County
- 12.2% - Screven County
- 13.0% - Paulding County
- 14.5% - Dalton
- 16.4% - M.L. King
- 20.2% - Woodstock
- 20.5% - Lanier County
- 22.6% - Chamblee
- 23.2% - Berrien
- 25.2% - Gordon Central
- 25.4% - Towers
- 25.8% - Treutlen
- 27.5% - Northgate
- 28.0% - Centennial
- 28.0% - Dougherty
- 28.1% - Chattahoochee County
- 30.3% - Columbus
- 32.5% - GMC Prep
- 35.2% - Statesboro
- 36.0% - Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
- 37.7% - Pickens
- 38.3% - East Laurens
- 38.3% - Haralson County
- 40.8% - Westside (Augusta)
- 41.3% - Dacula
- 42.9% - New Manchester
- 49.1% - McNair
- 50.0% - North Forsyth
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.
