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Lowndes, with 3 shutouts, leads state in fewest points allowed per game

The view from the back row of Martin Stadium at Lowndes High in Valdosta, where the Vikings defeated archrival Valdosta High. The 12,000-seat stadium sold out. (Ken Sugiura/AJC 2024)

By Todd Holcomb

Sept 23, 2026

Points allowed

Class 7A Lowndes, which has recorded shutouts in three of its five games, leads the state in fewest points allowed per game, with 2.8. Here are the top 12 teams with the fewest points allowed per game, by classification, through Week 5:

Class 7A

2.8 - Lowndes
10.6 - Carrollton
11.2 - North Gwinnett
11.2 - Brookwood
11.5 - Buford
12.6 - Newton
12.8 - Valdosta
12.8 - Harrison
13.5 - Rockdale County
13.8 - Richmond Hill
14.2 - McEachern
14.6 - Archer

Class 6A

5.8 - Woodward Academy
8.0 - Clarke Central
8.3 - Coffee
8.8 - Hughes
10.5 - Thomas County Central
11.8 - Effingham County
12.0 - South Effingham
12.8 - Sequoyah
13.8 - Tift County
15.0 - New Manchester
15.3 - Heritage (Conyers)
15.5 - South Cobb

Class 5A

6.8 - Cartersville
7.5 - Marist
8.0 - Mays
11.8 - Ola
12.8 - LaGrange
14.4 - Jefferson
15.0 - Stockbridge
15.0 - North Oconee
15.3 - Whitewater
15.3 - Tucker
16.3 - Southwest DeKalb
16.5 - Banneker

Class 4A

6.4 - Sandy Creek
6.8 - Cairo
8.5 - Troup
11.8 - Westover
12.2 - Shaw
14.0 - Cherokee Bluff
14.6 - Adairsville
15.3 - Stephenson
17.3 - Peach County
17.5 - Woodland (Stockbridge)
17.8 - Monroe Area
18.6 - Spencer

Class 3A

5.3 - Appling County
9.5 - Islands
9.8 - Pierce County
11.0 - South Atlanta
11.6 - Hart County
12.0 - Ringgold
12.0 - Brantley County
12.5 - Lamar County
12.8 - Miller Grove
13.8 - Toombs County
14.3 - Murray County
16.3 - LaFayette

Class 2A

3.5 - Jeff Davis
5.0 - Commerce
5.5 - Bremen
8.5 - Model
8.8 - Screven County
9.0 - Bleckley County
10.5 - Heard County
11.8 - Dublin
11.8 - Fitzgerald
12.0 - Berrien
12.5 - Putnam County
12.6 - Washington

Class A

6.0 - Baconton Charter
6.5 - Macon County
6.5 - Treutlen
8.3 - Johnson County
11.0 - Washington-Wilkes
11.4 - Charlton County
14.0 - Montgomery County
14.3 - Taylor County
14.4 - B.E.S.T. Academy
14.5 - GMC Prep
14.8 - Claxton
15.4 - Lake Oconee Academy

Class 4A-2A Private

6.0 - Holy Innocents’
9.3 - Providence Christian
13.3 - Lovett
17.7 - Prince Avenue Christian
18.2 - Calvary Day
19.8 - King’s Ridge Christian
20.5 - North Cobb Christian
21.0 - Westminster
22.8 - Darlington
23.0 - Greater Atlanta Christian
23.3 - Aquinas
23.8 - Mount Vernon

GIAA

6.2 - Edmund Burke Academy
7.8 - Strong Rock Christian
8.3 - Mount de Sales
9.0 - John Milledge Academy
9.4 - Thomas Jefferson
10.8 - Briarwood Academy
12.7 - First Presbyterian
13.6 - Windsor Academy
14.0 - Stratford Academy
14.0 - Flint River Academy
15.8 - Athens Christian
17.4 - Brookwood (Thomasville)