The nominees for the Falcons Coach of the Week award, powered by AJC Varsity, exemplify coaching excellence with relation to their teams, fan bases and communities.

The coin toss landed tails, which means the teams lower on the bracket will play at home when teams are equally seeded.

A breakdown of second-round games in the Class 5A Georgia high school football playoffs.

We have a preview — including predictions and historical information — of every second-round matchup in Class 6A.

The GHSA will consider using the Loren Maxwell-proposed model for picking playoff teams in 2026-27 instead of the Postseason Rankings Formula.

The ninth-ranked Sprayberry football team, hoping to avenge a lopsided 64-0 loss to Lee County in the 2024 quarterfinals, made a better game of it in the rematch Friday night.

Only four top-10 teams lost in the first round, which is not uncommon, and some of the top teams were ruthless. And a few teams scored historic victories.

Sprayberry hosted Lee County in the first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs.

Mill Creek hosted Colquitt County in first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs on Nov. 14, 2025.

The latest high school football highlights from around the state for the first round of the GHSA playoffs.