Second-year Rebels coach Jackson Dean has the Rebels 4-0 entering their game Friday night against fourth-ranked Thomasville.

The two highest-ranked teams in Georgia’s Class 6A meet in a Region 2-6A showdown Friday in Leesburg.

Only once before in the history of AJC rankings have two games been played on the same night where No.1 takes on No. 2.

Blessed Trinity and Marist have packed more high-stakes games into their nine-year-old rivalry than some do in a century....

Two battles of No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams head the slate of Georgia high school football games in Week 6, but they aren’t the only matchups involving two ranked teams.

The projections are a combination of the current Maxwell ratings and actual scoring patterns.

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.

The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Class 6A and Class 3A will face off when Thomas County Central visits Lee County and Toombs County hosts Pierce County.

After a 34-21 victory over then-No. 5 Hapeville Charter, Columbia is the AJC Varsity/GHSF Daily Team of the Week.

Northwest Whitfield’s Zavien Villafuerte overcame cancer and just delivered an eye-popping performance last week, scoring four touchdowns.