Georgia Nov 30 Team Rankings
Teams were awarded points as follows:
1st = 11
2nd = 9
3rd = 7
4th = 5
5th = 3
6th = 1
The current plan is to solicit coaches feedback 4 times this season for the dual rankings and 5 times during the season for tournament rankings. Coaches - if you did not receive an email from me - please let me know.
NOTE: Not all coaches submitted a vote and not all that submitted a vote - voted for all 6 spots.
7A
Not much changed from the pre-season to a few weeks in … Camden remains #1, Lowndes is #2, and Colquitt is #3 in the tournament rankings (West Forsyth replaced them at #3 in duals). North Forsyth continues to lurk toward the bottom of the top 5 (#6 in duals and #4 in tournament).
7A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Camden County
Lowndes
West Forsyth
Mountain View
Colquitt County
North Forsyth
Tift County
Mill Creek
Lambert
Brookwood
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Archer
7A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Camden County
Lowndes
Colquitt County
North Forsyth
West Forsyth
Mountain View
Mill Creek
Brookwood
Lambert
Archer
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Tift County
6A
No change at the top as Buford continues as #1 in both rankings. Valdosta overtakes Brunswick for #2 in the dual rankings and vaults to #2 (from #6) in the tournament rankings. The rest of the top 10 is bunched very closely together with just 20 points separating #3 Brunswick from the #10 spot in both polls. Lots of changes, but that isn’t unexpected given how close each of the teams are from #3 on down.
6A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Buford
Valdosta
Brunswick
Richmond Hill
Alexander
Creekview
Pope
Sequoyah
South Effingham
Lassiter
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Cambridge, South Paulding
6A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Buford
Valdosta
Brunswick
Alexander
Creekview
Lassiter
South Paulding
Cambridge
Pope
South Effingham
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Lee County, Sequoyah, Richmond Hill
5A
Woodland must have been impressive over the last few weeks because the gap between them and Woodward Academy and Cass grew significantly. Cass jumps Woodward in duals, but doesn’t in the tournament rankings. Ola and Harris County still round out the top 5 in both. Locust Grove jumps into the top 10 in both after a solid few weeks.
5A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Woodland (Cartersville)
Cass
Woodward Academy
Ola
Harris County
Walnut Grove
Ware County
Locust Grove
Veterans
Union Grove
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Jackson County
5A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Woodland (Cartersville)
Woodward Academy
Cass
Ola
Harris County
Locust Grove
Union Grove
Veterans
Walnut Grove
Ware County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Jackson County, Southwest DeKalb
4A
No change in the top 2, but a bit of shuffling from there. Flowery Branch jumps to #3 followed by North Oconee and Central, Carroll (which moves up several spots). Southeast Whitfield and Madison County enter the top 10. On the tournament side, Columbus moves ahead of North Oconee and a few teams make their debut in the top 10.
4A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Jefferson
West Laurens
Flowery Branch
North Oconee
Central, Carroll
Columbus
Heritage, Catoosa
Marist
Southeast Whitfield
Madison County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Benedictine, Cairo, Northwest Whitfield, Troup County
4A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Jefferson
West Laurens
Flowery Branch
Columbus
North Oconee
Central, Carroll
Marist
Troup County
Heritage, Catoosa
Madison County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Benedictine, Hampton, Northwest Whitfield, Southeast Whitfield
3A
Rockmart takes over the top spot on the dual rankings, but just by a few points. Sonoraville is still a distant 3rd. Oconee County breaks into the top 5 at #4. Pike County jumps into the top 10 in the duals at #7 along with Morgan County and Pierce County. Cherokee Bluff joins Morgan County and Pierce County in the top 10 on the tournament side.
3A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Rockmart
Gilmer
Sonoraville
Oconee County
North Hall
Adairsville
Pike County
Lumpkin County
Morgan County
Pierce County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Cherokee Bluff, Coahulla Creek, Hart County, Westminster
3A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Rockmart
Sonoraville
Gilmer
Oconee County
North Hall
Adairsville
Morgan County
Pierce County
Cherokee Bluff
Hart County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Coahulla Creek, Lumpkin County, Pike County
2A
Oglethorpe maintains the top spot in the duals and Lovett is still #1 in the tournament rankings, but there are so points separating the top 5 teams. Each of the top 5 teams received at least one first place vote - you see a little movement between some of the teams, but expect this race to be close until the end. We have a few new faces in the bottom half of the rankings … Toombs, Lamar, and Union Counties make an appearance.
2A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Oglethorpe County
Lovett
Fannin County
Dade County
Bremen
Banks County
Elbert County
Vidalia
Lamar County
Toombs County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Putnam County, Westside Augusta
2A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Lovett
Dade County
Fannin County
Oglethorpe County
Bremen
Banks County
Elbert County
Lamar County
Vidalia
Union County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Model, Pace Academy
1A
Flip flopping in the top 5 of the dual rankings with Social Circle now #1 and Trion #2 and Commerce #3 and Mt Pisgah #4. Otherwise much of the duals remains the same. Tournament rankings are nearly identical to the pre-season rankings. St Francis got some votes and breaks into the top 10.
1A Top 10 Dual Teams:
Social Circle
Trion
Commerce
Mt Pisgah
Holy Innocents
Screven County
St Anne-Pacelli
Irwin County
Wesleyan
Landmark Christian
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Montgomery County
1A Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Trion
Mt Pisgah
Social Circle
Commerce
Holy Innocents
St Anne-Pacelli
Wesleyan
Screven County
St Francis
Montgomery County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): None.
Girls
Pre-Season Rankings are still posted for the Girls … we did not receive enough votes for a valid poll for the November rankings.
Girls Pre-Season Top 10 Tournament Teams:
Chestatee
Greenbrier
Alexander
Carrollton
Veterans
Jackson County
Gilmer
Lumpkin County
Harris County
Ware County
Also receiving votes (alphabetical order): Jordan, Kell, North Gwinnett