Lee County moved to the top of the Class 6A rankings after previous No. 1 Buford suffered a rare loss last week, and Dougherty, a winless team in 2020, is in the rankings for the first time since 2006 after a 4-0 start.
Newton, a Class 7A team off to a 3-0 start, also is ranked for the first time in more than 10 years.
Buford, a two-time defending state champion, lost to Chaminade-Madonna 7-0, marking the first time the Wolves have been shutout since 2015. Chaminade, a Florida champion three of the past four seasons, is the first to shut out Buford at Buford since Greater Atlanta Christian in 1998. Buford fell to No. 2 behind Lee County, the 2020 runner-up. Lee is 5-0.
In Class 4A, Dougherty is ranked No. 10 after a 4-0 start. The Albany team went 0-5 in 2020 when its season was truncated by COVID cancellations.
Newton is No. 9 in Class 7A. That marks the Rams’ first appearance in the rankings since 2010. Newton is 3-0 after beating McEachern last week.
Class 7A
1. (1) Collins Hill (5-0)
2. (3) Mill Creek (4-0)
3. (2) North Cobb (3-1)
4. (4) Milton (3-1)
5. (5) Colquitt County (4-1)
6. (6) Roswell (4-0)
7. (7) Marietta (3-1)
8. (8) Grayson (4-1)
9. (NR) Newton (3-0)
10. (9) East Coweta (5-0)
Out: No. 10 West Forsyth
Class 6A
1. (2) Lee County (5-0)
2. (1) Buford (3-1)
3. (3) Carrollton (4-0)
4. (4) Westlake (3-1)
5. (5) Hughes (4-1)
6. (6) River Ridge (4-0)
7. (7) Brunswick (4-0)
8. (9) Kennesaw Mountain (5-0)
9. (10) Valdosta (1-3)
10. (NR) Douglas County (4-0)
Out: No. 8 Rome
Class 5A
1. (1) Warner Robins (4-0)
2. (2) Ware County (4-0)
3. (3) Cartersville (4-0)
4. (4) Creekside (3-1)
5. (5) Coffee (5-0)
6. (6) Woodward Academy (4-0)
7. (7) Calhoun (3-1)
8. (8) St. Pius (2-2)
9. (9) Blessed Trinity (3-2)
10. (10) Decatur (4-0)
Class 4A
1. (1) Jefferson (4-0)
2. (2) Marist (2-1)
3. (3) Perry (3-0)
4. (4) Benedictine (2-2)
5. (5) Carver-Columbus (4-1)
6. (6) Cedartown (3-0)
7. (7) Flowery Branch (3-1)
8. (8) Stephenson (4-0)
9. (9) LaGrange (4-0)
10. (NR) Dougherty (4-0)
Out: No. 10 New Hampstead
Class 3A
1. (1) Cedar Grove (2-1)
2. (2) Oconee County (4-0)
3. (3) Pierce County (3-1)
4. (5) Sandy Creek (4-0)
5. (4) Peach County (1-2)
6. (6) Appling County (5-0)
7. (8) Thomson (3-0)
8. (9) Monroe Area (4-0)
9. (10) Hart County (4-0)
10. (NR) Burke County (2-0)
Out: No. 7 Westminster
Class 2A
1. (1) Callaway (4-0)
2. (2) Rabun County (3-1)
3. (3) Fitzgerald (4-0)
4. (4) Thomasville (4-1)
5. (6) Bleckley County (4-0)
6. (7) Jeff Davis (5-0)
7. (8) Dodge County (3-1)
8. (10) Washington County (2-0)
9. (9) Northeast (3-1)
10. (NR) Putnam County (4-0)
Out: No. 5 Lovett
Class A Private
1. (1) Trinity Christian (Sharpsburg) (5-0)
2. (2) Eagle’s Landing Christian (1-3)
3. (3) Calvary Day (5-0)
4. (4) Prince Avenue Christian (4-1)
5. (6) Athens Academy (3-1)
6. (8) Fellowship Christian (3-1)
7. (5) Whitefield Academy (4-0)
8. (10) Darlington (3-1)
9. (7) Wesleyan (2-2)
10. (9) Holy Innocents (3-1)
Out: No. 10 North Cobb Christian
Class A Public
1. (1) Irwin County (2-2)
2. (2) Brooks County (2-1)
3. (3) Macon County (4-0)
4. (4) Metter (4-0)
5. (NR) Schley County (4-0)
6. (5) Clinch County (1-3)
7. (10) Bowdon (3-1)
8. (6) Pelham (3-2)
9. (8) Emanuel County Institute (3-1)
10. (NR) Charlton County (4-0)
Out: No. 7 Dublin, No. 9 Manchester
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