Defending Class 4A football champion Marist (7-1) is No. 1 in the rankings again two weeks before the playoffs.
Room at the top came when previous No. 1 Jefferson, the 2020 runner-up, lost to North Oconee 11-6 last week.
North Oconee (7-3) moved to No. 5 and Jefferson (8-1) fell to No. 6. Jefferson had won 15 consecutive region games and 16 consecutive home games.
Marist’s lone defeat came against Woodward Academy (9-0), the No. 3 team in Class 5A.
Also contending in 4A is Benedictine (8-2), which has won eight consecutive games starting 0-2 against out-of-state teams.
In Class 7A, No. 1 Collins Hill (10-0) completed its regular season with a 40-10 victory over previous No. 2 Mill Creek (8-1), which fell to No. 4.
Georgia Military, a Class A Public team, also finished its regular season 10-0 and entered the rankings for the first time since 2001.
The regular season has one week remaining. The playoffs begin Nov. 11-12.
Class 7A
1. (1) Collins Hill (10-0)
2. (3) North Cobb (8-1)
3. (4) Milton (8-1)
4. (2) Mill Creek (8-1)
5. (6) Walton (6-2)
6. (5) Lowndes (8-2)
7. (7) Colquitt County (8-2)
8. (8) Roswell (7-2)
9. (9) Brookwood (7-2)
10. (10) Pebblebrook (8-0-1)
Class 6A
1. (1) Buford (8-1)
2. (2) Lee County (9-1)
3. (3) Hughes (8-1)
4. (4) Brunswick (9-0)
5. (5) Westlake (7-2)
6. (6) Rome (7-2)
7. (7) Carrollton (8-1)
8. (8) Johns Creek (7-2)
9. (9) Riverwood (8-1)
10. (10) Cambridge (7-1)
Class 5A
1. (1) Cartersville (9-0)
2. (2) Creekside (8-1)
3. (3) Woodward Academy (9-0)
4. (4) Ware County (7-1)
5. (5) Warner Robins (8-1)
6. (6) Calhoun (8-2)
7. (7) Coffee (8-2)
8. (8) St. Pius (7-2)
9. (10) Blessed Trinity (6-4)
10. (NR) Whitewater (8-1)
Out: No. 9 Decatur
Class 4A
1. (2) Marist (7-1)
2. (3) Benedictine (8-2)
3. (4) Carver-Columbus (9-1)
4. (5) Cedartown (7-1)
5. (9) North Oconee (7-3)
6. (1) Jefferson (8-1)
7. (6) Baldwin (6-2)
8. (7) Spalding (6-2)
9. (8) Perry (8-1)
10. (10) Riverdale (7-0-1)
Class 3A
1. (1) Cedar Grove (7-2)
2. (2) Appling County (9-0)
3. (3) Monroe Area (9-0)
4. (4) Oconee County (8-1)
5. (5) Pierce County (7-2)
6. (6) Thomson (8-0)
7. (7) Carver (Atlanta) (6-2)
8. (8) Sandy Creek (8-1)
9. (9) Hart County (8-1)
10. (10) Rockmart (8-1)
Class 2A
1. (1) Rabun County (9-1)
2. (2) Thomasville (9-1)
3. (3) Bleckley County (10-0)
4. (4) Fitzgerald (8-2)
5. (5) Northeast (7-2)
6. (6) Putnam County (9-0)
7. (7) Haralson County (8-1)
8. (8) Callaway (6-2)
9. (9) Dodge County (6-3)
10. (NR) Swainsboro (7-2)
Out: No. 10 Washington County
Class A Private
1. (1) Trinity Christian (9-0)
2. (2) Calvary Day (9-0)
3. (3) Prince Avenue Christian (8-1)
4. (4) Fellowship Christian (8-1)
5. (5) Eagle’s Landing Christian (3-6)
6. (8) Holy Innocents’ (8-1)
7. (6) Wesleyan (6-3)
8. (7) Pacelli (7-1)
9. (9) Darlington (9-1)
10. (10) Athens Academy (7-3)
Class A Public
1. (1) Irwin County (7-2)
2. (2) Brooks County (7-2)
3. (3) Macon County (8-0)
4. (4) Metter (9-0)
5. (5) Schley County (8-1)
6. (6) Bowdon (8-1)
7. (7) Chattahoochee County (7-1)
8. (9) Emanuel County Institute (8-1)
9. (NR) Wilcox County (6-3)
10. (NR) Georgia Military (10-0)
Out: No. 8 Washington-Wilkes, No. 10 Manchester
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