Georgia’s eight No. 1 boys basketball teams are making themselves easy to rank entering the new year as all are undefeated in their classifications with their only losses to out-of-state opponents or bigger schools.
Grayson, No. 1 in Class 6A, fended off the latest worthy challenger Saturday night with a 46-38 victory over No. 4 McEachern. Grayson had a scary weekend. The Rams beat Archer only 60-59 on Friday, when Archer missed a 3-point shot at the buzzer. Grayson will play No. 3 Newton at home this Friday.
Led by Georgia signee Jacob Wilkins, Grayson (13-1) is ranked No. 7 in MaxPreps’ national poll and has six wins over top-10 Georgia teams. The Rams’ only loss is to Florida’s Christopher Columbus before Christmas.
Class 6A’s No. 2 team, Wheeler (11-3), has lost to Grayson and two out-of-state teams. The same can be said of Class 5A’s No. 1 team, Milton. Behind Milton in Class 5A is Woodward Academy (10-3), which is undefeated in-state.
Pace Academy, the No. 1 team in Class 4A, is unbeaten in Georgia and 12-2 overall. No. 1 Cedar Grove of Class 3A is 13-3 with losses to Grayson, Wheeler and an out-of-state opponent.
Holy Innocents’ (11-2) is the No. 1 Class 3A-A private team. The Golden Bears’ losses are to Pace in overtime and to an out-of-state team.
Carver-Columbus, No. 1 in Class 2A, is 9-2 with losses to bigger schools Sandy Creek and New Manchester.
Only three Georgia teams remain undefeated. They are Putnam County of Class A Division I and Calhoun County of Class A Division II - both ranked No. 1 - and No. 3 Pickens of Class 3A.
It’s notable that three No. 1 teams – Grayson, Milton and Carver-Columbus - are coming off state football championships last month. No. 2 North Oconee of 4A is another football champion. The Titans completed a 2024 calendar basketball-football double.
Only seven schools have won football and boys basketball championships in the same academic year. The most recent was Sandy Creek in 2022-23.
Class 6A
- Grayson (13-1)
- Wheeler (11-3)
- Newton (10-4)
- McEachern (10-3)
- Lambert (13-2)
- Walton (13-2)
- Etowah (11-3)
- Norcross (10-5)
- Hillgrove (13-2)
- Grovetown (9-4)
Class 5A
- Milton (9-3)
- Woodward Academy (10-3)
- Tri-Cities (9-3)
- Habersham Central (14-2)
- Winder-Barrow (14-2)
- Gainesville (11-5)
- Alexander (10-6)
- Dutchtown (12-2)
- Hughes (6-5)
- Brunswick (12-1)
Class 4A
- Pace Academy (12-2)
- Maynard Jackson (10-2)
- North Oconee (13-2)
- Southwest DeKalb (13-1)
- Kell (12-4)
- Westminster (9-4)
- St. Pius (11-3)
- McDonough (11-3)
- Benedictine (11-2)
- Jonesboro (7-4)
Class 3A
- Cedar Grove (12-3)
- Cherokee Bluff (15-1)
- Pickens (14-0)
- Sandy Creek (11-2)
- Cross Creek (14-1)
- East Hall (12-2)
- Douglass (9-2)
- Windsor Forest (11-3)
- Westside (Augusta) (9-6)
- Baldwin (7-4)
Class 2A
- Carver-Columbus (9-2)
- KIPP Atlanta (9-4)
- Butler (6-6)
- Columbia (11-2)
- South Atlanta (9-5)
- Union County (13-2)
- Laney (10-3)
- Morgan County (10-6)
- Hart County (10-5)
- Tattnall County (10-2)
Class A Division I
- Putnam County (15-0)
- B.E.S.T. Academy (11-4)
- East Laurens (7-2)
- Southwest-Macon (13-1)
- Rabun County (13-3)
- Dublin (11-1)
- Model (9-3)
- Temple (11-3)
- Vidalia (11-4)
- Fitzgerald (9-1)
Class A Division II
- Calhoun County (11-0)
- McIntosh County Academy (10-3)
- Savannah (9-2)
- Taylor County (9-2)
- Randolph-Clay (10-1)
- Clinch County (7-1)
- Manchester (4-1)
- Macon County (8-2)
- Early County (8-5)
- Greene County (8-6)
Class 3A-A private
- Holy Innocents’ (11-2)
- Greenforest Christian (6-4)
- North Cobb Christian (12-3)
- Greater Atlanta Christian (10-4)
- Calvary Day (7-4)
- Lovett (10-4)
- Darlington (11-2)
- Walker (11-3)
- Mount Bethel Christian (7-7)
- King’s Ridge Christian (7-7)
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