2025 playoff teams that failed to reach the second round last season
Twelve teams can reach the round of 16 or deeper for the first time this week. Of the 247 playoff teams, 116 made the second round last season. Below are the 131 that did not and their most recent second-round or better finish. This includes teams making the playoffs before 1990, when playoffs typically began with the quarterfinals, or in 1990-95, when the playoffs began with the round of 16.
First
ACE Charter
Beach
East Forsyth
Glascock County
Hampton
Jackson County
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Locust Grove
Long County
Miller Grove
Seckinger
Towers
1960
GMC Prep
1985
Redan
1987
Butler
1991
Bacon County
Treutlen
1994
Lithonia
1995
Gordon Central
1996
Oglethorpe County
1999
Wheeler County
2000
East Laurens
Franklin County
2001
Paulding County
2004
Lakeview Ft. Oglethorpe
2005
Randolph-Clay
2006
Hawkinsville
McNair
2008
Mount Zion (Jonesboro)
2009
Dunwoody
East Jackson
North Clayton
2012
M.L. King
2013
Westover
2016
Heritage (Ringgold)
Landmark Christian
Sonoraville
South Gwinnett
Taylor County
2017
Centennial
Jackson (Atlanta)
Southwest DeKalb
Tucker
Winder-Barrow
Woodstock
2018
Columbus
Creekview
Effingham County
Habersham Central
Mount Zion (Carroll)
Pickens
Washington County
2019
Chattahoochee County
Hart County
Jackson
Pepperell
West Laurens
2020
East Coweta
Glynn Academy
Gordon Lee
Greater Atlanta Christian
Griffin
New Manchester
Richmond Academy
Richmond Hill
2021
Brookwood
Clarke Central
Dacula
Denmark
Flowery Branch
Haralson County
Northwest Whitfield
Shiloh
Trinity Christian
Villa Rica
Warren County
Westside (Augusta)
Whitewater
2022
Berrien
Cairo
Chamblee
Charlton County
Darlington
Dougherty
Harrison
Holy Innocents’
Lambert
Lanier County
Liberty County
Marietta
McIntosh County Academy
Mount Pisgah Christian
North Forsyth
Northgate
Putnam County
Screven County
Social Circle
South Atlanta
Washington-Wilkes
Wilkinson County
2023
Bremen
Cass
Cedar Grove
Cook
Crisp County
Dalton
Emanuel County Institute
Gainesville
Gilmer
Greene County
Hiram
Lovejoy
Lumpkin County
Mays
McEachern
Mill Creek
Monroe Area
Mount Vernon
North Murray
North Paulding
Rabun County
Schley County
Seminole County
Spencer
Statesboro
Stockbridge
Swainsboro
Troup
Walton
Warner Robins
Westlake
