Two region champions among 39 teams that beat the odds to reach playoffs

Below are playoff teams given no better than a 50% chance of making the playoffs in preseason by the Maxwell Ratings. Locust Grove and Screven County won region championships. Locust Grove, judged the longest shot at 3%, is in the playoffs for the first time since 2018 and just two seasons removed from ending a 26-game losing streak.

3.0% - Locust Grove

3.4% - Beach

3.7% - Griffin

5.3% - North Clayton

5.3% - Seckinger

5.6% - Richmond Academy

8.0% - Franklin County

8.1% - Randolph-Clay

8.4% - Lithonia

8.5% - KIPP Atlanta Collegiate

9.6% - Mount Zion (Jonesboro)

10.3% - Oglethorpe County

12.2% - Screven County

13.0% - Paulding County

14.5% - Dalton

16.4% - M.L. King

20.2% - Woodstock

20.5% - Lanier County

22.6% - Chamblee

23.2% - Berrien

25.2% - Gordon Central

25.4% - Towers

25.8% - Treutlen

27.5% - Northgate

28.0% - Centennial

28.0% - Dougherty

28.1% - Chattahoochee County

30.3% - Columbus

32.5% - GMC Prep

35.2% - Statesboro

36.0% - Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

37.7% - Pickens

38.3% - East Laurens

38.3% - Haralson County

40.8% - Westside (Augusta)

41.3% - Dacula

42.9% - New Manchester

49.1% - McNair

50.0% - North Forsyth