Improvement Tracker: 3-1 Grovetown surges to Class 6A lead after Week 4
GHSF Daily each week will rank the top five teams and their head coaches in each classification based on improvement in the computer Maxwell Ratings from previous seasons and beating preseason expectations. To qualify, teams must have a winning record, make the playoffs, finish in the top four of their region and improve on their playoff advancement or seeding from 2024. The Improvement Tracker is based on an objective formula that uses current and historical Maxwell Ratings. Improvement from 2024 counts most, but the formula also considers previous years to discourage rewarding traditionally strong teams that simply bounce back from a down year. In February, GHSF Daily will present an award to the nine coaches who lead their classifications at the Georgia Football Coaches Association Clinic in Marietta.
Class 6A
+10.70 - Grovetown (D.J. Mayo)
+7.89 - Rockdale County (Kenderrick Bonner)
+7.29 - South Cobb (Marcus Washington)
+7.11 - McEachern (Kareem Reid)
+5.13 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
Class 5A
+7.35 - Sequoyah (James Teter)
+5.87 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+5.54 - Jackson County (Korey Mobbs)
+5.47 - Hughes (Andrico Hines)
+5.12 - Northgate (Kevin Whitley)
Class 4A
+15.61 - Locust Grove (Garry Fisher)
+9.82 - Lithonia (Kevin Barnes)
+4.54 - Woodland-Stockbridge (Robert Cummings)
+4.02 - Central-Carrollton (Umbrah Brown)
+3.91 - Eagle's Landing (Johnny Teemer)
Class 3A
+6.34 - North Clayton (Cap Burnett)
+5.88 - Pickens (Craig Bennett)
+3.91 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+3.55 - Jefferson (Travis Noland)
+3.32 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
Class 2A
+8.77 - KIPP Atlanta Collegiate (Corey Jarvis)
+4.29 - Franklin County (Chuck Holland)
+3.65 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+3.61 - East Jackson (Cameron Pettus)
+3.55 – Carver-Atlanta (Darren Myles)
Class A Division I
+5.72 - Haralson County (Randy Crutchfield)
+5.57 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
+5.31 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
+-0.27 - ACE Charter (Keith Hatcher)
+-0.86 - Temple (Cory Nix)
Class A Division II
+4.96 - Mount Zion-Carroll (Brad Gordon)
+4.64 - Screven County (Ron Duncan)
+3.80 - Seminole County (Cedric Stegall)
+2.76 - Hawkinsville (Tim Suttles)
+1.84 - Crawford County (Dusty Jump)
Class 3A-A Private
+8.19 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+3.44 - Greater Atlanta Christian (Tim Hardy)
+2.11 - Holy Innocents’ (Nick Perrotta)
+1.26 - Aquinas (James Leonard)
+1.06 - King's Ridge Christian (Zach Slaney)
GIAA
+16.35 - Calvary Christian (Emmanuel Brunson)
+9.16 - Loganville Christian (Nathan Murphy)
+6.01 - Trinity Christian (Bruce Lane)
+3.12 - Brookstone (Ian Headley)
+2.32 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)