Improvement Tracker: Locust Grove makes biggest jump in 2025 regular season
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
+17.34 - McEachern (Kareem Reid)
+7.30 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+6.97 - Harrison (Luqman Salam)
+5.60 - Valdosta (Shelton Felton)
+5.33 - Archer (Dante Williams)
Class 5A
+16.08 - Northgate (Kevin Whitley)
+12.65 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+11.83 - New Manchester (Olten Downs)
+11.83 - Jackson County (Korey Mobbs)
+6.73 - Lovejoy (Edgar Carson)
Class 4A
+25.59 - Locust Grove (Garry Fisher)
+23.29 - Lithonia (Kevin Barnes)
+20.43 - Griffin (Bernard Goodrum)
+11.69 - Creekside (Maurice Dixon)
+9.27 - M.L. King (Joel Kight)
Class 3A
+24.94 - North Clayton (Cap Burnett)
+17.44 - West Laurens (Kip Burdette)
+14.91 - Sandy Creek (Darius Smiley)
+12.89 - Westside-Augusta (Cedric Mason)
+12.75 - North Hall (Sean Pender)
Class 2A
+18.98 - Franklin County (Chuck Holland)
+16.16 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+13.98 - Columbus (Robert Peters)
+13.33 - Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (Mac Bryan)
+5.26 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
Class A Division I
+11.65 - Haralson County (Randy Crutchfield)
+9.75 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
+9.00 - Jasper County (Ashley Henderson)
+8.68 - Oglethorpe County (Michael Holland)
+3.15 - Pepperell (Brandon Haywood)
Class A Division II
+17.72 - Screven County (Ron Duncan)
+15.96 - Wheeler County (Thomas Smith)
+4.56 - Treutlen (Alan Shurling)
+3.88 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+3.15 - Mount Zion-Carroll (Brad Gordon)
Class 3A-A private
+16.15 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+8.82 - Greater Atlanta Christian (Tim Hardy)
+6.99 - Fellowship Christian (John Thompson)
+6.03 - Holy Innocents' (Nick Perrotta)
+5.45 - Whitefield Academy (Robert Walsh)
GIAA
+25.14 - Calvary Christian (Emmanuel Brunson)
+14.13 - John Milledge Academy (J.T. Wall)
+11.51 - Loganville Christian (Nathan Murphy)
+7.93 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+2.05 - George Walton Academy (Logan Beer)