Maxwell Ratings’ projected first-round playoff matchups
There’s one more week in the regular season. If things go as the computer Maxwell Ratings project, this is how the first-round playoff matchups will look. No. 1 Grayson vs. No. 3 Carrollton in the Class 6A quarterfinals? No. 1 Hughes vs. No. 4 Gainesville in the Class 5A second round? Could happen. Maxwell is not privy to every region’s tiebreaker, so be wary of how each region might unknot its ties.
Class 6A
R1 #3 Valdosta at R8 #2 Mill Creek
R7 #4 Norcross at R4 #1 Grayson
R5 #3 North Paulding at R3 #2 Harrison
R6 #4 North Forsyth at R2 #1 Carrollton
R8 #3 Collins Hill at R1 #2 Colquitt County
R4 #4 South Gwinnett at R7 #1 North Gwinnett
R3 #3 Hillgrove at R5 #2 North Cobb
R2 #4 Westlake at R6 #1 West Forsyth
R2 #3 East Coweta at R6 #2 Denmark
R5 #4 Walton at R3 #1 McEachern
R4 #3 Archer at R7 #2 Brookwood
R8 #4 Dacula at R1 #1 Lowndes
R6 #3 Lambert at R2 #2 Douglas County
R3 #4 Paulding County at R5 #1 Marietta
R7 #3 Peachtree Ridge at R4 #2 Newton
R1 #4 Richmond Hill at R8 #1 Buford
Class 5A
R1 #3 Statesboro at R8 #2 Habersham Central
R7 #4 Lanier at R4 #1 Woodward Academy
R5 #3 East Paulding at R3 #2 Northgate
R6 #4 Woodstock at R2 #1 Thomas County Central
R8 #3 Clarke Central at R1 #2 Effingham County
R4 #4 Decatur at R7 #1 Roswell
R3 #3 Lovejoy at R5 #2 New Manchester
R2 #4 Coffee at R6 #1 Sequoyah
R2 #3 Lee County at R6 #2 Sprayberry
R5 #4 Villa Rica at R3 #1 Hughes
R4 #3 Dunwoody at R7 #2 Gainesville
R8 #4 Winder-Barrow at R1 #1 Brunswick
R6 #3 Creekview at R2 #2 Houston County
R3 #4 Newnan at R5 #1 Rome
R7 #3 Milton at R4 #2 Shiloh
R1 #4 Glynn Academy at R8 #1 Jackson County
Class 4A
R1 #3 Perry at R8 #2 Eastside
R7 #4 Dalton at R4 #1 Creekside
R5 #3 Lithonia at R3 #2 Griffin
R6 #4 Westminster at R2 #1 Locust Grove
R8 #3 Madison County at R1 #2 Ware County
R4 #4 Maynard Jackson at R7 #1 Cartersville
R3 #3 Jonesboro at R5 #2 Southwest DeKalb
R2 #4 Hampton at R6 #1 Kell
R2 #3 Ola at R6 #2 Blessed Trinity
R5 #4 Tucker at R3 #1 Central (Carrollton)
R4 #3 Mays at R7 #2 Cass
R8 #4 Flowery Branch at R1 #1 Benedictine
R6 #3 Cambridge at R2 #2 Stockbridge
R3 #4 Starr's Mill at R5 #1 Marist
R7 #3 Hiram at R4 #2 M.L. King
R1 #4 Warner Robins at R8 #1 North Oconee
Class 3A
#32 Dougherty at #1 Jefferson
#17 Pickens at #16 Heritage (Ringgold)
#24 Gilmer at #9 Troup
#25 Cherokee Bluff at #8 Cairo
#28 Mary Persons at #5 Jenkins
#21 Westover at #12 North Clayton
#20 Oconee County at #13 Northwest Whitfield
#29 Mount Zion (Jonesboro) at #4 Sandy Creek
#30 Lumpkin County at #3 North Hall
#19 Harlem at #14 Monroe Area
#22 Beach at #11 Peach County
#27 Luella at #6 Calhoun
#26 Long County at #7 Douglass
#23 Liberty County at #10 Westside (Augusta)
#18 Stephenson at #15 LaGrange
#31 Dawson County at #2 West Laurens
Class 2A
#32 Butler at #1 Carver (Atlanta)
#17 Ringgold at #16 Pierce County
#24 Hart County at #9 Sumter County
#25 Franklin County at #8 North Murray
#28 Jackson at #5 Thomson
#21 Spencer at #12 Hapeville Charter
#20 Columbus at #13 Miller Grove
#29 South Atlanta at #4 Carver (Columbus)
#30 Westside (Macon) at #3 Morgan County
#19 Stephens County at #14 Appling County
#22 Sonoraville at #11 Callaway
#27 Cook at #6 Columbia
#26 East Jackson at #7 Crisp County
#23 KIPP Atlanta Collegiate at #10 Burke County
#18 Laney at #15 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
#31 Redan at #2 Rockmart
Class A Division I
#32 Chattooga at #1 Jasper County
#17 Haralson County at #16 Social Circle
#24 Gordon Central at #9 Fitzgerald
#25 Bremen at #8 Dublin
#28 Washington County at #5 Gordon Lee
#21 Bacon County at #12 Swainsboro
#20 Putnam County at #13 Thomasville
#29 Fannin County at #4 Toombs County
#30 Jefferson County at #3 Worth County
#19 Dodge County at #14 Bleckley County
#22 Oglethorpe County at #11 Elbert County
#27 Towers at #6 Northeast
#26 ACE Charter at #7 Lamar County
#23 Temple at #10 Pepperell
#18 Jeff Davis at #15 Rabun County
#31 McNair at #2 Heard County
Class A Division II
R1 #3 Mitchell County at R8 #2 Warren County
R7 #4 Trion at R4 #1 Wheeler County
R5 #3 Georgia Military Prep at R3 #2 Emanuel County Institute
R6 #4 Crawford County at R2 #1 Clinch County
R8 #3 Washington-Wilkes at R1 #2 Seminole County
R4 #4 Treutlen at R7 #1 Bowdon
R3 #3 Bryan County at R5 #2 Wilkinson County
R2 #4 Lanier County at R6 #1 Taylor County
R2 #3 Charlton County at R6 #2 Schley County
R5 #4 Hancock Central at R3 #1 Screven County
R4 #3 Wilcox County at R7 #2 Mount Zion (Carroll)
R8 #4 Greene County at R1 #1 Early County
R6 #3 Macon County at R2 #2 Brooks County
R3 #4 McIntosh County Academy at R5 #1 Johnson County
R7 #3 Manchester at R4 #2 Hawkinsville
R1 #4 Randolph-Clay at R8 #1 Lincoln County
Class 3A-A Private
#1 Hebron Christian - bye
#17 North Cobb Christian at #16 Mount Vernon
#24 Providence Christian at #9 Christian Heritage
#8 Prince Avenue Christian - bye
#5 Calvary Day - bye
#21 Darlington at #12 Holy Innocents’
#20 Trinity Christian at #13 Wesleyan
#4 Whitefield Academy - bye
#3 Athens Academy - bye
#19 Mount Paran Christian at #14 King's Ridge Christian
#22 Mount Pisgah Christian at #11 Aquinas
#6 Greater Atlanta Christian - bye
#7 Savannah Christian - bye
#23 Walker at #10 Landmark Christian
#18 Savannah Country Day at #15 Lovett
#2 Fellowship Christian - bye