Quarterbacks Sire Hardaway of Douglas County, Seth Murray of North Murray and Taeo Todd of Troup pile up the yardage in Week 2, while Lamar County’s C.J. Allen and Oconee County’s Whit Weeks make an impact all over the field in their teams’ victories.

Fitzgerald, the defending Class 2A champion, is back to No. 1 in the high school football rankings. The spot opened when previous No. 1 Eagle’s Landing Christian lost 37-14 to No. 5 Blessed Trinity of Class 6A on Friday. ELCA is now No. 2 in 2A. Benedictine, the No. 1 Class 4A team, also lost but kept its position. The Cadets were beaten 41-15 by Christopher Columbus, a state power out of Miami. There was little change otherwise in the rankings.

Lithia Springs pulled off the upset of the week when it beat 32-point favorite Alexander 21-7. Lumpkin County, ACE Charter, Etowah and Portal are off to rare 2-0 starts, and Druid Hills brought an end to a long losing streak.

Loren Maxwell’s computer algorithm ranks teams, regions and classifications. It also predicts games, scores, region finishes and state playoffs. For those looking even deeper, the Maxwell Ratings can evaluate reclassification. Here are five observations based on Maxwell’s ranking of classes and teams

GHSF Daily previews 10 of the most intriguing games each week throughout the season. The Week 2 headliners include Woodward Academy going on the road to face a three-defending Tennessee state champion, Robert Edwards making his coaching debut at his alma mater, and two private-school powers meeting in Roswell.

Osborne, Morrow, East Hall and Trinity Christian of Dublin won just one game apiece last season. Now, they’re all 1-0, and each is the most improved team in its classification so far, according to the computer Maxwell Ratings. Their teams and their coaches are atop GHSF Daily’s Improvement Tracker, which will culminate in awards presented in January to the head coaches of the most improved winning teams.

A 376-yard rusher, a 273-yard receiver and a two-way standout were among those taking the spotlight on the opening weekend of the high school football season. They’re just three of many star players in GHSF Daily’s weekly listing of the state’s top performers.

Columbia and Wheeler County are in the top 10 for the first time this century, and two-time defending Class 5A champion Warner Robins is no longer No. 1 after the first weekend of high school football. Columbia, a Class 2A school in DeKalb County, defeated Camden County 13-10 on the road Friday night in one of the state’s biggest upsets. The computer Maxwell Ratings had Camden, a Class 7A school, a 34-point favorite.

Columbia pulled off shocker when it went to Kingsland and knocked off 34-point favorite. Osborne’s offense came to life in the first game under new coordinator Phil Ironside, the longtime Hillgrove head coach.

GHSF Daily prides itself in its statewide coverage of Georgia high school football, but nobody knows their local schools better than their hometown newspapers and radio stations. GHSF Daily reached out to members of the Georgia media this week, most of them local but a few with a statewide approach, to get their quick observations about the new season and some of the more interesting teams, players and coaches they're following. This is what they said.

GHSF Daily previews 10 of the most intriguing games each week throughout the season. The Week 1 headliners include Buford and Hughes taking on prominent out-of-state opponents and Warner Robins facing Lee County in a battle of elite middle and south Georgia teams.

GHSF Daily names annual preseason all-state teams for each classification, with breakdowns of the top players, top positions, top recruits, snubs and interesting tidbits. Today we look at Class A Division I.

GHSF Daily names annual preseason all-state teams for each classification, with breakdowns of the top players, top positions, top recruits, snubs and interesting tidbits. Today we look at Class A Division I.