More than 120 high school football games now have been moved up to Wednesday or Thursday this week to get ahead of Hurricane Ian, which is on track to hit western Florida on Wednesday.

Eddrick Houston of Buford and Tywan Royal of Norcross created chaos on defense, and Houston County's Antwann Hill, Northeast's Nick Woodford and Roswell's K.J. Smith put up big offensive numbers in victories last week. They were among the standouts in Week 6 of the season.

Lowndes and North Cobb reentered the Class 7A rankings this week, Lambert made it for the first time in 10 years and Grayson dropped eight spots to No. 10 after the sixth week of the high school football season. Lowndes defeated previous No. 2 Grayson 24-14 to make up for its road loss the previous week to East Coweta. Lowndes was the preseason No. 8 team and now sits at No. 9. North Cobb, the preseason No. 4, defeated previous No. 9 Milton 21-7 and got back in at No. 8. New to the rankings this week is Lambert, which defeated East Coweta 31-24 on Friday.

Georgia is almost certain to have its first 1,000-yard rusher tonight as Temple’s Cam Vaughn and Hebron Christian’s Gavin Hall are only 47 and 63 yards shy, respectively. Both are three-year starting quarterbacks. Vaughn, a senior, has rushed for 953 yards and 14 touchdowns on 106 carries (9.0 yards per carry) in five games. Hall, a junior, has rushed for 937 yards and 11 touchdowns on 75 carries (12.5 ypc).

GHSF Daily previews 10 of the most intriguing games each week throughout the season. The Week 6 lineup includes Class 3A No. 1 Cedar Grove continuing its journey through the best of Class 7A, three games that will go a long way toward deciding region championships, and Houston County looking to make its mark against county rival Warner Robins.

It’s been a great season so far for most of the AJC’s preseason Super 11 selections. Two play on No. 1-ranked teams, and five others play for unbeaten teams. As is always the case, some have struggled. Two play for teams that are surprisingly sub-.500 while another is injured, hoping to return by the playoffs. The recruiting status of each has not changed, with 10 remaining committed and one undecided.

East Coweta’s Brady Tillman accounted for six touchdowns in a 49-34 victory over Lowndes, and South Paulding’s Jamarion Wilcox rushes for 324 yards against East Paulding. Meanwhile, Buford’s Eddrick Houston, Mill Creek’s Josh Anglin and Walton’s Ayden Jackson create a little chaos on defense. They were among the standouts in Week 5 of the season.

All eight No. 1 teams in the Georgia high school football rankings remained the same for the first time this season after the fifth week produced few major surprises. Cedar Grove retained its position at the top of Class 3A after a 52-36 loss to No. 4 Mill Creek of Class 7A. Cedar Grove, the defending champion in 3A, had beaten Westlake and Collins Hill of 7A the previous two weeks and takes on No. 3 Colquitt County this week to finish one the most ambitious Georgia road trips ever for a smaller school. Buford, Hughes, Cartersville, Prince Avenue Christian and Early County, all ranked No. 1, each won their games comfortably Friday. Cedartown and Fitzgerald were off.

Tate Morris of McIntosh and Brady Kluse of Harrison have taken the lead in passing and receiving yards, respectively, while Gavin Hall of Hebron Christian continues to lead in rushing. Morris, a first-year starter, threw for 380 yards and three touchdowns last week, giving him 1,274 yards for the season. Kluse had 211 receiving yards last week to give him 558 for the year.

GHSF Daily previews 10 of the most intriguing games each week throughout the season. The Week 5 lineup includes two games matching unbeaten and ranked teams in Region 4-4A, two Class 3A teams taking on two of Gwinnett County’s best, and a Class 2A game that will go a long way toward deciding a region championship.

The Maxwell Ratings have ranked Georgia’s 466 11-man football teams by county. The teams include those from the Georgia High School Association, the Georgia Independent Athletic Association and the Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The list provides a different way of looking at the state’s teams.