GSWA High School Football Week 2 Poll released
After a wild opening week of play, the Georgia Sports Writers Association has released its latest high school football poll.
Manchester now stands as the only local school to receive any votes leading up to Week 2 of the season. The Blue Devils throttled Greenville 62-6 and subsequently moved up one spot in the Class A poll.
Class 4A teams Carver and Northside received votes in the preseason edition of the poll but did not this week. Carver fell to Class 5A’s Harris County 46-45 in double overtime, while Northside took down Kendrick 40-8.
The rankings feature each team and the points it received from the voters. The first-place votes each team received is shown in parentheses.
Class 7A
1. Grayson (15) - 150
T2. Colquitt County - 120
T2. Mill Creek - 120
4. Lowndes - 114
5. Parkview - 79
6. Norcross - 43
7. Westlake - 42
8. Roswell - 34
9. McEachern - 29
10. North Cobb - 27
Others receiving votes: Archer 22, South Forsyth 19, Brookwood 6, Camden County 6, Marietta 6, South Gwinnett 4, Central Gwinnett 1, Newton 1, Tift County 1
Dropped out: Brookwood (8)
Class 6A
1. Tucker (14) - 149
2. Harrison (1) - 126
3. Dalton - 110
4. Mays - 98
5. Lee County - 80
6. Coffee - 65
7. Valdosta - 61
8. Lovejoy - 39
9. Northside-Warner Robins - 37
10. Northgate - 13
Others receiving votes: Alexander 10, Glynn Academy 7, Langston Hughes 7, Stephenson 6, Dacula 4, Brunswick 3, Gainesville 3, Winder-Barrow 2, Allatoona 1, North Atlanta 1
Dropped out: Glynn Academy (7), Stephenson (9)
Class 5A
1. Rome (13) - 146
2. Buford (2) - 137
3. Stockbridge 113
4. Carrollton - 101
5. Kell - 63
6. Jones County - 55
7. Ware County - 53
8. Griffin - 51
9. Woodland-Stockbridge - 38
10. Warner Robins - 28
Others receiving votes: Thomas County Central 26, Arabia Mountain 5, Starr’s Mill 4, Bainbridge 2, Harris County 1
Dropped out: Thomas County Central (10)
Class 4A
1. Cartersville (15) - 150
2. Thomson - 132
3. Blessed Trinity - 118
4. Jefferson - 106
5. Woodward Academy - 86
6. Sandy Creek - 67
7. Ridgeland - 53
8. Mary Persons - 35
9. Oconee County - 23
10. Burke County - 18
Others receiving votes: Northwest Whitfield 15, Spalding 10, Cedartown 2, Heritage-Catoosa 2, Marist 2, Cairo 1, Eastside-Covington 1
Dropped out: Cairo (8)
Class 3A
1. Greater Atlanta Christian (10) - 144
2. Cedar Grove (4) - 135
3. Peach County (1) - 122
4. Crisp County - 98
5. Calhoun - 89
6. Liberty County - 70
T7. Pierce County - 42
T7. Pace Academy - 42
9. Westminster - 35
10. Lovett - 18
Others receiving votes: Jenkins-Savannah 17, North Murray 6, Dawson County 4, Worth County 2, Westside-Macon 1
Class 2A
1. Benedictine (15) - 150
2. Hapeville Charter - 97
3. Callaway - 83
4. Fitzgerald - 66
5. Screven County - 65
6. Jefferson County - 55
7. Rabun County - 42
8. Heard County - 32
T9. Pepperell - 24
T9. Thomasville - 18
Others receiving votes: Chattooga 6, Brooks County 2, Washington County 2, Elbert County 1, Dodge County 1
Dropped out: Brooks County
Class A (Public and Private)
1. Eagle’s Landing Christian (15) - 150
2. Macon County - 120
3. Prince Avenue Christian - 88
4. Clinch County - 85
5. Fellowship Christian - 75
6. Wesleyan - 61
7. Manchester 50 - 8
8. Emanuel County Institute - 48
9. McIntosh County Academy - 14
10. Tattnall Square - 13
Others receiving votes: Mt. Paran Christian 12, Darlington 3, Calvary Day 2, Irwin County 2, Savannah Christian 2
This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 11:59 AM with the headline "GSWA High School Football Week 2 Poll released."