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Flowery Branch creeps up to No. 7
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Flowery Branch inched up one more spot to No. 7 in Class AAAA in this week’s Georgia Prep Football Poll, conducted by The Associated Press.

The Falcons (4-0, 4-0 Region 8-AAAA) defeated Cedar Shoals 50-15 last week and have now scored 102 points in their last two games. They’ll play host to Rockdale County (2-2, 2-2) this week.

Buford is the only other area team in the top 10, and remains at No. 2 in Class AA. The Wolves (3-1, 0-0 Region 6A-AA) defeated Therrell last week 33-6 and will travel to take on No. 9 Lovett (2-1, 0-0 Region 6B-AA) on Friday.

Georgia Prep Football Poll

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Georgia high school football polls of the 2010 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class AAAAA

   Record    Pts    Prv
1. Camden County (12)    3-0    120    1
2. North Gwinnett    4-0    107    2
3. Peachtree Ridge    4-0    97    3
4. McEachern    3-1    81    4
5. Lowndes    4-1    66    6
6. Stephenson    3-0    56    7
7. Valdosta    4-0    52    5
8. Norcross    4-0    36    8
9. South Gwinnett    3-1    19    10
10. Grayson    3-1    8
Others receiving votes: Dacula 4, Woodstock 4, Hillgrove 3, East Coweta 2, Newnan 2, Newton 2, Etowah 1.

Class AAAA

Record    Pts    Prv
1. Northside-Warner Robins (11)    3-0    119    1
2. Clarke Central (1)    3-0    103    2
3. Tucker    4-0    94    4
4. Griffin    4-0    86    3
5. Kell    4-0    70    6
6. Hiram    4-0    54    7
7. Flowery Branch    4-0    44    8
8. Marist    3-1    34    9
9. Thomas County Central    2-1    29    5
10. Ware County    3-0    7
Others receiving votes: Evans 6, Chattahoochee 5, Lee County 3, Pope 2, Starr's Mill 2, Glynn Academy 1, Lovejoy 1.

Class AAA

Record    Pts    Prv
1. Peach County (9)    4-0    117    1
2. Sandy Creek (2)    3-0    108    2
3. Cairo (1)    4-0    97    3
4. Carrollton    4-0    80    5
5. Baldwin    4-0    77    4
6. St. Pius X    3-1    51    6
7. Cartersville    4-0    41    8
8. Woodward Academy    3-0    30
9. Eastside    3-1    24    9
10. Butler    3-0    11
Others receiving votes: LaGrange 7, Monroe Area 5, Westside-Macon 4, Gainesville 3, Allatoona 2, Stephens County 1, Franklin County 1, Ridgeland 1.

Class AA

   Record    Pts    Prv
1. Carver-Columbus (12)    4-0    120    1
2. Buford    3-1    97    2
2. Calhoun    4-0    97    3
4. Cook    4-0    87    4
5. Dublin    3-0    71    5
6. Thomasville    3-1    53    6
7. Fitzgerald    3-1    44    7
8. Jefferson County    3-0-1    35    8
9. Lovett    2-1    25    9
10. Swainsboro    3-0    19    10
Others receiving votes: Westminster 8, Pike County 1, Dade County 1, North Oconee 1, Elbert County 1.

Class A

 Record    Pts    Prv
1. Charlton County (12)    4-0    120    1
2. Wesleyan    4-0    102    2
3. Clinch County    4-0    100    3
4. Savannah Christian Prep.    4-0    74    4
5. Wilcox County    3-1    64    5
6. Lincoln County    3-1    60    6
7. Eagle's Landing    3-0    43    7
8. Johnson County    4-0    30    8
9. Emanuel County Institute    3-1    25    9
10. Aquinas    4-0    19    10
Others receiving votes: Darlington 9, George Walton 6, Athens Christian 3, Randolph-Clay 2, Athens Academy 1, Mitchell County 1, Mt. Pisgah Christian 1.

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All Associated Press members in Georgia are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: Albany Herald, Albany; Augusta Chronicle, Augusta; Brunswick News, Brunswick; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus; Rockdale Citizen, Conyers; Daily Citizen, Dalton; Times, Gainesville; Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville; Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta; Telegraph, Macon; Rome News-Tribune, Rome; Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta.

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