Gainesville High returned to the Class AAA top 10 rankings in this week’s Georgia Prep Football Poll, conducted by The Associated Press.
The ninth-ranked Red Elephants began the season at No. 6, but slid out of the poll after losing to Buford in their opener. Since then, Gainesville has won four straight, including last week’s 62-20 win over Johnson. The Red Elephants (4-1, 1-0 8B-AAA) will play at Oconee County (1-4, 0-1) on Friday. Subregion foe Monroe Area (5-0, 1-0) entered the poll this week at No. 10.
Other local teams in the top 10 include Flowery Branch (No. 6 in Class AAAA) and Buford (No. 2 in Class AA). Both held the same spots in last week’s polls.
Flowery Branch (5-0, 5-0 8-AAAA) was off last week and plays at Habersham Central (2-4, 2-4) on Friday. Buford (5-1, 1-0 6A-AA) defeated Decatur 42-7 last week and will play host to Clarkston (0-5, 0-1) 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 win-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class AAAAA
Record Pts Prv
1. North Gwinnett (4) 5-0 102 2
2. Camden County (7) 4-1 100 1
3. Peachtree Ridge 5-0 92 3
4. McEachern 4-1 75 4
5. Lowndes 5-1 64 5
6. Stephenson 5-0 50 6
7. Norcross 5-0 43 8
8. Valdosta 6-0 32 7
9. Grayson 4-1 19 NR
10. East Coweta 5-0 9 NR
Others receiving votes: Dacula 6, Etowah 3, MLK Jr. 3, Newton 3, Woodstock 3, Hillgrove 1.
Class AAAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Northside-Warner Robins (9) 5-0 108 1
2. Clarke Central (1) 5-0 92 2
3. Tucker 5-0 87 3
4. Kell (1) 6-0 78 4
5. Griffin 6-0 75 5
6. Flowery Branch 5-0 49 6
7. Marist 4-1 41 7
8. Thomas County Central 4-1 32 8
9. Chattahoochee 5-0 16 10
10. Lee County 5-0 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Starr's Mill 8, Ware County 3, Lovejoy 3, Mays 1, Pope 1.
Class AAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Peach County (8) 5-0 107 1
2. Sandy Creek (2) 5-0 99 2
3. Cairo (1) 5-0 91 3
4. Carrollton 6-0 73 4
5. Baldwin 5-0 63 5
6. St. Pius X 5-1 48 6
7. Woodward Academy 5-0 42 8
8. Butler 5-0 23 10
9. Gainesville 4-1 13 NR
10. Monroe Area 5-0 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Allatoona 10, Perry 6, Cartersville 6, Eastside 3, Washington County 3, Burke County 2, Ridgeland 2, Monroe 2, Thomson 1.
Class AA
Record Pts Prv
1. Carver-Columbus (11) 5-0 110 1
2. Buford 5-1 92 2
3. Calhoun 5-0 89 3
4. Cook 5-0 78 4
5. Dublin 5-0 68 5
6. Thomasville 5-1 53 6
7. Swainsboro 5-0 46 8
8. Jefferson County 4-1-1 18 9
T9. North Oconee 5-0 15 NR
T9. Westminster 3-2 15 10
Others receiving votes: Dade County 8, Fitzgerald 5, Lovett 4, Elbert County 4.
Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Charlton County (11) 6-0 110 1
2. Wesleyan 6-0 94 2
3. Clinch County 5-0 92 3
4. Savannah Christian Prep. 5-0 70 4
5. Wilcox County 5-1 58 5
6. Lincoln County 5-1 54 6
7. Eagle's Landing 6-0 48 7
8. Johnson County 6-0 37 8
9. Darlington 4-1 16 9
10. Marion County 6-0 13 10
Others receiving votes: Mitchell County 4, Randolph-Clay 3, Taylor County 1, Emanuel County Institute 1, Miller County 1, Brookstone 1, Trion 1, Aquinas 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; Times, Gainesville; Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville; Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta; Telegraph, Macon; Rome News-Tribune, Rome; Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta.