ATLANTA — Last week's battle between the top two teams in Class AAAAA sees No. 5 Northside-Warner Robins fall three positions in this week's Associated Press high school football poll after a convincing 24-7 loss to No. 1 Lowndes. No. 2 Camden County — after sharing the spot with Northside last week — takes sole possesion of No. 2, as Newnan and Walton each advance one and two places, respectively. East Paulding takes Etowah's place at No. 10 after beating them 17-14. As the top three remain unchanged in Class AA, No. 10 Westminster holds on after losing 24-21 to rival Lovett resulting in a six-slot slide. McIntosh County Academy and Appling County share the No. 6 position this week after advancing two and three places, respectively. No. 9 Jefferson enters the rankings with Laney's exit.
Class AAAA has No. 3 Sandy Creek and No. 7 Mays each advancing two slots while No. 5 Thomas County Central, No. 6 Chamblee and No. 9 Rome all move up one. No. 10 Dalton barely hangs on after a six-position fall — losing big to unranked Sequoyah. No. 4 Marist takes a step down but No. 1 Westside-Macon and No. 2 Statesboro continue another week. The only changes in the Class A rankings are No. 9 Turner County and No. 10 Johnson County entering as Twiggs County and Bremen move out. Class AAA rankings remain unchanged, with Gainesville holding at No. 6.
Georgia high school top 10 The Associated Press Georgia high school football poll with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points, and position last week at right. Class AAAAA 1. Lowndes (9) 6-0 90 1 Class AAAA 1. Westside-Macon (10) 6-0 100 1 2. Statesboro 6-0 86 2 3. Sandy Creek 5-0 75 5 4. Marist 5-1 74 3 5. Thomas County Central 4-1 58 6 6. Chamblee 4-1 38 7 7. Mays 6-0 35 9 8. Tucker 4-1 33 8 9. Rome 5-1 21 10 10. Dalton 5-1 11 4 Others receiving votes: Evans 5, Northwest Whitfield 5, Sequoyah 5, Southwest Dekalb 4. Class AAA 1. Cairo (9) 5-0 99 1 2. Baldwin (1) 6-0 91 2 3. St. Pius X 6-0 76 3 4. Dunwoody 5-0 66 4 5. LaGrange 5-1 55 5 6. Gainesville 6-0 49 6 7. Washington County 5-0 42 7 8. Carrollton 5-1 25 8 9. Carver-Columbus 3-2 23 9 10. Peach County 4-1 15 10 Others receiving votes: Jackson 5, Thomson 2, Eastside 2. Class AA 1. Buford (9) 5-0 99 1 2. Fitzgerald (1) 5-0 91 2 3. Pepperell 5-0 72 3 4. Jefferson County 5-0 63 5 5. Dublin 5-1 50 6 6. Appling County 6-0 42 9 tie McIntosh County Academy 5-0 42 8 8. Charlton County 4-1 39 7 9. Jefferson 6-0 13 10. Westminster 4-1 12 4 Others receiving votes: Henry County 8, Brooks County 7, Callaway 4, Laney 3, Sonoraville 3, Lovett 2. Class A 1. Emanuel County Institute (10) 5-0 100 1 2. Wilcox County 6-0 90 2 3. Athens Academy 5-0 76 3 4. Clinch County 5-1 69 4 5. Brookstone 5-0 55 5 6. Lincoln County 5-1 53 6 7. Bowdon 5-0 34 7 8. Miller County 6-0 33 8 9. Turner County 5-1 11 10. Johnson County 6-0 8 Others receiving votes: Bremen 7, Whitefield Academy 6, Savannah Christian Prep. 5, Washington-Wilkes 2, Twiggs County 1. ———— 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: The Albany Herald; The Daily Tribune News, Cartersville; The Rockdale Citizen; The Daily Citizen, Dalton; The Times, Gainesville; Gwinnett Daily Post; Marietta Daily Journal; The Telegraph, Macon; Rome News-Tribune; The Valdosta Daily Times.
2. Camden County 5-0 81 2
3. Newnan 5-0 56 4
3T. Walton 5-0 56 5
5. Northside-Warner Robins 5-1 54 3
6. Grayson 6-0 49 6
7. Harrison 5-0 34 8
8. Coffee County 6-0 25 9
8T. North Gwinnett 4-1 25 7
10. East Paulding 5-0 11
Others receiving votes: Newton 8, Kell 3, Lassiter 2, MLK Jr. 1.