Not surprisingly, there was a new No. 1 atop the Class AAAAA rankings when the Associated Press Georgia High School Football Poll was released Tuesday.
Lowndes, which has held the top spot much of the season, slid to No. 4 in the state's largest classification after a 10-7 loss to Northside-Warner Robins on Friday.
Grayson assumed Class AAAAA top ranking, followed by Northside-Warner Robins and North Gwinnett.
Locally, Gainesville maintained a firm hold on No. 1 in Class AAA, receiving all 10 first-place votes. Flowery Branch moved up one spot to No. 7 in Class AAA.
The area placed two teams in the Class AA's top six (No. 3 Buford and No. 7 Jefferson). Both teams were up one spot from last week, thanks to losses from Lovett and Pepperell.
Georgia Prep Football Poll
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Georgia high school football polls of the 2009 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Wesleyan (10) 6-0 100 1
2. Savannah Christian Prep. 5-0 89 2
3. Johnson County 6-0 76 3
4. Lincoln County 5-1 75 3
5. Wilkinson County 4-1 51 5
6. Treutlen 6-0 47 7
7. Emanuel County Institute 4-1 31 8
8. Twiggs County 4-1 28 9
9. Greenville 5-0 26
10. Seminole County 5-1 12
Others receiving votes: Holy Innocents' 5, Marion County 4, Miller County 3, Chattahoochee County 3.
Class AA
Record Pts Prv
1. Calhoun (9) 5-0 99 1
2. Fitzgerald (1) 5-0 89 2
3. Buford 4-1 80 4
4. Jefferson County 6-0 69 5
5. Charlton County 4-0-1 49 8
6. Jefferson 6-0 46 7
7. Lovett 5-1 35 3
8. Dublin 5-0 33 9
9. Chattooga 5-0 21 10
10. Pepperell 4-1 10 6
Others receiving votes: Westminster 9, Thomasville 6, Armuchee 3, McIntosh County Academy 1.
Class AAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Gainesville (10) 6-0 100 1
2. Peach County 5-0 85 2
3. Carver-Columbus 4-1 77 3
4. St. Pius X 6-0 72 4
5. Washington County 5-0 60 5
6. Carrollton 6-0 46 6
7. Flowery Branch 5-1 33 8
8. LaGrange 5-1 30 10
9. Jackson 6-0 29 9
10. Baldwin 4-2 6
(tie) Grady 5-0 6
Others receiving votes:Creekview 3, Burke County 2, Ridgeland 1.
Class AAAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Griffin (7) 5-0 95 1
2. Westside-Macon (2) 6-0 90 2
3. Hillgrove (1) 5-0 78 3
4. Southwest Dekalb 4-1 70 4
5. Marist 4-1 56 5
6. North Clayton 6-0 54 6
7. Sandy Creek 4-1 41 7
8. Tucker 4-1 30 8
9. Apalachee 5-0 22 9
10. Hiram 5-0 9
Others receiving votes: Bainbridge 2, Thomas County Central 2, Sprayberry 1.
Class AAAAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Grayson (8) 6-0 98 2
2. Northside-Warner Robins (2) 5-0 89 4
3. North Gwinnett 5-0 79 3
4. Lowndes 5-1 68 1
5. MLK Jr. 5-0 50 5
6. McEachern 6-0 42 7
7. Stephenson 5-0 40 6
8. Newnan 5-0 38 8
9. Peachtree Ridge 4-1 19 9
10. Lassiter 5-0 11 10
Others receiving votes: Camden County 9, Collins Hill 3, Woodstock 2, Union Grove 1, Walton 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; Brunswick News, Brunswick; Daily Citizen, Dalton; Times, Gainesville; Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville; Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta; Telegraph, Macon; Rome News-Tribune, Rome; Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta.