ATLANTA - With a little less than half the regular season remaining, Class AAAA rankings are the only significant change in this week's Associated Press high school football poll.
After Ware County rose to No. 2 last week - beating Class AAAAA defending champ Lowndes - they fall back to No. 5 following a 21-14 home loss to Valdosta.
Statesboro and Tucker climb back to their Nos. 2 and 3 slots, respectively, in the AAAA poll while Warner Robins remains on top. Rome fell three positions to No. 8 after losing to Class AAA No. 1 Cartersville 34-3, and Lee County exits the poll losing to Dougherty 38-31. Creekside becomes the newest member at No. 9 as Northside-Warner Robins moves up two slots to No. 4.
Class AAAAA loses two - Norcross and Houston County - and picks up newcomer Roswell at No. 10. The top five remain with Camden County the unanimous No. 1 as No. 6 Marietta and No. 7 Tift County move up a notch. Douglass climbs two slots to No. 8.
The biggest change in Class AAA is Washington County slipping four places to No. 8 after losing a 28-27 squeaker to unranked Perry.
Cartersville, Carrollton and Shaw continue at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively while No. 4 LaGrange and No. 5 M.L. King advance one position. No. 7 Troup moves up two as South Effingham exits the poll making way for Thomson at No. 10.
The top six remain in Class A with Bremen holding on to No. 1. No. 7 Warren County and No. 8 Dooly County jump one slot with No. 9 Johnson County entering the poll beating Hawkinsville 20-0 and forcing them out.
The Class AA rankings remain unchanged.
The Georgia high school Top 10
The Associated Press Georgia high school football poll after the sixth week of the schedule, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points.
Class AAAAA
1. Camden County (18) 180
2. Brookwood 159
3. Harrison 141
4. Lowndes 121
5. Parkview 102
6. Marietta 79
7. Tift County 62
8. Douglass 42
9. Valdosta 40
10. Roswell 25
Others receiving votes: Norcross, Riverdale, Dacula, Houston County, McEachern, South Cobb, Starr's Mill.
Class AAAA
1. Warner Robins (17) 170
2. Statesboro (1) 155
3. Tucker 138
4. Northside-Warner Robins 118
5. Ware County 117
6. Thomas County Central 92
7. Griffin 64
8. Rome 36
9. Creekside 34
10. Marist 30
Others receiving votes: North Forsyth, Lee County, Bainbridge, Sandy Creek, Habersham Central, Baldwin, Douglas County.
Class AAA
1. Cartersville (16) 178
2. Carrollton (2) 164
3. Shaw 142
4. LaGrange 102
5. M.L. King 83
6. McNair 80
7. Troup 56
8. Washington County 41
9. Cairo 23
10. Thomson 22
Others receiving votes: Jefferson County, Northside-Columbus, Dougherty, South Effingham, Gainesville, Perry, Stephens County, Mary Persons, Peach County, Burke County, Picken County, Flowery Branch.
Class AA
1. Charlton County (14) 172
2. Dublin (3) 158
3. Buford (1) 139
4. Calhoun 119
5. Greene County 111
6. Vidalia 96
7. Laney 66
8. Greater Atlanta Christian 40
9. Fitzgerald 36
10. Brooks County 22
Others receiving votes: Jackson, Dodge County, Grady, Darlington, Jackson, Brantley County, Morgan County.
Class A
1. Bremen (12) 173
2. Randolph-Clay (1) 143
3. Portal (2) 136
4. Bowdon (2) 131
5. Washington-Wilkes (1) 111
6. McIntosh County Academy 92
7. Warren County 60
8. Dooly County 52
9. Johnson County 33
10. Clinch County 26
Others receiving votes: Terrell County, Wilcox County, Hawkinsville, Lincoln County, Turner County, Landmark Christian, Savannah Country Day, Aquinas.
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Polling board members:
The Albany Herald, Jay Adams
Athens Banner-Herald, John Kaltefleiter
The Augusta Chronicle, Jeffery Sentell
The Brunswick News, Kevin Price
The Times-Georgian (Carrollton), Ron Daniel
The Daily Tribune News (Cartersville), Brandon Brigman
The Cherokee Tribune, Andy MacAlpine
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Robert Spruck
The Times (Gainesville), Steve Sanders
Gwinnett Daily Post, Will Hammock
Marietta Daily Journal, David Friedlander
The Newton Citizen, Anthony Rhoads
Rome News-Tribune, Joseph Myers
Statesboro Herald, Bobby Mathews
Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Clint Thompson
The Tifton Gazette, Steve Carter
The Valdosta Daily Times, Christian Malone
Waycross Journal-Herald, Larry Purdum
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