Georgia High School Football Rankings: Top 25 teams – Oct. 20

Week 8 of the Georgia high school football season is in the books, and the state’s top-25 rankings have been updated to reflect the results of this weekend’s games.

Lee County remains as the state’s top dog for a second consecutive week, but there’s been a ton of movement elsewhere.

Below are the top 25 rankings heading into the final full week of October in the Peach State:

The On3 Massey Ratings — which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college high school sports team rankings since 1995 — rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.

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1. Lee County

Previous Rank: No. 1

After multiple delays to the weather issues in Georgia over the past few weeks, Lee County finally got its top-10 showdown with Coffee last week and won in a rout. It was more of the same this weekend as they rolled to 67-10 win over a winless Veterans High squad.

2. Carrollton

Previous Rank: No. 3 (+1)

The Trojans continue their undefeated roll after smacking East Coweta 63-10 on Friday night. After a much-deserved bye this weekend, they’ll face off with No. 9 Douglas County in a huge season-ending showdown.

3. Milton

Previous Rank: No. 2 (-1)

The undefeated Eagles were on a bye after their impressive win over top-25 Gainesville last weekend. 0-8 Johns Creek comes to town this week before a top-20 tilt against Roswell on November 1.

4. Buford

Previous Rank: No. 4

Buford continues to overwhelm its opponents and has now won seven straight after a season-opening loss to Milton. The Wolves walloped Central Gwinnett 50-0 on Friday and will face 2-8 Mountain View this week before their season finale against No. 17 Mill Creek.

5. North Cobb

Previous Rank: No. 6 (+1)

North Cobb’s offense flexed its muscles this week in a 56-10 rout over Cherokee to move the Warriors to 8-0. They’ll close the season against Etowah and Wheeler the next two weeks and will be heavy favorites in both contests.

6. Thomas County Central

Previous Rank: No. 10 (+4)

The Yellow Jackets made one of the top-25’s biggest jumps this week after outscoring its last two opponents 123-10. They now sit at 7-1 with a tough road game at Houston County this week before a top-15 showdown against Coffee.

7. North Gwinnett

Previous Rank: No. 5 (-2)

Winless Meadowcreek gave North Gwinnett no trouble on Friday, as the Bulldogs rolled to 55-6 victory on the road. Two games stand between them and an undefeated regular season, starting with No. 23 Norcross.

8. Grayson

Previous Rank: No. 8

No team has had its schedule disrupted more than Grayson, who should finally get to return to the field on Friday against South Gwinnett. After that, the Rams will play three games in the span of eight days to make up the contests they missed.

9. Douglas County

Previous Rank: No. 9

The Tigers’ were off this week after a hard-fought 14-0 win over Westlake two weeks ago. They’ll face 1-7 Chapel Hill this week before welcoming No. 2 Carrollton for a huge top-10 tilt on November 1.

10. Langston Hughes

Previous Rank: No. 11 (+1)

Langston Hughes cruised to a 46-0 rout over Northgate on Friday night and now sits at 7-1 with games against Morrow and Lovejoy — two opponents they’re heavily favored to beat — to close the regular season.

Teams 11-25 in latest Georgia High School Football Rankings

11. Coffee (+2)
12. Collins Hill
13. Lowndes (+9)
14. Valdosta (-7)
15. Cartersville (+4)

16. Roswell (-1)
17. Mill Creek (-3)
18. North Oconee (-2)
19. Colquitt County (+1)
20. Rome (+4)

21. Marist School (-3)
22. Gainesville (+1)
23. Norcross (-2)
24. Blessed Trinity Catholic (+1)
25. Camden County (-8)