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Ranking the regions

8:00 am September 4, 2012, by GHSF Daily

The Maxwell Ratings rank regions based on the average of all teams in those regions. Remember that this means regions with several weak teams at the bottom will bring down the average. The rating number is a points figure. According to Maxwell, the average team in Region 1-AAAAAA is 10 points better than the average team in 8-AAAAAA, the second-strongest region in the state.

AAAAAA

1 – 79.86

8 – 69.39

5 – 67.93

7 – 66.21

4 – 66.17

6 – 65.24

3 – 63.95

2 – 50.26

AAAAA

8 – 61.58

2 – 59.39

6 – 58.51

4 Div. B – 56.93

1 – 56.8

7 Div. B – 56.05

5 – 53.15

3 – 49.39

4 Div. A – 47.03

7 Div. A – 39.39

AAAA

4 Div. B – 59.77

6 Div. A – 56.25

5 – 55.81

3 Div. A – 54.54

1 – 53.74

2 – 52.14

6 Div. B – 49.83

4 Div. A – 48.22

7 Div. B – 48.04

8 – 40.8

7 Div. A – 39.16

3 Div. B – 35.33

AAA

3 – 61.87

2 – 55.76

6 – 52.32

8 – 46.82

7 – 39.77

4 – 39.67

1 – 38.14

5 – 36.59

AA

1 – 59.39

6 – 57.79

3 – 39.46

4 – 36.96

7 – 36.78

2 – 33.02

5 – 30.47

8 – 25.41

A

2 – 42.65

7 – 40.98

5 – 37.3

3 Div. A – 34.78

8 – 34.52

4 – 33.67

1 – 30.14

3 Div. B – 27.92

6 Div. B – 23.93

6 Div. A – 17.2

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Camden County Fan

September 4th, 2012
8:35 am

Wow region 2-AAAAAA is weaker than Region 3-AAAAAA?! I must be missing something

Camden County Fan

September 4th, 2012
8:38 am

HA! Clearly I was missing a lot. I understand now

Dekalb County Guy

September 4th, 2012
9:32 am

Not sure what you can learn from teams having played only 1 or 2 games. We all know in 5A that Region 6 is the strongest. Sure Lakeside, Dunwoody and North Atlanta are the bottom feeders, but the Top 5 teams are pretty solid.

FridayNightLightsFan

September 4th, 2012
2:08 pm

Fun to look at.

justafan

September 4th, 2012
2:27 pm

It’s safe to say South Georgia plays SOLID football…

FridayNightLightsFan

September 4th, 2012
2:50 pm

Why are some Regions done in Div A&B and some aren’t? Example AAAAA Region 7. Yes Div B is stronger than Div A, but if you combine them Region 7 would drop.

What would be more interesting would be to take the top four teams (playoff teams) and then rate the regions based on that.

tigonian02

September 4th, 2012
3:46 pm

Region 1-AAAAAA FTW!!!

graphite

September 4th, 2012
4:39 pm

Yawnnn…just waiting for the playoffs..NSWR will cover up that fluke loss to the Tucker kitties last year….it’s run up the score time!

VHSCATS

September 4th, 2012
5:01 pm

Region Champs of the toughest region will be the Valdosta Wildcats… ONCE AGAIN!

Titletown USA

September 4th, 2012
8:22 pm

I am sure Camden helped make that Region16A number rise a bit….nonetheless, it just continues to feed into the agony of those who tire of southern chest thumpers, but it is what it is.

squirrell

September 4th, 2012
8:56 pm

Packer Fan’s opinion,

Valdosta beat Packers and Lowndes butt last year.

Last year Packers and Lowndes both gave Grayson a tough game.

Unless the Cats lost alot of players, they’re gonna be tough.

Watch-out for the Cats! Their Coach knows how to win!

Kermit

September 4th, 2012
10:35 pm

Lovejoy is the new Camden. Weak region play.
At least the are gonna play Colquit.

bksmith14

September 4th, 2012
11:31 pm

VHSCATS

September 4th, 2012
5:01 pm

Region Champs of the toughest region will be the Valdosta Wildcats… ONCE AGAIN!

didnt do you a lot of good last year…..while yall were getting beat at home by a weak newnan squad we were shutting out stephenson on the road……..yall were not that good last year……..we gave yall the game…….end of story……

bksmith14

September 4th, 2012
11:33 pm

This isnt even a topic for debate…………

lowndes…camden…valdosta…..colquitt………all 4 teams are better than any other teams in graysons region……..

there is no tougher region in aaaaaa that region 1 6aaaaaa…not even close……..camden..colquitt…lowndes….valdosta….coffee…….and tift will be back…….add brusnwick in their……..as well as a decent team…….we have 4 teams capable of beating anyone

Fred

September 5th, 2012
12:07 am

@FridayNightLightsFan – The regions are broken up the way they are because that is the way GHSA has them broken up for play. See http://www.ghsa.net/2012-2013-region-alignments-football . The GHSA website also explains why they set up sub regions in the regions they did. If I remember correctly, I think it has to do with excessive travel within the region if there were no sub-regions.

Fred

September 5th, 2012
12:10 am

Since the article states “Remember that this means regions with several weak teams at the bottom will bring down the average”, I wonder what the results would be if the bottom teams were dropped so that each region only had 6 teams like R1. I bet the numbers would be closer. R1 would still probably come out on top but it maybe would be closer.

FridayNightLightsFan

September 5th, 2012
9:29 am

@Fred. Thanks I was looking at this one:
http://www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/reclassification/GHSA_Reclassification_Regions_2012-14_Changes_01192012.pdf