Projecting the playoff field: Week 3

Beginning this week, GHSF Daily and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution will project the playoff draw each Friday. Early on, the purpose is provide a look at what regions and teams are looking at good or bad draws. Our projected seeds might be interesting also, but we understand the season is young. So don’t let those projections overshadow the real intent.

We won’t project Class A until we have a better way of predicting the new points system that the GHSA has devised to seed those teams.

Class AAAAAA

The forecast is stormy for the Region 2 winner, projected as Lovejoy. It would face strong Region 1’s runner-up in the second round, then potentially Grayson.

(R3 #4) Douglas County at (R2 #1) Lovejoy

(R4 #3) North Cobb at (R1 #2) Lowndes

(R5 #4) Roswell at (R8 #1) Grayson

(R6 #3) Johns Creek at (R7 #2) Norcross

(R2 #4) Alcovy at (R3 #1) Newnan

(R1 #3) Colquitt County at (R4 #2) Hillgrove

(R8 #4) South Gwinnett at (R5 #1) Walton

(R7 #3) Mill Creek at (R6 #2) Alpharetta

(R4 #4) Marietta at (R1 #1) Camden County

(R3 #3) Tri-Cities at (R2 #2) Newton

(R6 #4) Chattahoochee at (R7 #1) North Gwinnett

(R5 #3) Milton at (R8 #2) Brookwood

(R1 #4) Valdosta at (R4 #1) McEachern

(R2 #3) Luella at (R3 #2) East Coweta

(R7 #4) Peachtree Ridge at (R6 #1) West Forsyth

(R8 #3) Parkview at (R5 #2) Lassiter

Class AAAAA

Tucker is the only ranked team in its projected quarter of the draw.

(R3 #4) Richmond Hill at (R2 #1) Northside-Warner Robins

(R4 #3) Whitewater at (R1 #2) Bainbridge

(R5 #4) Hiram at (R8 #1) Gainesville

(R6 #3) Stephenson at (R7 #2) Creekview

(R2 #4) Jones County at (R3 #1) Ware County

(R1 #3) Lee County at (R4 #2) Drew

(R8 #4) Clarke Central at (R5 #1) East Paulding

(R7 #3) Pope at (R6 #2) M.L. King

(R4 #4) Union Grove at (R1 #1) Thomas County Central

(R3 #3) Jenkins at (R2 #2) Warner Robins

(R6 #4) Southwest DeKalb at (R7 #1) Kell

(R5 #3) Rome at (R8 #2) Heritage-Conyers

(R1 #4) Harris County at (R4 #1) Northgate

(R2 #3) Houston County at (R3 #2) Glynn Academy

(R7 #4) Sequoyah at (R6 #1) Tucker

(R8 #3) Flowery Branch at (R5 #2) Allatoona

Class AAAA

Marist is heavily favored to win Region 6 but then likely would face Carrollton or Sandy Creek in the second round.

(R3 #4) Liberty County at (R2 #1) Baldwin

(R4 #3) Jonesboro at (R1 #2) Americus-Sumter

(R5 #4) Shaw at (R8 #1) Stephens County

(R6 #3) Columbia at (R7 #2) Cedartown

(R2 #4) Mary Persons at (R3 #1) Statesboro

(R1 #3) Monroe at (R4 #2) Stockbridge

(R8 #4) Madison County at (R5 #1) Sandy Creek

(R7 #3) Dalton at (R6 #2) Grady

(R4 #4) Riverdale at (R1 #1) Cairo

(R3 #3) Wayne County at (R2 #2) Westside-Macon

(R6 #4) Washington at (R7 #1) Ridgeland

(R5 #3) LaGrange at (R8 #2) Eastside

(R1 #4) Westover at (R4 #1) Griffin

(R2 #3) Perry at (R3 #2) Burke County

(R7 #4) Northwest Whitfield at (R6 #1) Marist

(R8 #3) Monroe Area at (R5 #2) Carrollton

Class AAA

Thomson and Cartersville are old powers that haven’t made the semifinals in a while. The door is open.

(R3 #4) Jefferson County at (R2 #1) Peach County

(R4 #3) Central-Carroll at (R1 #2) Pierce County

(R5 #4) Adairsville at (R8 #1) North Oconee

(R6 #3) Blessed Trinity at (R7 #2) White County

(R2 #4) Henry County at (R3 #1) Thomson

(R1 #3) Tattnall County at (R4 #2) Callaway

(R8 #4) Morgan County at (R5 #1) Cartersville

(R7 #3) North Hall at (R6 #2) Woodward Academy

(R4 #4) Jackson-Atlanta at (R1 #1) Appling County

(R3 #3) Dodge County at (R2 #2) Carver-Columbus

(R6 #4) Cedar Grove at (R7 #1) Buford

(R5 #3) Gordon Central at (R8 #2) Elbert County

(R1 #4) Beach at (R4 #1) Chapel Hill

(R2 #3) Jackson at (R3 #2) Washington County

(R7 #4) Dawson County at (R6 #1) St. Pius

(R8 #3) Hart County at (R5 #2) Ringgold

Class AA

Region 4 (Lamar County, Bleckley County) is the unlucky one matched with Region 1, which has four ranked teams led by Brooks County.

(R3 #4) East Laurens at (R2 #1) Vidalia

(R4 #3) Putnam County at (R1 #2) Fitzgerald

(R5 #4) Manchester at (R8 #1) Washington-Wilkes

(R6 #3) Westminster at (R7 #2) Pepperell

(R2 #4) Toombs County at (R3 #1) Laney

(R1 #3) Cook at (R4 #2) Bleckley County

(R8 #4) Union County at (R5 #1) Bremen

(R7 #3) Dade County at (R6 #2) Greater Atlanta Christian

(R4 #4) Northeast-Macon at (R1 #1) Brooks County

(R3 #3) Screven County at (R2 #2) Benedictine

(R6 #4) Wesleyan at (R7 #1) Calhoun

(R5 #3) Bowdon at (R8 #2) Jefferson

(R1 #4) Early County at (R4 #1) Lamar County

(R2 #3) McIntosh County Academy at (R3 #2) Dublin

(R7 #4) Armuchee at (R6 #1) Lovett

(R8 #3) Greene County at (R5 #2) Heard County

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