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Rankings

2026-27 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings


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Class AAAAAAA

1. Grayson
2. Wheeler
3. Hillgrove
4. McEachern
5. Peachtree Ridge
6. Pebblebrook
7. South Gwinnett
8. Cherokee
9. Dacula
10. Norcross

Class AAAAAA

1. Woodward Academy
2. Tri-Cities
3. Milton
4. Woodstock
5. Alexander
6. Newnan
7. Gainesville
8. Lassiter
9. Langston Hughes
10. Sequoyah

Class AAAAA

1. North Oconee
2. Jonesboro
3. Eastside
4. Dutchtown
5. St. Pius X
6. Tucker
7. Southwest DeKalb
8. Marist
9. Sprayberry
10. Ware County

Class AAAA

1. Douglass
2. Harlem
3. Salem
4. Peach County
5. Sandy Creek
6. Spalding
7. McDonough
8. Calhoun
9. Dougherty
10. Long County

Class AAA

1. KIPP Atlanta
2. Cross Creek
3. Butler
4. Carver-Columbus
5. Therrell
6. Redan
7. Cedar Grove
8. Burke County
9. Morgan County
10. Hart County

Class AA

1. Commerce
2. Model
3. Fitzgerald
4. East Laurens
5. Vidalia
6. Fannin County
7. Putnam County
8. Rabun County
9. Savannah
10. Heard County

Class A

1. Clinch County
2. Portal
3. Washington-Wilkes
4. Wheeler County
5. Macon County
6. BEST Academy
7. Greene County
8. Hancock Central
9. Chattahoochee County
10. Elite Scholars Academy

Class 4A-2A Private

1. ELCA
2. Pace Academy
3. Darlington
4. Mt. Vernon
5. St. Francis
6. Holy Innocents’
7. Walker
8. North Cobb Christian
9. GAC
10. Lovett

It is finally here. Predetermined brackets have been long bemoaned by some of the top programs in the state. The PSR system is now in place to seed the top 32 teams that make the state tournament. Surely with up to 25+ game results expected to be input properly for each team prior to the state tournament brackets being determined there will be no issues, right? Of course not. Continue reading 2026-27 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings →

Girls Rankings

2026-27 Preseason GHSA Girls State Rankings


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Class AAAAAAA

1. North Paulding
2. Newton
3. Campbell
4. South Forsyth
5. Etowah
6. Grayson
7. Marietta
8. McEachern
9. Buford
10. Hillgrove

Class AAAAAA

1. Creekside
2. Kell
3. Milton
4. Sequoyah
5. Creekview
6. Morrow
7. New Manchester
8. Brunswick
9. Lee County
10. Woodward Academy

Class AAAAA

1. North Oconee
2. Dalton
3. Northview
4. Cartersville
5. Starr’s Mill
6. Marist
7. St. Pius X
8. Jones County
9. Warner Robins
10. Jefferson

Class AAAA

1. Sandy Creek
2. Luella
3. Monroe
4. Oconee County
5. Woodland-Stockbridge
6. White County
7. Baldwin
8. North Hall
9. Heritage-Catoosa
10. Gilmer

Class AAA

1. Union County
2. Columbia
3. Elbert County
4. Sonoraville
5. Murray County
6. Washington County
7. Cross Creek
8. Central-Macon
9. Lamar County
10. Hart County

Class AA

1. Heard County
2. ACE
3. Rabun County
4. Commerce
5. Putnam County
6. Bacon County
7. Laney
8. Model
9. Thomasville
10. Fannin County

Class A

1. Wilcox County
2. Washington-Wilkes
3. Bowdon
4. Telfair County
5. Terrell County
6. ECI
7. Pelham
8. Schley County
9. Hancock Central
10. Turner County

Class 4A-2A Private

1. St. Francis
2. Holy Innocents’
3. Hebron Christian
4. Whitefield Academy
5. Mt. Paran
6. Galloway
7. GAC
8. Athens Academy
9. Trinity Christian
10. Christian Heritage

The 2026-27 GHSA High School Basketball season is back and with it are a handful of changes, some making the sport more of a mathematical algorithm instead of a simple win-and-your-in competition. Reclassification is here, now back to seven classes with the private division housing schools from 4A-2A. The biggest change is the PSR, a formula sure to be manipulated by some in order to try and crack into the big dance as claiming a top four seed in your region tournament no longer guarantees you a spot in the state playoffs. Continue reading 2026-27 Preseason GHSA Girls State Rankings →

Rankings

2025-26 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings


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Class AAAAAA

1. Wheeler
2. Grayson
3. Pebblebrook
4. McEachern
5. Hillgrove
6. Buford
7. Peachtree Ridge
8. Norcross
9. Berkmar
10. Cherokee

Class AAAAA

1. Tri-Cities
2. Alexander
3. Woodward Academy
4. Decatur
5. Gainesville
6. Dutchtown
7. Langston Hughes
8. Winder-Barrow
9. Milton
10. Bradwell Institute

Class AAAA

1. North Oconee
2. Jonesboro
3. Pace Academy
4. St. Pius X
5. Southwest DeKalb
6. Westminster
7. Mays
8. ELCA
9. Tucker
10. East Forsyth

Class AAA

1. Cross Creek
2. Cedar Grove
3. Sandy Creek
4. Harlem
5. Cherokee Bluff
6. East Hall
7. Calhoun
8. Douglass
9. Westover
10. Troup County

Class AA

1. Columbia
2. Carver-Columbus
3. Butler
4. KIPP Atlanta
5. South Atlanta
6. Burke County
7. Hart County
8. Franklin County
9. Morgan County
10. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

Class A D-I

1. Putnam County
2. Southwest-Macon
3. Rabun County
4. Toombs County
5. Commerce
6. Towers
7. Vidalia
8. Fannin County
9. Jasper County
10. BEST Academy

Class A D-II

1. Manchester
2. Greene County
3. Chattahoochee County
4. Randolph-Clay
5. Macon County
6. Towns County
7. Hancock Central
8. Warren County
9. Clinch County
10. Turner County

Class 3A-1A Private

1. Holy Innocents’
2. Mt. Vernon
3. Walker
4. North Cobb Christian
5. Mt. Bethel
6. Greenforest
7. Paideia
8. GAC
9. Darlington
10. Calvary Day

The 2025-26 GHSA Boys Basketball season is here after a busy offseason which saw sweeping changes voted on and passed as a 1-32 playoff seeding was approved for next year’s reclassification cycle with Class 7A set to return as well. The GHSA also passed a new, “stricter” transfer rule that went into effect August 1. It remains to be seen if movement will ever be hindered as 223 transfers and counting have been reported as schools rushed to turn in their old Form Bs before the new policy went into effect.

Class 6A

On paper, No. 1 Wheeler is the clear-cut best team in the state, Continue reading 2025-26 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings →

Girls Rankings

2025-26 Preseason GHSA Girls State Rankings


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Class AAAAAA

1. Newton
2. North Paulding
3. Buford
4. Cherokee
5. Grayson
6. Archer
7. Marietta
8. Etowah
9. Hillgrove
10. North Forsyth

Class AAAAA

1. River Ridge
2. Milton
3. New Manchester
4. Brunswick
5. Morrow
6. Coffee
7. Woodward Academy
8. Creekview
9. Alexander
10. Lee County

Class AAAA

1. Creekside
2. Marist
3. North Oconee
4. Kell
5. Warner Robins
6. Midtown
7. Dalton
8. Jones County
9. Starr’s Mill
10. Southwest DeKalb

Class AAA

1. Cherokee Bluff
2. Jenkins
3. Sandy Creek
4. Monroe
5. Gilmer
6. Oconee County
7. Luella
8. Pickens
9. Heritage-Catoosa
10. White County

Class AA

1. Josey
2. Murray County
3. Columbia
4. Thomson
5. Hardaway
6. Hart County
7. Morgan County
8. Carver-Columbus
9. Westside-Macon
10. Tattnall County

Class A D-I

1. Fannin County
2. Model
3. Rabun County
4. Elbert County
5. Heard County
6. Banks County
7. Lamar County
8. ACE
9. Putnam County
10. Central-Macon

Class A D-II

1. Wilcox County
2. Washington-Wilkes
3. Macon County
4. Taylor County
5. Screven County
6. Telfair County
7. Clinch County
8. Metter
9. Charlton County
10. Bryan County

Class 3A-1A Private

1. Hebron Christian
2. St. Francis
3. Holy Innocents’
4. Galloway
5. GAC
6. Athens Academy
7. Trinity Christian
8. Mt. Paran
9. Whitefield Academy
10. Christian Heritage

High school basketball is officially back as the 2025-26 GHSA season is right around the corner. Region realignment will come back into play next year meaning title run windows could be closing on some teams while on the horizon of opening for others. Don’t forget that the days of region tournaments solely determining state playoff brackets is nearly over as this season will be the last before all classifications move to seeding 1-32 next year. Continue reading 2025-26 Preseason GHSA Girls State Rankings →

Rankings

2024-25 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings


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Class AAAAAA

1. Grayson
2. Wheeler
3. Norcross
4. Newton
5. Walton
6. Pebblebrook
7. McEachern
8. Buford
9. Etowah
10. Lambert

Class AAAAA

1. Milton
2. Tri-Cities
3. Woodward Academy
4. Langston Hughes
5. Lee County
6. Riverwood
7. Woodstock
8. Winder-Barrow
9. Gainesville
10. Habersham Central

Class AAAA

1. Pace Academy
2. North Oconee
3. Kell
4. Jonesboro
5. St. Pius X
6. McDonough
7. Maynard Jackson
8. Marist
9. Benedictine
10. Central-Carrollton

Class AAA

1. Cedar Grove
2. Westside-Augusta
3. Dougherty
4. Cross Creek
5. Sandy Creek
6. Pickens
7. Baldwin
8. Upson-Lee
9. Cherokee Bluff
10. Johnson-Savannah

Class AA

1. Columbia
2. Carver-Columbus
3. Butler
4. South Atlanta
5. Spencer
6. Westside-Macon
7. Thomson
8. Hart County
9. Union County
10. Franklin County

Class A D-I

1. Southwest-Macon
2. BEST Academy
3. Model
4. Jasper County
5. Toombs County
6. Temple
7. Rabun County
8. Woodville-Tompkins
9. Swainsboro
10. Banks County

Class A D-II

1. Savannah
2. Warren County
3. Manchester
4. Calhoun County
5. McIntosh County Academy
6. Early County
7. Randolph-Clay
8. Macon County
9. Jenkins County
10. Mt. Zion-Carrollton

Class 3A-1A Private

1. Holy Innocents’
2. Greenforest
3. North Cobb Christian
4. Darlington
5. St. Francis
6. Paideia
7. Mt. Bethel
8. King’s Ridge
9. Hebron Christian
10. Mt. Vernon

The 2024-25 GHSA Boys Basketball season is upon us. With the crunch of seven classifications into six, expect winning a state title to become even harder, unless you are a smaller public school. With private schools from Class 3A to 1A all vying for just one championship, tiny county schools have an opportunity to make history. Tracking the power ratings system will be interesting in Year 1 of implementation as gamesmanship as far as scheduling goes will come back into play for the smaller classifications over the next few years. Continue reading 2024-25 Preseason GHSA Boys State Rankings →