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Which teams are favorites to win each Georgia high school football region?

Week 3’s Maxwell Ratings have 8 teams as better than 90% favorites to win their region, led by Hughes at 96%.
Both North Cobb and McEachern — pictured with North Cobb's Aziz Helm (left) tackling McEachern's Jahlil Page on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 — are favored by the Maxwell Ratings to win their regions. North Cobb is a 44.5% favorite to win Class 6A Region 5 and McEachern is at 75.1% to win 6A-3. (Daniel Varnado for the AJC)

Credit: Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Credit: Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Both North Cobb and McEachern — pictured with North Cobb's Aziz Helm (left) tackling McEachern's Jahlil Page on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 — are favored by the Maxwell Ratings to win their regions. North Cobb is a 44.5% favorite to win Class 6A Region 5 and McEachern is at 75.1% to win 6A-3. (Daniel Varnado for the AJC)
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Heading into Week 3, these are the teams to beat in each region and their chances of winning, according to the Maxwell Ratings.

Class 6A

  • Region 1: 63.1% - Colquitt County
  • Region 2: 73.6% - Carrollton
  • Region 3: 75.1% - McEachern
  • Region 4: 91.8% - Grayson
  • Region 5: 44.5% - North Cobb
  • Region 6: 51.8% - West Forsyth
  • Region 7: 56.8% - Norcross
  • Region 8: 93.1% - Buford
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Class 5A

  • Region 1: 67.9% - Brunswick
  • Region 2: 53.0% - Lee County
  • Region 3: 96.4% - Hughes
  • Region 4: 95.7% - Woodward Academy
  • Region 5: 83.7% - Rome
  • Region 6: 52.8% - Sequoyah
  • Region 7: 72.3% - Milton
  • Region 8: 51.4% - Clarke Central

Class 4A

  • Region 1: 65.6% - Ware County
  • Region 2: 32.3% - Stockbridge
  • Region 3: 55.0% - Central (Carrollton)
  • Region 4: 93.4% - Creekside
  • Region 5: 92.0% - Marist
  • Region 6: 54.2% - Blessed Trinity
  • Region 7: 90.6% - Cartersville
  • Region 8: 78.1% - North Oconee

Class 3A

  • Region 1: 78.3% - Peach County
  • Region 2: 37.8% - LaGrange
  • Region 3: 77.7% - Calvary Day
  • Region 4: 40.5% - Baldwin
  • Region 5: 56.6% - Stephenson
  • Region 6: 38.3% - North Hall
  • Region 7: 91.5% - Calhoun
  • Region 8: 81.1% - Jefferson

Class 2A

  • Region 1: 89.4% - Carver (Columbus)
  • Region 2: 44.4% - Callaway
  • Region 3: 60.6% - Pierce County
  • Region 4: 50.8% - Burke County
  • Region 5: 53.4% - Carver (Atlanta)
  • Region 6: 67.0% - Columbia
  • Region 7: 77.2% - Rockmart
  • Region 8: 71.4% - Prince Avenue Christian

Class A Division I

  • Region 1: 55.5% - Thomasville
  • Region 2: 47.7% - Northeast
  • Region 3: 60.8% - Savannah Christian
  • Region 4: 49.1% - Lamar County
  • Region 5: 72.2% - Fellowship Christian
  • Region 6: 39.9% - Heard County
  • Region 7: 59.7% - Fannin County
  • Region 8: 45.8% - Rabun County

Class A Division II

  • Region 1: 57.3% - Early County
  • Region 2: 56.1% - Brooks County
  • Region 3: 57.3% - Metter
  • Region 4: 52.6% - Wilcox County
  • Region 5: 86.0% - Johnson County
  • Region 6: 48.6% - Schley County
  • Region 7: 55.0% - Bowdon
  • Region 8: 76.4% - Lincoln County

GIAA Class 4A-3A

  • 67.9% - Bulloch Academy
  • 59.5% - Valwood
  • 63.4% - Bethlehem Christian
  • 56.2% - Brookstone
  • 49.0% - First Presbyterian

GIAA Class 2A-A

  • 65.2% - Flint River Academy
  • 58.9% - SW Georgia Academy
  • 50.2% - Brentwood

GAPPS

  • 69.1% - Lanier Christian

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