Maxwell Ratings’ forecast for Round 2 of playoffs
Here are this week’s playoff games with projected margins of victory, courtesy of the Maxwell Ratings. The projected winner is on the left. The projected margin of victory is on the right. The Maxwell computer ratings take into account each team’s historical and current season performance. The projected margins also consider actual scoring patterns and may not match the projected margins when using the ratings alone.
GHSA
(All games Friday)
Class 6A
Buford vs. Lowndes -16
Carrollton vs. Valdosta -24
Collins Hill at Colquitt Co. 0
Douglas Co. at North Cobb -2
Grayson vs. Norcross -16
Hillgrove vs. Peachtree Ridge -1
North Gwinnett vs. Newton -21
West Forsyth vs. Archer -12
Class 5A
Coffee at Brunswick -8
Houston Co. at Lakeside, Evans -7
Hughes vs. Roswell -1
Lee Co. vs. East Paulding -32
Milton vs. Dutchtown -42
Sequoyah at Woodward Academy -4
Sprayberry vs. Newnan -8
Thomas Co. Central at Rome -19
Class 4A
Benedictine at Ola -8
Blessed Trinity vs. Jonesboro -18
Cartersville vs. Starr's Mill -8
Central, Carrollton vs. Cambridge -1
Creekside vs. Kell -16
Eastside at Perry -6
Marist vs. Jones Co. -28
North Oconee vs. Ware Co. -13
Class 3A
Cherokee Bluff vs. Luella -15
Douglass at Calhoun -2
Harlem vs. Southeast Bulloch -6
Jefferson vs. Oconee Co. -12
Jenkins at Stephenson -2
Peach Co. vs. Baldwin -24
Sandy Creek vs. LaGrange -6
Upson-Lee at North Hall -6
Class 2A
Appling Co. vs. Carver, Atlanta -2
Burke Co. vs. Laney -24
Callaway vs. Stephens Co. -6
Carver, Columbus vs. Ringgold -23
Hapeville Charter vs. Thomson -14
Morgan Co. vs. Sumter Co. -12
Pierce Co. at Columbia -23
Rockmart vs. Westside, Macon -7
Class A Division I
Dublin vs. Jasper Co. -32
Fannin Co. vs. Jeff Davis -11
Fitzgerald vs. Bleckley Co. -24
Heard Co. vs. Elbert Co. -5
Northeast vs. Lamar Co. -21
Thomasville vs. Temple -23
Toombs Co. vs. Commerce -28
Worth Co. vs. Dodge Co. -10
Class A Division II
Bowdon at Metter -14
Brooks Co. vs. Miller Co. -22
Clinch Co. at Johnson Co. -20
Irwin Co. at Early Co. -13
Jenkins Co. at Macon Co. -10
Lincoln Co. vs. Mitchell Co. -23
Manchester vs. Wilcox Co. -31
Trion at Telfair Co. -6
Class 3A-A private
Athens Academy vs. Aquinas -16
Calvary Day vs. Mount Paran Christ. -38
Fellowship Christian vs. King's Ridge -38
Hebron Christian vs. Lovett -25
North Cobb Christ. vs. Whitefield Acad. 0
Prince Avenue vs. Providence Christ. -48
Sav. Christian vs. Sav. Country Day -35
Wesleyan at Christian Heritage -11
GIAA
(Friday)
Edmund Burke vs. Robert Toombs -21
Valwood School vs. Deerfield-Windsor -3
(Saturday)
Bulloch Academy vs. First Presbyterian 0
SW Georgia Academy vs. Brentwood -7
GAPPS
(Thursday)
Lanier Christian vs. Cherokee Christian -9