The Georgia High School Association is considering postponing the football playoffs one week to accommodate schools that need to make up games because of Hurricane Helene, executive director Tim Scott said Monday morning. Scott said he hoped to have a decision by noon Tuesday.

Rankings have not been updated this week because of the more than 30 games that were postponed until Monday night. These rankings contain game summaries for the top-10 teams that did play last week. New rankings will be published Tuesday.

To find the state’s leading rusher, passer and receiver, search no further than northwest Georgia. Chattooga’s Zayden Cook (leading rusher with 1,328 yards) and Trion’s Kade Smith (leading passer with 1,409) are from the same county. About 30 miles closer to the Tennessee border is Heritage of Ringgold, where leading receiver Cody Bryan (701 yards) is having a standout season.

Week 7 games are on the move as Hurricane Helene forces changes to the schedule around the state. Among the games on the schedule are two big Region 1-6A openers, Camden County at Valdosta and Lowndes at Colquitt County. Region 2-5A kicks off league play with No. 3 Thomas County Central at No. 2 Lee County, and private-schools powers Blessed Trinity and Savannah Christian meet in a non-region game.

The AJC’s Super 11 players are having successful seasons where it counts most – their teams’ won-lost records. Seven are playing on undefeated teams. Only one, Schley County’s Zayden Walker, is playing for a team outside the top 10, and the Wildcats (3-3) remain favored to win their region.

Benedictine’s Chis “Bubba” Frazier, LaGrange’s Malachi Render-Fannin, Norcross’ Jahsaun Clarke and McEachern’s Zhay’Lyn Bell put up big numbers in their teams’ Week 6 victories, while Trion’s Logan Stokes made a difference on both sides of the ball in an overtime win against an out-of-state opponent.

Cambridge and Ola, both 5-0, entered the Class 4A football rankings for the first time this season after a week light on upsets overall. Cambridge and Ola were off last week but benefited from losses from No. 8 Perry (to East Coweta) and No. 9 Ware County (to Lincoln of Tallahassee, Fla.).

Morgan County’s Jaylen Elder has been one of Georgia’s fastest-rising recruits this month. He’s also moved to the top of GHSF Daily’s yardage leaderboard in receiving. Elder had five receptions for 191 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-19 victory over Cedar Shoals last week. He also scored on an 84-yard run.

Region play is picking up steam as the season reaches the midway point, and the early front-runners in several regions will be established this weekend. Among those are 4-3A (Aquinas at Westside of Augusta), 8-A Division I (Athens Academy at Commerce), 5-3A (Douglass at Cedar Grove), 4-4A (Mays at Creekside) and 5-6A (North Cobb at Walton).

Twenty-five GHSA teams are undefeated but unranked by GHSF Daily. Below is an overview of each, with their prospects going forward. Seven of the 25 complete in Class 4A, which is unusually strong this season, partly because of the addition of Marist and Blessed Trinity, down from Class 6A.

Quarterbacks Luke Priester of Chattahoochee, Kyle Davis of Lakeside (Atlanta) and Trey Smith of Roswell each accounted for more than 400 yards of offense in Week 5, and Pierce County’s Caden McGatha wasn’t far behind with 384. Elsewhere, Thomson’s Jaris Sinkfield scored just about every way imaginable in a victory over Swainsboro.

Carrollton needed an impressive victory to hold its No. 1 ranking in Class 6A this week. The Trojans got it. Their 45-15 win against Gainesville, then the second-ranked team in Class 5A, was enough to shield it from surging Buford, which dominated previous-No. 3 Douglas County of Class 6A 31-14.

Chattooga’s Zayden Cook is the state’s new rushing leader after a 338-yard effort last week in a 45-20 victory over Mount Zion of Carroll County. Cook has rushed for 849 yards and 11 touchdowns on just 60 carries. Cook is more than a running back, though. He’s an inside linebacker who is second on his team in tackles, averaging eight per game. He’s playing 125-130 plays per game.

No. 2 Buford and No. 3 Douglas County will headline Week 5 of the season when they meet in Douglasville, trying to keep pace near the top of the Class 6A rankings. Elsewhere, the top three teams in 5A - No. 1 Milton, No. 2 Gainesville and No. 3 Lee County - will face tough tests on the road.

Region play has begun in only 12 of the 56 regions, and the regular season is just one-third complete, but bracket mania has been simmering for weeks in the computer Maxwell Ratings. Below are the projected first-round matchups and seeds for all eight championship draws, along with some GHSF Daily observations.

Great rushing nights by Chattooga’s Zayden Cook and West Hall’s Elijah Hayes and outstanding all-around efforts by Jefferson’s Rett Hemphill, Toombs County’s T.J. Stanley and Warner Robins’ Skyler Williams were among the highlights of the fourth week of the season.

Buford and Douglas County didn’t move up in the football rankings this week, but each had a big win that could set up either for a promotion if successful in their next game – which is against each other. Buford, the No. 2 team in Class 6A and the preseason No. 1, defeated No. 7 Roswell of Class 5A 52-17. Douglas County, ranked No. 3, beat No. 6 Hughes of 5A 21-14.

Walnut Grove’s Emadd Howard, Houston County’s Antwann Hill and Pope’s John Stuetzer stand atop GHSF Daily’s GHSA yardage leaderboard in rushing, passing and receiving. Howard, a senior, is bidding for his third consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. He’s 86 yards from 3,000 in his career. He had a career-high 305 rushing yards in a 48-19 victory over Loganville last month. Walnut Grove is 3-0.

Jones County will meet Ola and Rockmart will face Ringgold in early battles for region supremacy in Week 4 of the season. Warner Robins will take on Houston County for the unofficial title of county champions, and North Gwinnett travels to Mill Creek in a battle of top-five teams in Class 6A.

More than 150 former Georgia high school football players are on active NFL rosters or injured reserve ahead of the league’s first game Thursday between the Chiefs and the Ravens, according to GHSF Daily research. The 150 is similar to last year’s total, which ranked fourth among states behind Texas, Florida and California.