Poll Talk: Five former unbeatens fall out of Top 10

Previous No. 6 Walton (5-1) was routed by No. 3 Roswell 48-14 on Friday in Class AAAAAA. The newcomer in the AAAAAA rankings is Peachtree Ridge (4-2), which has losses to No. 4 Archer and an out-of-state opponent but a victory over No. 7 McEachern.

Previous AAAA No. 5 Thomson (4-1) also fell from the unbeaten, losing to Burke County 26-21. Burke (5-1), which hasn’t lost to a Georgia opponent, took Thomson’s place in the Top 10.

Elbert County, Westside-Macon and Adairsville, which had been unbeaten in AAA, each lost, but Elbert survived in the Top 10, settling at No. 6, after falling to No. 3 Jefferson 27-9.

Previous No. 7 Westside (5-1) was replaced by Jackson (4-1), which hadn’t been ranked this late in a season since 2009. Jackson beat Westside 31-29 last week.

Previous No. 9 Adairsville (4-1) also dropped out after losing to No. 1 Calhoun 45-13. Callaway (4-1) joined the AAA rankings at No. 10.

The fifth unbeaten team to drop out of the rankings was previous No. 8 Model (5-1), which lost to No. 6 Darlington 28-22 in AA. Brooks County (4-2) rejoined the rankings at No. 10

The final newcomer in the rankings is Charlton County in A. Charlton (4-1) beat previous No. 4 Irwin County (3-2-1) 28-14. Irwin dropped out.

The previous Top 10 went 42-7 last week. All seven losses were against teams currently ranked. The new Top 10 went 47-1 last week.

This week, only two games match ranked teams. They are No. 1 Colquitt County at No. 6 Lee County (AAAAAA) and No. 6 Marist at No. 9 St. Pius (AAAA).

Class AAAAAA

1. (1) Colquitt County (6-0)

2. (2) Grayson (6-0)

3. (3) Roswell (5-0)

4. (4) Archer (4-1)

5. (5) Mill Creek (6-0)

6. (8) Lee County (6-0)

7. (7) McEachern (4-1)

8. (9) Camden County (6-0)

9. (10) Norcross (6-0)

10. (NR) Peachtree Ridge (4-2)

Class AAAAA

1. (1) Northside, Warner Robins (6-0)

2. (2) Houston County (6-0)

3. (4) Mays (6-0)

4. (3) Stockbridge (5-0)

5. (5) Ware County (5-0)

6. (6) Lanier (5-0)

7. (7) Stephenson (4-1)

8. (8) Jones County (5-1)

9. (9) Coffee (5-1)

10. (10) Allatoona (5-1)

Class AAAA

1. (1) Cartersville (5-0)

2. (2) Buford (4-1)

3. (3) Woodward Academy (5-0)

4. (4) Mary Persons (5-0)

5. (6) Bainbridge (6-0)

6. (7) Marist (5-1)

7. (9) Spalding (6-0)

8. (NR) Burke County (5-1)

9. (8) St. Pius (3-2)

10. (10) Sandy Creek (4-1)

Class AAA

1. (1) Calhoun (6-0)

2. (2) Blessed Trinity (5-0)

3. (3) Jefferson (6-0)

4. (5) Cedar Grove (4-1)

5. (6) Peach County (5-1)

6. (4) Elbert County (5-1)

7. (8) Central, Carrollton (5-0)

8. (10) Dodge County (6-0)

9. (NR) Jackson (4-1)

10. (NR) Callaway (4-1)

Class AA

1. (1) Benedictine (5-0)

2. (2) Fitzgerald (6-0)

3. (3) Greater Atlanta Christian (5-1)

4. (4) Wesleyan (6-0)

5. (5) Rabun County (5-1)

6. (6) Darlington (6-0)

7. (7) Pace Academy (5-1)

8. (9) Jefferson County (4-2)

9. (10) Union County (6-0)

10. (NR) Brooks County (4-2)

Class A

1. (1) Mount Paran Christian (5-0)

2. (2) Prince Avenue Christian (6-0)

3. (3) Eagle’s Landing Christian (3-3)

4. (5) Marion County (4-1)

5. (6) Calvary Day (5-0)

6. (7) Turner County (6-0)

7. (8) Aquinas (5-1)

8. (9) Lincoln County (6-0)

9. (10) Landmark Christian (4-2)

10. (NR) Charlton County (4-1)