2025 Georgia High School Football Rankings: Class 1A-Division II

Top 10 Georgia High School Football Teams in Class 1A-Division II

Updated 9/28/2025

Clinch County continues to occupy the top spot in our 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division II, but elsewhere in the classification, there are changes.

Metter falls out of the top 10 this week after losing by 28 points to Emanuel County Institute.

Also dropping out of this week’s rankings is Hawkinsville following their 18-point loss to Wheeler County.

Seminole falls three spots to No. 10 after losing to the Early County Bobcats, who move up to No. 6 this week after the win.

ECI and Wheeler County both debut this week in our top 10.  

1. Clinch County 
2. Lincoln County  
3. Bowdon  
4. Johnson County (+1) 
5. Brooks County (+1)    
6. Early County (+3)
7. Screven County (+3)
8. Wheeler County (NR)
9. ECI (NR)
10. Seminole County (-3)

Out: Metter, Hawkinsville

Updated 9/21/2025

Clinch County continues to occupy our top spot in the 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division ll despite not playing a game last week. There were only two Top 5 teams that played last week: Lincoln County and Metter, who both won. 

Brooks County lost to a talented Pierce County team, but head coach Josh McFather’s Trojans remain in the No. 6 spot.  

Wilcox County was upset by unranked Truetlen last Friday night 17-12, dropping the Patriots to 3-2 on the season and dropping them out of this week’s Class 1A-Division ll Top 10.

Seminole, Hawkinsville, and Early County all advance one spot this week, allowing Screven County to move into the Top 10 for the first time this season.   

1. Clinch County 
2. Lincoln County  
3. Bowdon 
4. Metter 
5. Johnson County 
6. Brooks County  
7. Seminole County (+1)  
8. Hawkinsville (+1)  
9. Early County (+1)
10. Screven County (NR)  

Out: Wilcox County

Updated 9/14/2025

Clinch County continues to occupy our top spot in the 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class A D-ll. Brooks County picked up their first win of the season against a talented Fitzgerald team, winning 21-3. With the victory, Brooks County jumps up one spot this week. Also moving up a spot are Johnson County, Wilcox County, Seminole, and Hawkinsville. Jenkins County lost their second game of the year to fall out of this week’s Top 10. Clinch remains in the top spot. 

1. Clinch County 
2. Lincoln County  
3. Bowdon 
4. Metter 
5. Johnson County (+1)  
6. Brooks County (+1)  
7. Wilcox County (+1)  
8. Seminole County (+1) 
9. Hawkinsville (+1)
10. Early County (NR)

Out: Jenkins County 

Updated 9/7/2025

Clinch County survived an offensive shootout against the Berrien Rebels at home, winning on a last-minute touchdown to erase a 1-point deficit. Brooks County is still winless on the season after falling at home to Worth County. Despite the loss, the Trojans remain in the Top 10 of our 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division II, but do fall two spots to No. 7. 

Brooks County was one of three ranked teams that lost last week; Charlton County and Mitchell County also suffered losses and fall out of the Top 10.

1. Clinch County 
2. Lincoln County  
3. Bowdon 
4. Metter 
5. Jenkins County (+1) 
6. Johnson County (+2)
7. Brooks County (-2)
8. Wilcox County (+1) 
9. Seminole County (NR)
10. Hawkinsville (NR)

Out: Charlton County, Mitchell County

Updated 9/2/2025

Metter falls two spots to No. 4 in our 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division II after suffering a 30-point defeat at the hands of Swainsboro. 

Bowdon and Lincoln take advantage and move up one spot each after both teams won. 

Clinch County remains at the top of the poll this week after a comfortable win over Miller County. 

1. Clinch County 
2. Lincoln County (+1) 
3. Bowdon (+1)
4. Metter (-2)
5. Brooks County  
6. Jenkins County 
7. Mitchell County
8. Johnson County 
9. Wilcox County 
10. Charlton County 

Updated 8/25/2025

Nine of the Top 10 teams in our 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division II retain their positions from last week’s rankings.

The Bowdon Red Devils seem to have found their mojo after their opening-week shutout loss was followed by a slow start against Macon County Friday night. Bowdon trailed 14-7 after the first quarter against the Bulldogs, but the Red Devils of head coach Rich Fendley woke up in a big way, scoring 34 points in the third quarter to take a 55-14 lead. They won 55-22 and looked more like the state champion of the past three seasons. 

Charlton County enters the poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 10.

1. Clinch County 
2. Metter 
3. Lincoln County 
4. Bowdon 
5. Brooks County  
6. Jenkins County 
7. Mitchell County
8. Johnson County 
9. Wilcox County 
10. Charlton County (NR)

Out: Telfair County

Updated 8/18/2025

Our 2025 Georgia high school football rankings for Class 1A-Division II give us more movement than any other classification, with every previously ranked team changing places or falling out of the Top 10 altogether. 

The changes start at the top with Bowdon falling from the No. 1 spot after suffering one of the biggest upsets in the state to Fellowship Christian. No. 2 Brooks County also drops after falling to Thomasville. That opens the door for Clinch County to slide into the top spot. 

Wilcox County debuts at No. 9 with Schley County falling out of the Top 10.

1. Clinch County (+2)
2. Metter (+2)
3. Lincoln County (+2)
4. Bowdon (-3)
5. Brooks County (-3) 
6. Jenkins County (+2) 
7. Mitchell County (+2)
8. Johnson County (+2)
9. Wilcox County (NR)
10. Telfair County (-4)

Out: Schley County

Preseason – Updated 6/5/2025

Here are ITG Next’s 2025 Georgia high school football preseason rankings for Class 1A-Division II. 

Bowdon won its third straight state title in 2024, and head coach Rich Fendley may have the team to make it four in a row in 2025. He’ll return three players who accounted for 46 of the Red Devils’ TDs last season. That’s a lot of production coming back.  

Josh McFather made quite the debut in 2024 in his first season as Brooks County’s head coach, and the Trojans will certainly be a force once again in 2025 with some of the state’s best skill positions returning. 

Irwin County has a new head coach in Larry Harold, formerly of Central Gwinnett. He replaces Casey Soliday, who stepped away after the 2024 season.

With 21 seniors gone from last season’s 12-2 squad, Manchester could be the classification’s biggest question mark in 2025. 

Clinch County head coach Jim Dickerson is back with the Panthers for a second season, and he’ll have his team in the mix once again. 

My surprise pick? Mitchell County. Head coach Dondrial Pinkins has 14 starters back this season, including most of the offense. 

1. Bowdon
2. Brooks County 
3. Clinch County
4. Metter
5. Lincoln County
6. Telfair County
7. Schley County
8. Jenkins County
9. Mitchell County
10. Johnson County