Top 15 Georgia High School Football Teams Across All Classifications
Preseason – Updated 8/16/2026
ITG Next’s 2026 preseason rankings for each individual classification have been released, but here is the all-classification top 15.
The regular season has just gotten underway with the first four games of the Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Classic, and already we have a bit of a shocker with Grayson’s 15-point loss to North Gwinnett. It really wasn’t that close, but will that loss inspire the Rams as they move on with the rest of their season? I think it will. That doesn’t take away from the Bulldogs’ impressive performance, which included a 37-0 lead heading into the third quarter.
Other contests so far involving ranked teams included Roswell defeating Walton.
You’ll likely notice a few tweaks since we first released our top 10 preseason rankings for each individual classification. Grayson, which was the No. 4 ranked team in Class 7A, does not make the all-classification top 15 poll and will likely fall in the next top 10 ranking for Class 7A.
I think the No. 1 spot is a tie between the Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets and the Buford Wolves. These two teams are the best football programs in GHSA football in my opinion, but because of the state and national championship from last year, I’ll give Buford the nod for the top spot. However, I’ll be watching TCC very closely as I consider which team belongs in the top spot as we move forward through this early part of the 2026 season.
Here are the rest of the 2026 Georgia high school football all-classification top 15 rankings.
- Buford (7A)
- Thomas County Central (6A)
- Carrollton (7A)
- North Gwinnett (7A)
- Roswell (7A)
- Milton (6A)
- Lee County (6A)
- Gainesville (6A)
- Lowndes (7A)
- Valdosta (7A)
- McEachern (7A)
- Benedictine (5A)
- Carver-Columbus (3A)
- Creekside (6A)
- Sandy Creek (4A)
