25 top-10 teams lose in the first week

Warner Robins keeps ranking despite loss to larger Valdosta.

Twenty-five of the 80 top10 teams in the preseason rankings, including No. 1 Warner Robins of Class 5A, lost their opening games last week, setting off a reshuffle as the high school football season enters week two.

Twenty-three of the preseason ranked teams had off dates, meaning 44% of top-10 originals that suited up were beaten.

Most of those 25 lost to larger schools or other top10 opponents. Both were the case for Warner Robins, which lost at No. 1 Valdosta of 6A, 28-25, on a field goal in the final minute. Warner Robins retained its No. 1 ranking. No. 2 Blessed Trinity had to cancel its first two games Friday after confirming a positive COVID-19 test among one of its players.

A few week-one results did stand out as upsets.

Richmond Hill, a Class 6A semifinalist last season defeated No. 6 Camden County of 7A, 28-11. Richmond Hill moved up four places to No. 4 this week as Camden fell from the rankings.

Metter, unranked in Class 1A Public, beat Swainsboro 28-0 for the first time since 1955. Swainsboro, which had been No. 8 in 2A, dropped out while Metter entered at No. 6.

Eagle’s Landing Christian, the five-time Class 1A Private champion, made the case that it is the state’s best private school in any classification with its 14-0 victory over Woodward Academy, which had opened No. 3 in

Class 5A.

Macon County beat previous No. 3 Clinch County of Class 1A Public, 21-19, and became the first unranked team to beat Clinch since 2015.