With the football season now upon us, we take a look at the local teams and their state rankings. The Maxwell Ratings, MaxPreps, Georgia High School Football Daily (Top 10), 680 The Fan (Top 10), and Score Atlanta (Top 10) Preseason Rankings have been released. Highest ranking for each team is listed first.

CLASS 5A

• Habersham Central – #34 Maxwell / #42 MaxPreps

CLASS 3A

• Dawson County – #24 Maxwell / #46 MaxPreps
• Jefferson – #1 MaxPreps / #1 GHSFD / #2 680 / #3 Maxwell / #7 Score Atlanta
• Lumpkin County – #5 Score Atlanta / #7 GHSFD / #10 MaxPreps / #23 Maxwell
• White County – #26 MaxPreps / #28 Maxwell

CLASS 2A

• Stephens County – #3 680 / #5 MaxPreps / #5 GHSFD / #8 Maxwell / #10 Score Atlanta
• Union County – #18 Maxwell / #21 MaxPreps

CLASS 1A DI

• Banks County – #29 Maxwell / #41 MaxPreps
• Commerce – #2 GHSFD / #3 680 / #8 Score Atlanta / #10 Maxwell / #11 MaxPreps
• Rabun County – #4 Maxwell / #5 GHSFD / #6 680 / #9 Score Atlanta / #14 MaxPreps

CLASS 1A DII

• Towns County – #51 Maxwell / #52 MaxPreps