APS Launches Football Power Poll Prior to Week 3 Games

Even though Mays lost its opener, the Raiders still hold a lot of respect in the eyes of Atlanta Public Schools coaches.

The Raiders came in at No. 1 in the inaugural APS Football Power Poll, voted on by the district’s 11 football coaches. Each week, the coaches will rank every football-playing school in APS – except their own team – one through 10. A point system (10 points for a first place vote, nine for second, eight for third and so on) determines the ranking of the teams on the poll.

Here’s a look at the entire poll:

1. Mays (0-1)
2. Carver (2-0)
3. B.E.S.T. Academy (1-1)
4. Maynard Jackson (1-0)
5. Douglass (0-1)
6. North Atlanta (1-0)
7. Grady (0-2)
8. Washington (1-0)
9. South Atlanta (0-2)
10. KIPP Atlanta Collegiate (0-1)
11. Therrell (0-2)

And here’s a rundown of this weekend’s schedule:

South Atlanta at Douglass
(5:30 p.m. at Grady Stadium)

Maynard Jackson at East Coweta (Coweta County)
(7:30 p.m. at Garland Shoemake Memorial Stadium in Sharpsburg)

KIPP Atlanta Collegiate vs. North Atlanta
(8 p.m. at Grady Stadium)

B.E.S.T. Academy vs. Lovett (Atlanta – Private)
(5:30 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium)

Washington at Mary Persons (Monroe County)
(7:30 p.m. at Dan Pitts Stadium at Mitchell Field in Forsyth)

Mays vs. Peachtree Ridge (Gwinnett County)
(8 p.m. at Lakewood Stadium)

Carver at Alexander (Douglas County)
(7:30 p.m. at Cougar Stadium in Douglasville)

Therrell at Salem (Rockdale County)
(7:30 p.m. at Evans-Reid Stadium in Conyers)