FPD, Twiggs County tentatively in GHSA Class A playoffs

Pending appeals, FPD and Twiggs County are the final two teams to qualify for the GHSA Class A private and public school football playoffs.

The Vikings and Cobras currently sit in the No. 16 spot in their respective power ratings, numbers that were published Tuesday morning. Schools have the opportunity to appeal their numbers Wednesday, with the final brackets published Wednesday afternoon.

As things sit now, FPD will travel to the highest ranked region champion, Prince Avenue Christian, on Nov. 20 for the first round of the private school playoffs. Prince Avenue jumps No. 1 Mount Paran Christian, which lost its region championship game Friday to Pinecrest.

Twiggs County, meanwhile, will travel to face top-seeded Marion County for its first-round public school game.

No Middle Georgia team is slated to host a first-round game. Stratford is 10th in the private school ratings, and it is slated to travel to Calvary Day, pending appeals.

Among public schools, 11th-ranked Dooly County is on track to head to Clinch County, Johnson County (12th) is slated to go to Randolph-Clay, Wilkinson County (14th) is tentatively set to go to Irwin County, and Telfair County (15th) is slated to go to ECI.

Should this bracketing survive appeals, Johnson County will be playing a Randolph-Clay team that is actually one spot below the Trojans in the power ratings. But Randolph-Clay gets a boost in its bracket position for winning Region 1-A.

Mount de Sales (21st) was the top Middle Georgia team to miss out among private schools. The top Middle Georgia teams to miss out among public schools: Treutlen (18th), Hancock Central (20th) and defending Class A public school champion Hawkinsville (21st).

This story was originally published November 10, 2015 at 5:19 PM with the headline "FPD, Twiggs County tentatively in GHSA Class A playoffs ."