ATLANTA - The Georgia High School Association is shaking up the playoff picture with one of its biggest postseason changes in decades.

What we know:

Instead of automatically taking the top four teams from each region, the GHSA will now select the best 32 teams statewide in each classification — no matter where they finish in region play. The new system uses a postseason ranking formula that multiplies a team’s winning percentage by its opponents’ winning percentage and its opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage.

The change, approved with only one vote against, is designed to ensure the best teams advance deep into the playoffs.

The GHSA first tested the formula in 2024 for Class 3A, 2A, and Class A Division I, along with the private-school division, before deciding to expand it sta

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