No. 1 Buford looking to set new state record for consecutive wins

<p>As Buford kicked-off its season with a resounding win over Lumpkin County to tie Parkview's state record of consecutive wins at 46, it remained the unanimous choice for No. 1 in Class AA in this week's Associated Press high school football poll.</p><p>The Wolves hit the road with 24 returning seniors and nine starters this Friday in a Region 8-AA contest with Union County. Although Union won its first game of the season 8-0 in a weather called game against Towns County two week ago, last year's matchup resulted in a lopsided 49-10 Buford win. The other top two teams held steady with Charlton County at No. 2 and Early County in the No. 3 spot. Appling County failed to receive enough votes to remain ranked making way for Laney (2-0) to enter at No. 8</p><p>The top six positions in Class AAAAA remained the same with Camden County, Valdosta and Lowndes in the top three, respectively. Former No. 7 Newnan's 14-7 loss to Class AAA Carrollton paved the way for its exit and Marietta's entrance at No. 10.</p><p>Class AAAA membership continues unchanged with only one major realignment as last week's No. 4 Thomas County Central fell to No. 10. No. 1 Marist, No. 2 Statesboro and No. 3 Northside-Warner Robins stay at the top.</p><p>LaGrange continues to be sports writers' unanimous choice for No. 1 in Class AAA while No. 2 Shaw and No. 3 Thomson held steady as well. Carrollton moved up two positions to No. 6 tied with Washington County who slipped from No. 5 with lingering impressions of a 27-20 loss the Hawkinsville.</p><p>And speaking of Hawkinsville, they remain at No. 1 in Class A with Clinch County seeing a second week at No. 2. Pacelli Catholic moved up one position to No. 3 after a blowout 81-0 win over Stewart-Quitman. Bremen went from No. 10 to No. 6 this week with a 48-6 win over Eagle's Landing Christian and Commerce dropped four slots to No. 7 after 28-21 loss to unranked Franklin County.</p>

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