The progress of the Eastside Eagles during the 2018 season didn't go unnoticed by those across the state of Georgia who cover high school football. 

After becoming the first Georgia High School Association school in Newton County to finish a football season undefeated -- and after nabbing its first region championship in nine years right before advancing to the quarterfinals of the Class AAAA state playoffs -- the Eastside Eagles checked in at No. 6 in the 2018 season's final Georgia Sportswriters Association high school football poll. 

Eastside lost 42-15 to eventual Class AAAA state champion, Blessed Trinity in the quarterfinals, marking the fourth time since 2008 that the Eagles have seen their season come to an end in the playoffs at the hands of an eventual state champion. 

The sixth place ranking is down two spots from where Eastside was in the last GSWA poll before the playoffs began, but is also the highest final ranking in school history.

You can see the rest of the Class AAAA rankings, along with the final GSWA poll of the season in its entirety below. 

Class 7A

School, Points, Previous Ranking

(First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Milton 100 (10) 9
2. Colquitt County 90 1
3. Archer 80 8
4. Lowndes 66 NR
5. Hillgrove 53 4
6. Grayson 52 3
7. Parkview 32 2
8. Tift County 29 NR
9. North Gwinnett 27
10. Walton 10 t5

Others receiving votes: McEachern 4, Roswell 3, Westlake 2, Norcross 1, Marietta 1

Dropped Out: Westlake, Roswell

Class 6A

 School, Points, Previous Ranking

   (First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Lee County 100 (10) 1
2. Northside-Warner Robins 90
3. Dacula 78 9
4. Lanier 64 NR
5. Valdosta 52 8
6. Creekview 50 2 
7. Sequoyah 39 5
8. Coffee 28 NR
9. Allatoona 24 10
10. Harrison 16 4

Others receiving votes: Creekside 3, Stephenson 2, Tucker 2, John’s Creek 1, Habersham Central 1

Dropped Out: Stephenson, Tucker

Class 5A

School, Points, Previous Ranking

(First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Bainbridge 100 (10) NR
2. Warner Robins 89 3
3. Rome 76 1
4. Stockbridge 72 t6
5. Buford 61 2
6. Dutchtown 44 5
7. Carrollton 33 5
8. Clarke Central 30 NR
9. Wayne County 20 4
10. Kell 15 9

Others receiving votes: Ware County 4, Griffin 3, Jones County 2, SW DeKalb 1

Dropped Out: Ware County, Jones County, SW DeKalb.

Class 4A

 School, Points, Previous Ranking

   (First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Blessed Trinity 100 (10) 1
2. Cartersville 90 2
3. Marist 77 6
4. Troup 72 9
5. Mary Persons 56 3
6. Eastside 48 4
7. Cairo 37 NR
8. Baldwin 21 NR
9. St. Pius 16 5
10. Pickens 12 7

Others receiving votes: Burke County 8, Ridgeland 5, Flowery Branch 3, North Oconee 2, Woodward Academy 2, Thomson 1

Dropped Out: Ridgeland, Flowery Branch

Class 3A

 School, Points, Previous Ranking

  (First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Cedar Grove 100 (10) 2
2. Peach County 90 4
3. Calhoun 78 1
4. Pierce County 71 7
5. Monroe Area 52 3
6. Westminster 42 10
7. Benedictine 38 6
8. Jenkins 32 NR
9. Greater Atlanta Christian 22 5
10. Dawson County 9 8

Others receiving votes: North Hall 5, Westside-Macon 3, Jefferson 3, Liberty County 1

Dropped Out: Jefferson

Class 2A

 School, Points, Previous Ranking

   (First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Heard County 100 (10) t7
2. Rockmart 90 3
3. Fitzgerald 69 NR
4. Callaway 66 4
5. Rabun County 51 2
6. Dublin 49 6
7. Washington County 42 NR
8. Jefferson County 32 10
9. Brooks County 14 5
10. Hapeville Charter 11 1 

Others receiving votes: Bremen 8, Dodge County 8, Swainsboro 2, Thomasville 1

Dropped Out: Bremen, Dodge County

Class A Public

 School, Points

(First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. Clinch County 100 (10)
2. Irwin County 90
3. Marion 77
4. Pelham 73
5. Commerce 56
6. Mount Zion-Carroll 48
7. Schley 37
8. Greene County 35
9. ECI 13
10. Mitchell County 11

Others receiving votes: Charlton County 3, Trion 2, Dooly County 2, Chattahoochie Co. 2, Montgomery County 1, Miller County 1

Class A Private

 School, Points

(First place votes in parenthesis) 

1. ELCA 100 (10)
2. Athens Academy 90
3. Prince Avenue 71
4. Savannah Christian 66
5. Calvary Day 55
6. Fellowship Christian 47
7. North Cobb Christian 45
8.  Darlington 33
9. Hebron Christian 10
10. Mount Paran 7

Others receiving votes: Brookstone 6, Wesleyan 5, Mount de Sales 4, Aquinas 3, Riverside Military 3, Tattnall Square 2, Mt. Vernon 1, George Walton 1, Christian Heritage 1

Publications: The Covington News, Douglas County Sentinel, Marietta Daily Journal, Walton Tribune, Daily Citizen, The George-Anne, Walker Messenger, Newnan Times Herald, Gwinnett Daily Post, The Athletic.