Milton moved up one spot to No. 4 in the Georgia Public Broadcasting Class 6A football rankings released Monday, Oct. 5.

The Eagles (5-1, 2-0 Region 7-AAAAAA) had been No. 5 as recently as Oct. 2, when GPB Sports commentator Matt Stewart described Region 7-6A as "one of the toughest leagues in the state" in a game preview. Milton returns to the No. 4 spot it held in the preseason poll.

The Eagles' only loss came Aug. 28 at Blessed Trinity, 21-20. Blessed Trinity is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A.

Since then, head coach Ben Reaves' squad has won four straight. The last two were region blowouts: 63-0 over Johns Creek on Sept. 25 and 60-21 over Lanier on Oct. 2. Milton outscored those two opponents by a combined 102 points.

Senior quarterback Derrick Baker has thrown for 1,444 yards through six games, according to MaxPreps. Senior wide receiver Jordan Carrasquillo leads the Eagles with 100.2 receiving yards per game and eight total touchdowns. On defense, junior safety Christian Edwards averages 11.3 tackles per game, and senior linebacker Roman Tumminia has recorded six sacks.

Junior kicker Ryan Jung, rated a five-star prospect and the No. 1 placekicker in the 2028 class, is committed to Michigan, according to the GPB Sports All-Prospects Team.

The full GPB Class 6A top 10: Thomas County Central, Creekside, Gainesville, Milton, Jackson County, Lee County, Coffee, East Paulding, Woodward Academy and Hughes.

Three of those teams play in Region 7-6A: No. 3 Gainesville, No. 4 Milton and Roswell, which dropped out of the top 10 after holding the No. 8 spot. Roswell won the region title in 2025. Milton won it in 2024.

The Eagles host Alpharetta for homecoming on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. After that, the schedule gets tougher: at Gainesville on Oct. 23, at Riverwood on Oct. 30 and home against Roswell on Nov. 6 to close the regular season. The GHSA football playoffs begin the following week.