The Centennial Knights are headed to the postseason after closing the regular season with a 41-34 home win over Chattahoochee on Friday, Nov. 6.

According to GPB Sports, the victory gave head coach Adam Miller’s team a 6-4 overall record and a 3-3 finish in Class 5A Region 6.

Centennial enters the playoffs as the No. 25 seed and will visit No. 8 Mays in the first round. MaxPreps lists kickoff for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13.

Mays finished the regular season 9-1 overall and 5-1 in Region 5. Reginald Austin coaches the Raiders.

A winning finish

Centennial opened the season with three consecutive victories, beating Dunwoody 23-21, Johns Creek 54-18 and Alpharetta 42-24.

The Knights then lost to South Forsyth 28-20, Cambridge 28-22 and Blessed Trinity 41-2 before rebounding with a 20-14 road win over St. Pius X.

According to the GHSA’s official results, Centennial followed that stretch with a 38-28 victory over Sprayberry on Oct. 23 and a 50-14 loss at Marist on Oct. 30. The win over Chattahoochee gave the Knights three victories in their final four regular-season games.

Across 10 games, those scores total 276 points for Centennial and 286 for its opponents. The Knights finished 4-1 at home, 1-3 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site.

How the bracket works

The GHSA’s Post Season Ranking system is being used across all classifications this year.

The association’s formula weights a team’s winning percentage at 35%, its opponents’ winning percentage at 35% and its opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage at 30%. Region champions are guaranteed a home game in the first round.

Two other area programs also appear in the Class 5A field. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s bracket listing shows No. 1 Blessed Trinity hosting No. 32 M.L. King, while No. 24 Cambridge visits No. 9 Marist.

Centennial lost to both Blessed Trinity and Marist during the regular season. Cambridge also defeated the Knights in their Sept. 18 meeting.

A championship run would require five postseason wins. The GHSA schedule places the Class 5A title game at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.