If you want to know who the best football players in the state are, ask their fellow athletes. AL.com surveyed players at Madison County high school football media days, with one of the questions asking athletes who is the best player they’ve faced on the high school football field.

The 2025 AHSAA season can get started on Aug. 21, but most teams will begin Friday, Aug. 22. Some teams will wait until the next week to get their seasons started. Here is the USA Today Network-Alabama Super 25 ahead of Week 0. 2024 record: 11-3, Class 7A state title; This week: vs. Carver Montgomery on Thursday

It's nearly time to kick off the 2025 high school football season in the state of Alabama, which of course means the preseason poll. There were 18 voters in the 2025 preseason Alabama Sports Writers Association high school football rankings with first-place votes, last year’s record and total poll points.

Greater Cincinnati high school football is annually littered with college-level talent and 2025 is no different. Here are the top seniors to watch.

USA TODAY Network Alabama high school writers — Maxwell Donaldson of The Gadsden Times and Jaeden Day of The Montgomery Advertiser got together to answer those big questions ahead of the 2025 Alabama High School football season.

One of the most talented athletes on Alabama's roster, Jaylen Mbakwe looks to make an impact this fall after switching positions.

Alabama high school football: 7 candidates who could win 2025 ASWA Mr. Football award from Cederian Morgan to Landon Duckworth to Gunner Rivers.

Robertsdale and Elberta High Schools are less than 15 miles apart on the Eastern Shore of Alabama. Both have struggled to build winning football programs in recent years. Both hired veteran coaches in the offseason with the goal of turning tradition in the right direction.