ESPN channels to air 6 high school football games during kickoff event
ESPN will air six high school football games, including matchups with top-10 teams Bishop Gorman, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John Bosco and (...)
As prep football gets back into full swing, the Worldwide Leader in Sports will bring back its ESPN High School Football Kickoff for the 15th year.
From Aug. 16-25, ESPN will feature six games featuring 28 players ranked in its top 300 for the classes of 2025 and 2026. According to the press release, eleven of these players have committed to Div. I college football programs.
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Though it’s just the first week of the season for many teams, this event will showcase some of the best matchups of the season, including two games between top 10 teams: Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) plays St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), and St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) goes up against Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.).
Below is the full schedule and the channels on which the game will appear. All times are Eastern Time. The rankings align with the USA TODAY High Sports Super 25 preseason rankings, released earlier this week.
Friday, Aug. 16
No. 12 Carrollton (Ga.) at Woodward Academy (College Park, Ga).
Game time: 8 p.m.
Channel: ESPN2
Thursday, Aug. 22
Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) at Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Game time: 8 p.m.
Channel: ESPN2
Friday, Aug. 23
No. 10 Milton (Ga.) vs. No. 16 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Game time: 7 p.m.
Channel: ESPN
Saturday, Aug. 24
No. 3 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) at No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Game time: 4 p.m.
Channel: ESPN
No. 5 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) vs. No. 6 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Game time: 8 p.m.
Channel: ESPN2
Sunday, Aug. 25
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, (Ga.) at Baylor School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Game time: 1 p.m.
Channel: ESPN
Gavin Owens, 2025 pro-style quarterback from Rabun Gap Nacoochee High, participates in drills from during Dabo Swinney High School Camp (USA TODAY Network)
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