The 2025 high school football season kicks off this week. Teams from Hawaii will be the first to take the field and by Aug. 24, half the states in the country will be underway.
We begin our preseason coverage in two weeks with the release of the initial MaxPreps Top 25. We will then dive deep into each position as well as offering up our Preseason MaxPreps All-America Team.
Read on to find out when the season begins in your state.
Aug. 9Hawaii
Aug. 14Alaska, Nevada
Aug. 15 Georgia
Aug. 18New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Tennessee
Aug. 20Arizona, California
Aug. 21Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin
Aug. 22District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Aug. 24Arkansas
Aug. 25Virginia, West Virginia
Aug. 28Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
Aug. 29Delaware, Oregon, Vermont
Aug. 30Rhode Island
Sept. 2Massachusetts
Sept. 3 Kansas
Sept. 4Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire
Sept. 5Maryland, Washington
Sept. 11Connecticut
