Early Contenders: Top 10 toughest high school football schedules

Video: Bishop Gorman taking on daunting schedule
Late September showdown with St. Thomas Aquinas could be high school football's game of the year.

1. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 28 – at Cedar Hill (Texas)
Sept. 2 – vs. Cocoa (Fla.)
Sept. 9 – at St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Sept. 17 – vs. Kahuku (Hawaii)
Sept. 30 – vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

2. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 27 – at St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Sept. 9 – vs. Bishop Gorman
Oct. 21 – vs. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)

3. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 27 – at Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Sept. 3 –  vs. Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Oct. 21 – at Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)

4. Orange Lutheran (Calif.)
Notable Opponents
Sept. 9 – vs. Centennial
Oct. 14 – at Mater Dei
Nov. 4 – at St. John Bosco 5. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 26 – vs. Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fla.)
Sept. 9 – American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Sept. 30 – at Bishop Gorman
   
6. Servite (Anaheim, Calif.)
Notable Opponents
Sept. 9 – vs. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Oct. 7 – vs. St. John Bosco
Oct. 28 – vs. Mater Dei

7. Cedar Hill (Texas)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 27 – vs. Bishop Gorman
Sept. 2 – vs. Mansfield (Texas)
Sept. 23 – vs. DeSoto (Texas)

8. Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 27 – American Heritage
Sept. 9 – Roswell (Roswell, Ga.)

9. St. John's (Washington, D.C.)
Notable Opponents
Sept. 17 – at IMG Academy
Sept. 30 – at DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Nov. 5 – vs. Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)

10. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Notable Opponents
Aug. 27 –  St. John Bosco
Sept. 2 – vs. Colerain (Cincinnati)
Oct. 7 –  vs. La Salle (Cincinnati)
Oct. 14 – vs. Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.)