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.

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.

CPA wide receiver Owen Cabell, an Alabama commit, is No. 5 in the Tennessean's Dandy Dozen ahead of the 2025 TSSAA football season.

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

Another year, another slate of new coaches. Five schools in Madison County are set to debut new head football coaches in their first games of the high school football seasons, with some familiar faces at new programs and big-time outside hires coming in.

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