Think your high school...

...football team has a tough schedule? St. Joseph's Prep of Philadelphia, PA opens the 2014 season against Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL), Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) and St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH).

The Hawks of St. Joe's (13-3 last year) were No. 1 in the state of Pennsylvania in 2013 and are rated No. 18 in the country in MaxPreps' preseason rankings. Mount Carmel, meanwhile, was 13-1 last year and won the Illinois 7A state championship. Don Bosco was 7-4 and ranked No. 3 in New Jersey in 2013 by MaxPreps. This year they're rated No. 21 in the country. And St. Ignatius (8-5 last year) finished No. 13 in Ohio in 2013. Wow!