Top 10 toughest high school football schedules for 2015

It's becoming more common across the country to load up your schedule.

Teams want to prove what they can do both in-state and out, coaches want to make their team tougher for the long stretch, and the fans get to see power programs collide.

These 10 teams, however, have gone above the norm. For many of them, every week they face some on the nation's top teams.

1. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)

Notable opponents:

Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) - Oct. 23 in Las Vegas
The Gaels are ranked No. 1 in the state of Nevada and No. 1 overall in the Preseason Top 25 Composite Rankings.

Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.) - Sept. 26 at home
Archbishop Rummel starts off the year ranked No. 1 in Louisiana and No. 22 overall in the country.

Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) - Sept. 18 in Cincinnati
The Fighting Crusaders are ranked No. 2 in the state of Ohio and No. 38 overall in the country. Archbishop Moeller won back-to-back D1 championships in 2012 and 2013.

The Big North United Conference is one of the toughest in all of the country. All five of the teams are ranked in the Top 10 in the state. Paramus Catholic and Bergen Catholic are both ranked in the Top 25 nationally, according to the MaxPreps Computer Rankings.

2. Servite (Anaheim, Calif.)

Notable opponents:

Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) - Sept. 25 in Las Vegas
Bishop Gorman has won six straight Nevada state championships.

De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) - Sept. 11 at De La Salle
The Spartans come into 2015 ranked No. 1 overall in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national rankings. Last year De La Salle topped Servite, 47-24.

Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.) - Sept. 4 at Bishop Amat
Bishop Amat starts the year off with a No. 3 state rank and No. 24 national rank.

It doesn't slow down when Servite hits the Trinity League. All teams in this league could be up for having one of the nation's toughest schedules, including nationally ranked St. John Bosco.

3. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

Notable opponents:

Chandler (Ariz.) - Aug. 29 at home
Chandler starts where it left off, No. 1 in the state of Arizona. The defending state champs will begin ranked No. 8 in the MaxPreps National Computer rankings.

Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) - Sept. 4 in Utah
The Utah powerhouse begins ranked No. 13 nationally with a No. 1 state ranking. Bingham has won two straight Utah state titles.

Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) - Oct. 23 at home
Don Bosco Prep begins the season with a state rank of No. 5.

Bishop Gorman gets knocked for having a softer schedule at the end, but the games they can choose, they go all out. Bellevue (Wash.), Long Beach Poly (Calif.) and Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) also appear on their schedule.

4. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Notable opponents:

DeSoto (Texas) - Sept. 5 in Texas
The state of Texas will be represented well in Florida. DeSoto enters the season ranked 5th nationally and No. 1 in Texas, according the the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings.

Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) - Sept. 19 in New Jersey
Bergen Catholic will show what New Jersey is made of. They enter the season ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 14 overall in the country.

Paramus Catholic (N.J.) - Oct. 23 at home
IMG Academy will have a chance to knock off the two top teams in New Jersey, and two nationally ranked teams. Paramus Catholic starts off the season at No. 2 in the state of New Jersey.

IMG Academy also faces teams from Louisiana, Florida and Maryland.

5. Orange Lutheran (Calif.)

Notable opponents:

De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) - Sept. 19 at De La Salle
Orange Lutheran will be on the road a week after facing nationally ranked Centennial.

Centennial (Corona, Calif.) - Sept. 11 at Orange Coast College
Centennial will enter the 2015 season ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 2 in the state.

St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) - Oct. 29 at home
The Trinity League is never easy, especially when you have to go up against the No. 15 team in the country heading into the season.

6. Miramar (Fla.)

Notable opponents:

IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) - Aug. 30 at IMG Academy
Miramar will travel to play arguably the country's most loaded team.

St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) - Sept. 4 at St. Thomas Aquinas
A week after No. 1 IMG Academy, Miramar will be on the road again to take on state No. 2 and defending state champ St. Thomas Aquinas.

Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) - Oct. 2 at home
Flanagan comes in ranked No. 9 overall in the country in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings.

7. DeSoto (Texas)

Notable opponents:

IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) - Sept. 5 at home
Arguably Florida's top-ranked team will be on the road to face one of Texas' best. Two powerhouse states, two powerhouse programs going at it.

Cedar Hill (Texas) - Oct. 23 at Cedar Hill
The Longhorns start the season ranked No.  7 overall on the season. By the time this game happens, Cedar Hill could be near the top of both the state and national rankings.

Martin (Arlington, Texas) - Aug. 29 - at Mansfield Newsom
DeSoto will have a week 1 matchup with Martin, who starts at No. 9 overall in the state.

8. St. Xavier (Cincinnati)

Notable opponents:

St. Xavier will play virtually all the top-ranked teams in the state of Ohio. The Greater Catholic South Conference features nationally ranked and state No. 1 La Salle (Cincinnati), and three other Top 10 ranked teams in Ohio.

The Bombers will also play teams from Kentucky and Indiana.

9. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)

Notable opponents:

Central (Miami) - Aug. 29 at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex
Miami Central has won three straight Florida Class 6A state titles. This Central team is loaded once again.

American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) - Sept. 5 in Florida
After Miami Central, DeMatha travels out to play the fifth ranked team in Florida.

10. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)

Notable opponents:

Trinity (Euless, Texas) - Aug. 29 in Texas
De La Salle has been questioned over the years for not traveling out of state. Here's a huge matchup in the state of Texas.

The Spartans play tough competition up and down the state of California all year long. They play teams up North like Serra (San Mateo, Calif.), Del Oro (Loomis, Calif.) and Granite Bay (Calif.), and play south schools like Servite (Anaheim, Calif.), Long Beach Poly (Calif.) and Orange Lutheran (Calif.).