No surprises when it comes to the 2025 high school football schedule for national power Bishop Gorman. The Las Vegas school’s 10-game regular schedule features six out-of-state opponents. All six of those teams finished 2024 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Bishop Gorman is coming off another championship season. The Gaels have won 14 of the last 15 championships in Nevada’s largest classification.
Last season, with its only loss coming against national champ Mater Dei (California), Gorman finished No. 3 in the HSFA 300. The Gaels are a regular high-performer in our national rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm, winning our 2016 national championship.
Bishop Gorman in the HSFA National Rankings
2024 – No. 3
2023 – No. 5
2022 – No. 5
2021 – No. 3
2020 – Bishop Gorman didn’t play due to COVID-19
2019 – No. 77
2018 – No. 42
2017 – No. 9
2016 – National Champs
2015 – No. 4
2014 – No. 3
2013 – No. 23
2012 – No. 14
BG opens the season at home on August 22 against Southern California-power Corona Centennial. The Huskies ended last season ranked No. 21. Two of CC’s three losses last year were against the national champs, Mater Dei.
Week 2 finds the Gaels jetting to Hawaii to play Kahuku, winners of three Open Division championships in the last four years. The Red Raiders will have a new head coach after announcing Sterling Carvalho wasn’t returning in 2025.
Utah 6A runner-up Lone Peak travels to Vegas on September 5. The Knights were No. 51 in the nation last season.
Reigning Illinois 6A champ East St. Louis will be the Gaels’ fourth opponent. ESL, which always plays one of the toughest out-of-state schedules in the nation, finished No. 15 in America in ’24.
On September 19, it’s rematch time when five-time HSFA national champ Mater Dei pulls into town. The Monarchs beat Gorman 31-15 in SoCal last season.
It will be the fifth matchup between the two powers. MD has never lost to the Gaels.
Gorman’s final out-of-state game will be against another Trinity League opponent. The Gaels travel to SoCal to play Santa Margarita, ranked No. 62 in the HSFA 300 last season.
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The four Nevada schools on the Gaels’ 2025 schedule are: Palo Verde (October 3), Mojave (October 10), Somerset (October 17) and Shadow Ridge (October 24).
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