Hello, and welcome to Week 1 of the Michigan high school football season for 2025! Be sure to send in your nominees across any sport for the Detroit Free Press Prep Athlete of the Week from Aug. 25-31 of all high school sports, then come back Tuesday to vote. The winner will be revealed next Friday.

The Michigan football team will kick off the 2025 season and the Bryce Underwood era at 7:30 ET on Saturday night against New Mexico from the Big House in Ann Arbor. The game will be airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The Wolverines are currently favored by 34.5 points.

Michigan State football kicks off its 2025 season on Friday night against Western Michigan in an in-state battle. There's been some hype around the Spartans heading into the season, as Jonathan Smith heads into his second year as the Spartans' head coach and has had some more time to put together the roster and culture in his image this summer.