Our All-Star high school prediction panel continues its look at some key questions entering the 2025 season today.
Next up: Who is the most likely team to win a state championship among all seven AHSAA classifications and the AISA?
Not surprisingly, this answer was unanimous.
Here we go. …
Thomas Ashworth, AL.com
Jackson
in Class 4A is one of — if not the — most loaded teams in the state regardless of classification. With Power Four playmakers everywhere on the field, I’m confident this team will make it back to Birmingham.
Simone Eli, WKRG-TV sports director
Jackson
. It won’t be easy, but the Aggies are fully loaded for a return trip to Progressive Stadium and a 4A repeat. Jackson opens the season at home on Aug. 22 against Saraland in one of the season’s most anticipated games. Cody Flournoy’s team also hosts Gunner Rivers and semifinalist St. Michael on Oct. 3 at Legion Field in what could be the first of two meetings between those two teams for the second year in a row.
Randy Kennedy, AL.com and IHeart Radio
Jackson.
It is rare that a Class 4A team is in the conversation as the best team in the state.
Gerhard Mathangani, WKRG-TV sports anchor and reporter
Jackson.
Cody Flournoy’s seventh Jackson team may be his best yet. That is saying something considering the Aggies went 14-1 a year ago and won the school’s third state titles. The others came in 1979 and 2011. Loading No. 4 in 2025.
Ben Thomas, AL.com
Jackson.
This is probably the easiest question of the bunch. The reigning 4A champ Aggies went 14-1 a year ago,
losing only the opener at Class 6A runner-up Saraland
. Cody Flournoy’s team
destroyed Cherokee County 69-6 in the title game
and returns QB Landon Duckworth, RB EJ Crowell, WR Keeyun “Red” Chapman and a host of other future college stars. If not for the Aggies, the pick here would be Class 7A Thompson.
John Vella, AL.com
Jackson Aggies.
After demolishing
Cherokee County 69-6 in last season’s state championship
, Jackson looks primed and ready to repeat. The Aggies certainly aren’t ducking the competition again this season with non-region games vs Saraland, Demopolis and Baker.
Dennis Victory, AL.com
Class 4A Jackson.
The Aggies have big-school talent and should be one of the best teams in the state, regardless of classification.
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