Tentative 2026 High School and College Football Regular Season Games

* Weeks 1 and 2 are the official schedules for the respective weeks. Games in weeks 3 through 9 are unofficial unless noted with a + symbol.

Week 1:

8/20:

Peotone @ Eisenhower (Blue Island)

8/21:

Maine South @ Batavia

8/22:

G1: Freeport @ Rockford East

G2: Mount Carmel vs. East St. Louis (@ Hancock Stadium)

Week 2:

8/28:

Cary-Grove @ Prairie Ridge

8/29:

G1: St. Rita @ Glenbard West

G2: Sacred Heart-Griffin @ Joliet Catholic (@ Joliet Memorial Stadium)

Week 3:

9/3:

Phillips @ Whitney Young (@ Rockne Stadium) +

9/4:

St. Charles North @ Geneva or Warren @ Libertyville

9/5:

G1: Bethel University @ North Central College +

G2: Benet @ Leo (@ St. Xavier) +

Week 4:

9/10:

Lakes @ Grant or Barrington @ Hersey

9/11:

Kaneland @ Morris +

9/12:

G1: Erie-Prophetstown @ Newman Central Catholic (@ Sterling) +

G2: Loras College @ Benedictine University +

Week 5:

9/18:

Grayslake Central @ Lakes/Marengo @ Woodstock North/Woodstock @ Johnsburg/Providence @ Nazareth

9/19:

G1: King @ Simeon (@ Stagg Stadium) or Evergreen Park @ Reavis

G2: Indiana Wesleyan @ St. Xavier +

Week 6:

9/24:

Bulls Prep @ Lincoln Park (@ Lane Stadium) +

9/25:

Lakes @ Antioch +

9/26:

Marian Catholic @ St. Viator (@ Forest View Stadium) or Morgan Park @ Simeon (@ Rockne Stadium)

Week 7:

10/1:

Corliss @ South Shore (@ Eckersall Stadium) +

10/2:

Highland Park @ Deerfield/Plano @ Woodstock North/Fenwick @ Brother Rice/Warren @ Stevenson/Hillcrest @ Oak Forest/West Aurora @ South Elgin

10/3:

G1: Conant @ Barrington +

G2: Benedictine University @ Lakeland University +

Week 8:

10/8:

Harlem @ Rockford East or Schurz @ Lake View (@ Lane Stadium)

10/9:

Kankakee @ Crete-Monee/Rolling Meadows @ Hersey/Central (Burlington) @ Huntley/Lyons @ Downers Grove North

10/10:

G1: York @ Glenbard West +

G2: Wheaton College @ North Central College +

Week 9:

10/15:

Addison-Trail @ Willowbrook or Normal U-High @ Springfield

10/16:

Wilmington @ Coal City/Marist @ Brother Rice/Mount Carmel @ Loyola/Hersey @ Prospect/Wauconda @ Antioch/Dixon @ Du-Pec/Normal @ Normal West/

10/17:

TBD (Pawnee @ South Fork?)