Entire 2026 IHSA bracket, schedule for second-round Illinois high school football playoffs

This is the complete second-round schedule for the 2026 Illinois High School Association football playoffs, listed class-by-class and in bracket order for next weekend, Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7. Games are at the home of the better seed.

Illinois high school football championship games are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28.

2026 IHSA football playoff second-round bracket, schedule

#8 Fisher (8-2) at #1 Heyworth (10-0), TBA
#12 Dwight (8-3) at #4 Clifton (Central) (9-1), TBA
#7 Forreston (8-2) at #2 Stockton (9-1), TBA
#14 Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (7-4) at #11 Fulton (H.S.) (8-3), TBA
#9 Fithian (Oakwood) (8-3) at #1 Mt. Sterling (Brown County) (10-0), TBA
#5 Camp Point (Central) (9-1) at #4 Sullivan (9-1), TBA
#7 Catlin (Salt Fork) (8-2) at #2 Arthur (A.-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond) (9-1), TBA
#6 Tuscola (8-2) at #3 Hardin (Calhoun) [Coop] (9-1), TBA

#8 Peotone (8-2) at #17 Lanark (Eastland) [Eastland-Pearl City Coop] (6-5), TBA
#5 Wilmington (9-1) at #4 Downs (Tri-Valley) (9-1), Saturday, 1 p.m.
#10 Warrensburg (W.-Latham) (8-3) at #2 El Paso (Gridley) (10-0), TBA
#6 Maroa (M.-Forsyth) (9-1) at #3 Aurora (Christian) (9-1), Saturday, 4 p.m.
#8 Newton (7-3) at #1 Johnston City (10-0), TBA
#5 Vandalia (8-2) at #4 Nashville (8-2), TBA
#10 Auburn (7-4) at #2 West Frankfort (Frankfort) (9-1), TBA
#3 Flora (9-1) at #22 Shelbyville (4-7), TBA

#9 Manteno (8-3) at #1 Richmond (R.-Burton) (10-0), TBA
#13 Sandwich (7-4) at #12 Chicago (C. Hope Academy) (7-4), TBA
#2 Byron (10-0) at #23 Pontiac (5-6), TBA
#6 Johnsburg (8-2) at #3 Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (9-1), Saturday, 2 p.m.
#16 Roxana (8-3) at #8 Monticello (8-2), TBA
#5 Macomb (9-1) at #4 Williamsville (9-1), TBA
#10 Tolono (Unity) (9-2) at #2 St. Joseph (Ogden) (10-0), TBA
#6 Benton (9-1) at #3 Mt. Carmel (10-0), TBA

#8 Lombard (Montini) (8-2) at #1 Morris (10-0), Saturday, 4 p.m.
#12 Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (7-4) at #4 Sterling (H.S.) (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
#10 Dixon (H.S.) (8-3) at #2 Coal City (9-1), Saturday, 1 p.m.
#14 Rochelle (7-4) at #22 Aurora (Central Catholic) (5-6), TBA
#8 Mt. Zion (8-2) at #1 Centralia (H.S.) (10-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
#12 Metamora (8-3) at #4 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) (9-1), Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
#10 Highland (8-3) at #2 Carterville (10-0), TBA
#11 Cahokia (H.S.) (8-3) at #3 Rochester (9-1), Saturday, 4 p.m.

#9 Sycamore (H.S.) (7-4) at #1 Antioch (10-0), TBA
#12 Belvidere (North) (7-4) at #4 Wauconda (8-2), TBA
#7 Woodstock (H.S.) (8-2) at #18 Wheaton (St. Francis) (6-5), TBA
#6 Cary (Grove) (8-2) at #3 Chicago (King) (8-2), TBA
#8 Crete (Monee) (8-2) at #1 Mahomet (Seymour) (10-0), TBA
#5 Troy (Triad) (9-1) at #4 Morton (9-1), TBA
#15 LaSalle (Peru) (6-5) at #10 Carbondale (H.S.) (9-2), TBA
#11 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) (8-3) at #3 Chicago (Morgan Park) (9-1), Saturday, 1 p.m., Stagg Stadium

#9 Burlington (Central) (8-3) at #1 Machesney Park (Harlem) (10-0), TBA
#12 Niles (Notre Dame) (7-4) at #4 Libertyville (8-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.
#7 Wheaton (North) (7-3) at #2 Geneva (9-1), TBA
#6 Oak Park (Fenwick) (7-3) at #3 Rockton (Hononegah) (9-1), TBA
#16 East Moline (United) (7-4) at #9 Quincy (Sr.) (8-3), TBA
#21 Chicago (Simeon) (6-5) at #20 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) (6-5), TBA
#7 Pekin (7-3) at #2 Normal (Community West) (9-1), TBA
#6 Wheaton (Warrenville South) (7-3) at #3 Riverside (R.-Brookfield) (9-1), TBA

#16 Chicago (Kenwood) (7-3) at #1 Normal (Community) (10-0), TBA
#9 Batavia (8-2) at #8 Chicago (Brother Rice) (8-2), TBA
#20 Chicago (St. Patrick) (8-3) at #4 East St. Louis (Sr.) (9-1), Friday, 6 p.m.
#12 Rockford (Guilford) (8-2) at #5 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) (9-1), TBA
#15 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (7-3) at #2 Arlington Heights (Hersey) (10-0), TBA
#23 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) (7-4) at #39 Burbank (St. Laurence) (5-6), Saturday, 2 p.m.
#14 Chicago (St. Rita) (7-3) at #3 Downers Grove (North) (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
#11 Oak Lawn (Richards) (8-2) at #38 Carol Stream (Glenbard North) (5-6), Saturday, 1 p.m.

#17 Hinsdale (Central) (8-3) at #1 Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (10-0), Saturday, noon
#24 Barrington (7-4) at #8 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
#13 Naperville (North) (8-2) at #4 Oswego (H.S.) (9-1), Friday, 6 p.m.
#21 LaGrange (Lyons) (8-3) at #5 Bolingbrook (9-1), TBA
#18 Chicago (Lane) (8-3) at #2 Huntley (10-0), TBA
#10 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) (8-2) at #7 Winnetka (New Trier) (9-1), TBA
#19 Elmhurst (York) (8-3) at #3 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) (9-1), TBA
#11 Chicago (St. Ignatius) (8-2) at #6 Park Ridge (Maine South) (9-1), TBA