See the complete 2026 IHSA football schedule for the Springfield area

This page has been updated with new information on Friday, Aug. 14.

Here is the high school football schedule for every team in the Springfield area for the 2026 season.

Litchfield, of the South Central Conference, announced on Thursday, July 23, that it has canceled its varsity season due to low participation numbers. Decatur Eisenhower, of the Central State Eight Conference East Division, proceeded to cancel its varsity season as well on Monday, August 10.

The schedule below has been updated with new information.

High school football schedule for the Springfield area

*denotes conference games in the CS8, 8-Man or Other area schedules. ^denotes added nonconference game due to schedule changes

Week 1 

Friday, Aug. 21 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 2 

Friday, Aug. 28 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 3 

Friday, Sept. 4 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 4 

Friday, Sept. 11 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 5 

Friday, Sept. 18 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 6 

Friday, Sept. 25 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 7 

Friday, Oct. 2 

Central State Eight (East) 

Central State Eight (West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 8 

Friday, Oct. 9  

Central State Eight (East/West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 9 

Friday, Oct. 16 

Central State Eight (East/West) 

Sangamo 

South Central 

8-Man 

Other area schedules 

Week 10 

Friday, Oct. 23 

8-Man 

This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: See the complete 2026 IHSA football schedule for the Springfield area

Reporting by Bill Welt, Springfield State Journal-Register / State Journal-Register

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