​Here is the high school football schedule for every team in the Springfield area for the 2026 season. The Illinois High School Association officially released its complete schedule on Wednesday, July 22. Practices start on Wednesday, August 5, with Week 1 kicking off earlier than in the past on Friday, August 21 due to the new playoff expansion.Litchfield, of the South Central Conference, announced on Thursday, July 23, that it has canceled its varsity season due to low participation numbers among upperclassmen. Those games have been removed from the schedule below and will be deemed a forfeit by Litchfield unless replaced.High school football schedule for the Springfield area*denotes conference games. Sangamo and South Central compete a full conference slate.Week 1 Friday, Aug. 21 Central State Eight (East) Normal Community West at Chatham Glenwood, 7 p.m. Rochester at Moline, 7 p.m. Decatur Eisenhower at Mascoutah, 7 p.m. Decatur MacArthur at Mattoon, 7 p.m. Peoria Manual at Lincoln, 7 p.m. Normal University at Rochelle, 7 p.m. Central State Eight (West) Jacksonville at Jerseyville, 7 p.m. Quincy Notre Dame at Decatur St. Teresa, 7 p.m. Cahokia at Springfield High, 7 p.m. Lanphier at LaSalle Peru, 6:30 p.m. Southeast at East Peoria, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart-Griffin at New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central, 5 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22) Sangamo Williamsville at Pleasant Plains, 7 p.m. Stanford Olympia at Auburn, 7 p.m. New Berlin at Maroa-Forsyth, 7 p.m. Pittsfield at Petersburg PORTA, 7 p.m. Athens at Riverton, 7 p.m. South Central Carlinville at Vandalia, 7 p.m. North Mac at Greenville, 7 p.m. Hillsboro at Pana, 7 p.m. Piasa Southwestern at Staunton, 7 p.m. 8-Man Martinsville at Kincaid South Fork, 6 p.m.* (Saturday, Aug. 22) Decatur Unity at Pawnee, 1 p.m.* (Saturday, Aug. 22) Other area schedules Olney Richland County at Taylorville, 7 p.m. White Hall North Greene at Beardstown, 7 p.m. Jacksonville Routt at Greenfield/Northwestern, 7 p.m. Oakland Tri-County at Niantic Sangamon Valley, 7 p.m.* Arcola at Nokomis, 7 p.m.* Farmington at Havana, 7 p.m. Rushville-Industry at Galena, 5:30 p.m. Week 2 Friday, Aug. 28 Central State Eight (East) Chatham Glenwood at Alton, 7 p.m. Batavia at Rochester, 7 p.m. Decatur Eisenhower at Mount Zion, 7 p.m. Granite City at Decatur MacArthur, 7 p.m. Lincoln at Marion, 7 p.m. Normal University at Mahomet-Seymour, 7 p.m. Central State Eight (West) Fort Zumwalt East St. Peters (Mo.) at Jacksonville, 7 p.m. Carbondale at Quincy Notre Dame, 7 p.m. Springfield High at Collinsville, 7 p.m. East Peoria at Lanphier, 7 p.m. Mascoutah at Southeast, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart-Griffin at Joliet Catholic, 7:30 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 29) Sangamo Auburn at Williamsville, 7 p.m. Maroa-Forsyth at Athens, 7 p.m. Pleasant Plains at New Berlin, 7 p.m. Petersburg PORTA at Stanford Olympia, 7 p.m. Riverton at Pittsfield, 7 p.m. South Central Gillespie at Carlinville, 7 p.m. Vandalia a