2026 IHSA state football second-round playoff scores

Allen Cunningham/For the Sun Times SHARE COPY LINK Share CLOSE Twitter Facebook Bluesky Email Reddit Flipboard Second Round Games listed in bracket order. Class 8A: Pairings (17) Hinsdale Central at (1) Lincoln-Way East, Sat. noon (24) Barrington at (8) Mount Carmel, Fri. 7 (13) Naperville North at (4) Oswego, Fri. 6 (21) Lyons at (5) Bolingbrook, Sat. 7 (18) Lane at (2) Huntley, Fri. 7 (10) Homewood-Flossmoor at (7) New Trier, Fri. 7 (19) York at (3) Loyola, Sat. 3 (11) St. Ignatius at (6) Maine South, Sat. 2 Class 7A: Pairings (16) Kenwood at (1) Normal, Sat. 4:30 (9) Batavia at (8) Brother Rice, Sat. 4 (20) St. Patrick at (4) East St. Louis, Fri. 6 (12) Guilford at (5) Prospect, Fri. 7 (15) Glenbard West at (2) Hersey, Sat. 5 (23) Lincoln-Way West at (39) St. Laurence, Sat. 2 (14) St. Rita at (3) Downers Grove North, Fri. 7 (11) Richards at (38) Glenbard North, Sat. 1 Class 6A: Pairings North (9) Burlington Central at (1) Harlem, Fri. 7 (12) Notre Dame at (4) Libertyville, Sat. 1 (7) Wheaton North at (2) Geneva, Fri. 6:30 (6) Fenwick at (3) Hononegah, Sat. 1 South (16) United at (9) Quincy, Sat. 1:30 (21) Simeon at (20) Nazareth, Sat. 1 (7) Pekin at (2) Normal West, Fri. 7 (6) Wheaton-Warrenville South at (3) Riverside-Brookfield, Fri. 7:15 Class 5A: Pairings North (9) Sycamore at (1) Antioch, Sat. 1 (12) Belvidere North at (4) Wauconda, Fri. 7:30 (7) Woodstock at (18) St. Francis, Sat. 1 (6) Cary-Grove vs. (3) King at Eckersall, 1 South (8) Crete-Monee at (1) Mahomet-Seymour, Sat. 4 (5) Triad at (4) Morton, Ill., Sat. 2 (15) LaSalle-Peru at (10) Carbondale, Sat. 2:30 (11) Providence vs. (3) Morgan Park, Sat. 1 Class 4A: Pairings North (8) Montini at (1) Morris, Sat. 4 (12) Hillcrest at (4) Sterling, Fri. 7 (10) Dixon at (2) Coal City, Sat. 1 (14) Rochelle vs. (22) Aurora Central, Sat. 1 South (8) Mt. Zion at (1) Centralia, Fri. 7 (12) Metamora at (4) Sacred Heart-Griffin, Sat. 1:30 (10) Highland at (2) Carterville, Sat. 2 (11) Cahokia at (3) Rochester, Sat. 4 Class 3A: Pairings North (9) Manteno at (1) Richmond-Burton, Sat. 1 (13) Sandwich vs. (12) Hope Academy, Sat. 2 (2) Byron at (23) Pontiac, Sat. 1 (6) Johnsburg at (3) IC Catholic, Sat. 2 South (16) Roxana at (8) Monticello, Sat. 2 (5) Macomb at (4) Williamsville, Sat. 1 (10) Tolono Unity at (2) St. Joseph-Ogden, Sat. 1 (6) Benton at (3) Mt. Carmel, Ill., Sat. 2 Class 2A: Pairings North (8) Peotone at (17) Eastland-Pearl City, Sat. 2:30 (5) Wilmington at (4) Tri-Valley, Sat. 1 (10) Warrensburg-Latham at (2) El Paso-Gridley, Sat. 5 (6) Maroa-Forsyth at (3) Aurora Christian, Sat. 4 South (8) Newton at (1) Johnston City, Fri. 7 (5) Vandalia at (4) Nashville, Sat. 1 (10) Auburn, Ill. at (2) Frankfort, Sat. 3 (3) Flora at (22) Shelbyville, Sat. 2 Class 1A: Pairings North (8) Fisher at (1) Heyworth, Fri. 7 (12) Dwight at (4) Clifton Central, Sat. 3 (7) Forreston at (2) Stockton, Sat. 1 (14) Newman CC at (11) Fulton, Sat. 1 South (9) Oakwood at (1) Brown County, Sat. 1 (5) Camp Point Central at (4) Sullivan, Ill., Sat. 2 (7) Salt Fork at (2) Arthur-Lovington, Sat. 1 (6) Tuscola at (3) Calhoun, Sat. 2 SHARE COPY LINK Share CLOSE Twitter Facebook Bluesky Email Reddit Flipboard Michael O'Brien Chicago Sun-Times High school sports reporter Next Up In Sports Iowa recruit Jake Thies breaks Robert Spillane's Fenwick career TD record White Sox enter GM meetings with a shorter runway for a vital offseason Bears 'maniac' Rome Odunze trending toward his best season Roman Kantserov not letting Blackhawks' losing ways weigh him down Bears report: RB Kyle Monangai practices for first time in more than a month NFL commissioner, Bears execs met with Illinois legislators about stadium