IHSAA football sectional draw: Check out the 2026 Indiana high school tournament pairings
· Yahoo Sports
The Indiana High School Athletic Association football sectional draw is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, hosted by Greg Rakestraw and IndyStar's Kyle Neddenriep. The show will be streamed on ihsaatv.org.
The second team named in each first-round matchup is the home team unless the schools agree to change the game site.
Visit sport-newz.biz for more information.
Sectionals for classes 5A-1A start on Friday, Oct. 23; Class 6A gets underway on Friday, Oct. 30. The journey ends with state championship games Nov. 27-28 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Tickets for sectional games are $8, children 5 and under free.
Indiana high school football tournament pairings
Class 6A
- Sectional 1
- Crown Point, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lake Central, Merrillville
- Sectional 2
- Elkhart, Penn, Portage, Valparaiso
- Sectional 3
- Carmel, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Westfield
- Sectional 4
- Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne Northrop, Homestead, Noblesville
- Sectional 5
- Avon, Ben Davis, Brownsburg, Zionsville
- Sectional 6
- Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central, Pike
- Sectional 7
- Decatur Central, Franklin Central, Perry Meridian, Southport, Warren Central
- Sectional 8
- Center Grove, Columbus North, Jeffersonville, Whiteland
Class 5A
- Sectional 9
- Chesterton, Hammond Central, Michigan City, Munster
- Sectional 10
- Concord, Goshen, LaPorte, South Bend Adams
- Sectional 11
- Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South, Fort Wayne Wayne, Warsaw
- Sectional 12
- Anderson, Huntington North, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon
- Sectional 13
- Greenfield-Central, Cathedral, Mt. Vernon, New Palestine, Pendleton Heights
- Sectional 14
- Tech, Plainfield, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South
- Sectional 15
- Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Franklin, Seymour
- Sectional 16
- Castle, Evansville North, Floyd Central, New Albany
Class 4A
- Sectional 17
- East Chicago Central, Gary West, Hammond Morton, Hanover Central, Highland, Hobart, Kankakee Valley, Lowell
- Sectional 18
- Culver Academies, Mishawaka, New Prairie, Northridge, NorthWood, Plymouth, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph
- Sectional 19
- Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne North, Leo, New Haven, Wawasee
- Sectional 20
- Delta, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Jay County, Kokomo, Logansport, Marion, Muncie Central, Yorktown
- Sectional 21
- Brebeuf Jesuit, Danville, Frankfort, Guerin Catholic, Bishop Chatard, Shortridge, Lebanon, Northview
- Sectional 22
- Beech Grove, Connersville, Greenwood, Crispus Attucks, Martinsville, Mooresville, Richmond, Roncalli
- Sectional 23
- Charlestown, Columbus East, East Central, Jennings County, Madison, Shelbyville, Silver Creek
- Sectional 24
- Bedford North Lawrence, Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Heritage Hills, Jasper
Class 3A
- Sectional 25
- Andrean, Benton Central, Calumet, Griffith, Hammond Bishop Noll, River Forest, Twin Lakes
- Sectional 26
- Angola, Fairfield, Glenn, Jimtown, Mishawaka Marian, South Bend Washington, Tippecanoe Valley, West Noble
- Sectional 27
- Adams Central, Bellmont, Bluffton, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Garrett, Heritage, Norwell, Woodlan
- Sectional 28
- Eastbrook, Hamilton Heights, Maconaquah, Mississinewa, Northwestern, West Lafayette, Western
- Sectional 29
- Crawfordsville, Heritage Christian, Washington, North Montgomery, Purdue Poly Downtown, Speedway, Tri-West, Western Boone
- Sectional 30
- Batesville, Centerville, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, New Castle, Rushville, South Dearborn
- Sectional 31
- Edgewood, Indian Creek, Owen Valley, Scottsburg, Sullivan, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington
- Sectional 32
- Corydon Central, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mt. Vernon, North Harrison, Princeton, Southridge
Class 2A
- Sectional 33
- Boone Grove, Knox, Lake Station, LaVille, Rensselaer Central, Wheeler, Whiting
- Sectional 34
- Bremen, Central Noble, Eastside, Lakeland, Manchester, Prairie Heights, Rochester
- Sectional 35
- Delphi, Eastern (Greentown), Elwood, Lewis Cass, Oak Hill, Peru, Seeger, Tipton
- Sectional 36
- Alexandria, Blackford, Frankton, Hagerstown, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Winchester
- Sectional 37
- Christel House, Covenant Christian, Eastern Hancock, Cardinal Ritter, Lutheran, Scecina, Park Tudor, Triton Central
- Sectional 38
- Cascade, Greencastle, Monrovia, North Putnam, South Putnam, South Vermillion, Southmont, West Vigo
- Sectional 39
- Brown County, Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern (Pekin), Mitchell, Providence, Salem, Switzerland County
- Sectional 40
- Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, North Posey, Paoli, Perry Central, Pike Central, South Spencer, Tell City
Class 1A
- Sectional 41
- Bowman Academy, Culver, North Judson, North Newton, South Central (Union Mills), Triton, West Central, Winamac
- Sectional 42
- Carroll (Flora), Clinton Prairie, Faith Christian, Frontier, Lafayette Central Catholic, North White, Tri-County
- Sectional 43
- Caston, Clinton Central, Madison-Grant, North Miami, Pioneer, Sheridan, Taylor, Tri-Central
- Sectional 44
- Churubusco, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fremont, Northfield, South Adams, Southern Wells, Southwood, Whitko
- Sectional 45
- Cambridge City, Knightstown, Monroe Central, Tindley, Tri, Union City, Wes-Del
- Sectional 46
- Edinburgh, Milan, North Decatur, South Decatur, Trinity Lutheran, Union County
- Sectional 47
- Attica, Cloverdale, Covington, Fountain Central, North Central (Farmersburg), North Vermillion, Parke Heritage, Riverton Parke
- Sectional 48
- Crawford County, Forest Park, North Daviess, North Knox, Springs Valley, Tecumseh, West Washington
Get IndyStar's high school coverage sent directly to your inbox with the High School Sports newsletter. And be sure to subscribe to our new IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IHSAA football sectional draw: Check out the 2026 Indiana high school tournament pairings