2026 IHSA state football quarterfinal playoff scores

Quarterfinals

Games listed in bracket order.

Class 8A

(8) Mount Carmel at (1) Lincoln-Way East, Sat. 1

(5) Bolingbrook at (4) Oswego, Sat. 5

(7) New Trier at (2) Huntley, Fri. 7

(3) Loyola at (11) St. Ignatius, Sat. 2

Class 7A

(8) Brother Rice at (1) Normal, Sat. 5

(5) Prospect at (4) East St. Louis, Sat. 1

(2) Hersey at (23) Lincoln-Way West, Sat. 1

(3) Downers Grove North at (11) Richards, Sat. 1

Class 6A

(1) Harlem at (12) Notre Dame, Sat. 1

(7) Wheaton North vs. (6) Fenwick at Triton, Sat. 1

(9) Quincy at (20) Nazareth, Sat. 1:30

(2) Normal West at (6) Wheaton-Warrenville South, Sat. 2

Class 5A

North

(4) Wauconda at (9) Sycamore, Sat. 1

(18) St. Francis at (6) Cary-Grove, Sat. 1

South

(4) Morton, Ill. at (1) Mahomet-Seymour, Sat. 4

(10) Carbondale at (11) Providence, Sat. 1

Class 4A

North

(4) Sterling at (1) Morris, Sat. 4

(2) Coal City at (14) Rochelle, Sat. 1

South

(4) Sacred Heart-Griffin at (1) Centralia, Sat. 2

(3) Rochester at (10) Highland, Sat. 4

Class 3A

North

(12) Hope Academy at (1) Richmond-Burton, Sat. 2

(3) IC Catholic at (2) Byron, Sat. 2:30

South

(8) Monticello at (4) Williamsville, Sat. 2

(3) Mt. Carmel, Ill. at (2) St. Joseph-Ogden, Sat. 1:30

Class 2A

North

(8) Peotone at (5) Wilmington, Sat. 6

(3) Aurora Christian at (2) El Paso-Gridley, Sat. 5

South

(4) Nashville at (1) Johnston City, Sat. 4:30

(2) Frankfort at (3) Flora, Sat. 3

Class 1A

North

(4) Clifton Central at (1) Heyworth, Sat. 2

(11) Fulton at (2) Stockton, Sat. 5

South

(1) Brown County at (5) Camp Point Central, Sat. 1

(3) Calhoun at (2) Arthur-Lovington, Sat. 2