LINCOLN – The Nebraska School Activities Association has released the football schedules for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

Below are the schedules for the 2026 season for local schools playing eight-man football (D1, D2, D3). Home games in 2026 for programs will be road games in 2027.

CLASS D1 2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

ALMA

Week 1 @Arcadia/Loup City
Week 2 vs Hitchcock County
Week 3 @Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 4 vs Thayer Central
Week 5 @Kimball
Week 6 vs Elm Creek
Week 7 @Ravenna
Week 8 @Gibbon
Week 9 vs Amherst

AMHERST

Week 1 @Ravenna
Week 2 vs Pleasanton
Week 3 @Arcadia/Loup City
Week 4 vs Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 5 vs Gibbon
Week 6 @Sandy Creek
Week 7 @Kimball
Week 8 vs Elm Creek
Week 9 @Alma

ARCADIA/LOUP CITY

Week 1 vs Alma
Week 2 @West Holt
Week 3 vs Amherst
Week 4 @Elm Creek
Week 5 vs Sandy Creek
Week 6 @Centura
Week 7 vs Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 8 @Ravenna
Week 9 vs Gibbon

CENTURA

Week 1 vs Twin River
Week 2 @Fairbury
Week 3 vs Gibbon
Week 4 @West Holt
Week 5 @Ravenna
Week 6 vs Arcadia/Loup City
Week 7 @Sandy Creek
Week 8 @Kimball
Week 9 vs Hastings St. Cecilia

ELM CREEK

Week 1 @Lawrence-Nelson
Week 2 vs Nebraska Christian (Central City)
Week 3 @Sutton
Week 4 vs Arcadia/Loup City
Week 5 vs Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 6 @Alma
Week 7 vs Gibbon
Week 8 @Amherst
Week 9 vs Kimball

GIBBON

Week 1 @Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 2 vs Ravenna
Week 3 @Centura
Week 4 vs Sutton
Week 5 @Amherst
Week 6 vs Kimball
Week 7 @Elm Creek
Week 8 vs Alma
Week 9 @Arcadia/Loup City

HASTINGS ST. CECILIA

Week 1 vs Gibbon
Week 2 @Centennial
Week 3 vs Alma
Week 4 @Amherst
Week 5 @Elm Creek
Week 6 vs Ravenna
Week 7 @Arcadia/Loup City
Week 8 vs Sandy Creek
Week 9 @Centura

NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN (CENTRAL CITY)

Week 1 Newman Grove/St. Edward
Week 2 @Elm Creek
Week 3 @Ravenna
Week 4 BDS
Week 5 @Twin River
Week 6 Cedar Bluffs
Week 7 David City
Week 8 @Cross County
Week 9 Tekamah-Herman

RAVENNA

Week 1 vs Amherst
Week 2 @Gibbon
Week 3 vs Nebraska Christian (Central City)
Week 4 @Cross County
Week 5 vs Centura
Week 6 @Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 7 vs Alma
Week 8 vs Arcadia/Loup City
Week 9 @Sandy Creek

SANDY CREEK

Week 1 @Sutton
Week 2 vs Johnson-Brock
Week 3 @Pender
Week 4 vs Central Valley
Week 5 @Arcadia/Loup City
Week 6 vs Amherst
Week 7 vs Centura
Week 8 @Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 9 vs Ravenna

CLASS D2 2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

BERTRAND

Week 1 @Hitchcock County
Week 2 vs Hi-Line
Week 3 @Overton
Week 4 vs Perkins County
Week 5 vs Arapahoe
Week 6 @Loomis
Week 7 vs South Loup
Week 8 @Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 9 vs Franklin

FRANKLIN

Week 1 vs BDS
Week 2 @Superior
Week 3 @Axtell
Week 4 vs Hitchcock County
Week 5 @South Loup
Week 6 vs Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 7 vs Loomis
Week 8 @Arapahoe
Week 9 @Bertrand

HI-LINE

Week 1 vs Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 2 @Bertrand
Week 3 vs South Loup
Week 4 @Sutherland
Week 5 vs Hitchcock County
Week 6 @Maywood-Hayes Center
Week 7 @North Platte St. Patrick’s
Week 8 vs Perkins County
Week 9 @Hemingford

KENESAW

Week 1 @Southern Valley
Week 2 vs Loomis
Week 3 vs North Platte St. Patrick’s
Week 4 @Blue Hill
Week 5 vs Newman Grove/St. Edward
Week 6 @Superior
Week 7 vs Shelton
Week 8 @BDS
Week 9 vs Fullerton

LOOMIS

Week 1 vs Overton
Week 2 @Kenesaw
Week 3 @Perkins County
Week 4 vs Maywood-Hayes Center
Week 5 @Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 6 vs Bertrand
Week 7 @Franklin
Week 8 @South Loup
Week 9 vs Arapahoe

SHELTON

Week 1 @Perkins County
Week 2 vs Arapahoe
Week 3 vs Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 4 @Pleasanton
Week 5 vs Superior
Week 6 BDS
Week 7 @Kenesaw
Week 8 @Fullerton
Week 9 vs Newman Grove/St. Edward

SUPERIOR

Week 1 @Aquinas Catholic
Week 2 vs Franklin
Week 3 vs Thayer Central
Week 4 @Lawrence-Nelson
Week 5 @Shelton
Week 6 vs Kenesaw
Week 7 vs Fullerton
Week 8 @Newman Grove/St. Edward
Week 9 vs BDS

WILCOX-HILDRETH

Week 1 @Hi-Line
Week 2 vs North Platte St. Patrick’s
Week 3 @Shelton
Week 4 vs Deshler
Week 5 vs Loomis
Week 6 @Franklin
Week 7 @Arapahoe
Week 8 vs Bertrand
Week 9 vs South Loup

CLASS D3 2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

ANSELMO-MERNA

Week 1 vs Burwell
Week 2 @Hyannis
Week 3 vs Twin Loup
Week 4 @Overton
Week 5 @Sandhills/Thedford
Week 6 vs Mullen
Week 7 @Sandhills Valley
Week 8 vs Brady
Week 9 @Maxwell

AXTELL

Week 1 vs Brady
Week 2 @Deshler
Week 3 vs Franklin
Week 4 @Arapahoe
Week 5 vs Southern Valley
Week 6 @Overton
Week 7 vs Pleasanton
Week 8 @Blue Hill
Week 9 vs Cambridge

BLUE HILL

Week 1 @Southern
Week 2 vs Lawrence-Nelson
Week 3 @Palmer
Week 4 vs Kenesaw
Week 5 vs Pleasanton
Week 6 @Cambridge
Week 7 vs Overton
Week 8 vs Axtell
Week 9 @Southern Valley

DESHLER

Week 1 @Pleasanton
Week 2 vs Axtell
Week 3 vs Southern Valley
Week 4 @Wilcox-Hildreth
Week 5 vs Lawrence-Nelson
Week 6 @Osceola
Week 7 vs Southern
Week 8 vs Falls City Sacred Heart
Week 9 @Weeping Water

LAWRENCE-NELSON

Week 1 vs Elm Creek
Week 2 @Blue Hill
Week 3 vs Fullerton
Week 4 vs Superior
Week 5 @Deshler
Week 6 vs Southern
Week 7 @Falls City Sacred Heart
Week 8 vs Weeping Water
Week 9 @Osceola

OVERTON

Week 1 @Loomis
Week 2 @Twin Loup
Week 3 vs Bertrand
Week 4 vs Anselmo-Merna
Week 5 @Cambridge
Week 6 vs Axtell
Week 7 @Blue Hill
Week 8 vs Southern Valley
Week 9 @Pleasanton

PLEASANTON

Week 1 vs Deshler
Week 2 @Amherst
Week 3 @Sandhills Valley
Week 4 vs Shelton
Week 5 @Blue Hill
Week 6 vs Southern Valley
Week 7 @Axtell
Week 8 @Cambridge
Week 9 vs Overton

SOUTHERN VALLEY

Week 1 vs Kenesaw
Week 2 @Maywood-Hayes Center
Week 3 @Deshler
Week 4 vs Maxwell
Week 5 @Axtell
Week 6 @Pleasanton
Week 7 vs Cambridge
Week 8 @Overton
Week 9 vs Blue Hill