BREAKING: UIL Announces Modified 2026 Football State Championship Schedule

The University Interscholastic League (UIL), Friday released the game schedule for the 2026 UIL Football State Championships which will once again be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington December 16-19. The schedule will see some changes from the format that has held since the UIL began playing single site state championships in football in 2010, while the format and overall schedule has changed, the weekend will still feature a dozen state championship games played over the span of four days. 

Wednesday’s format will remain relatively unchanged with the Class 1A (six-man) games opening the weekend and the first UIL 11-man state title game, the 2A-Division II state championship will still be played at 7pm Wednesday night.