2026 IHSA football playoffs: Semifinal matchups

Here are the matchups and known game times for the semifinal round in the IHSA Playoffs. Class 8ASemifinal matchupsTime and Date(8) Mount Carmel/(1) Lincoln-Way East(5) Bolingbrook/(4) OswegoTBD(7) New Trier(3) Loyola/(11) St. IgnatiusTBDClass 7ASemifinal matchupsTime and Date(8) Brother Rice/(1) Normal Community(5) Prospect/(4) East St. LouisTBD(2) Hersey/(23) Lincoln-Way West(3) Downers Grove North/(11) Oak Lawn RichardsTBDClass 6A Semifinal matchupsTime and DateNorth Bracket(1) Harlem/(12) Niles Notre Dame(7) Wheaton North/(6) FenwickTBDSouth Bracket(9) Quincy/(20) Nazareth(2) Normal West/(6) Wheaton Warrenville SouthTBDClass 5ASemifinal matchupsTime and DateNorth Bracket(4) Wauconda/(9) Sycamore(18) St. Francis/(6) Cary-GroveTBDSouth Bracket(4) Morton/(1) Mahomet-Seymour(10) Carbondale/(11) ProvidenceTBDClass 4ASemifinal matchupsTime and DateNorth Bracket(4) Sterling/(1) Morris(2) Coal City/(14) RochelleTBDSouth Bracket(4) Sacred Heart Griffin/(1) Centralia(3) Rochester/(10) Highla