The 2026 weekly high school football schedule for all 15 valley teams

Here is a complete week-by-week schedule for the 2026 high school football season.

A reminder, we don't use the outdated term "zero week" to mean the first week of the season, we call that Week 1 and the schedule goes through Week 11.

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Coaches, parents, athletic directors, please let us know (email sports@desertsun.com) if anything is incorrect or has been changed on this schedule because we will use it throughout the year for planning purposes. Thanks.

Here we go!

(All games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

WEEK 1

Aug. 20 (Thursday)

• Palm Springs at Hemet
• Desert Mirage at Duarte

Aug. 21

• Santa Rosa Academy at Cathedral City
• Desert Hot Springs at Tahquitz
• San Bernardino at Indio
• Twentynine Palms at Desert Christian Academy
• Rancho Mirage at Yucca Valley
• Palm Desert at Brawley
• Xavier Prep at Rim of the World
• Esperanza at Shadow Hills

WEEK 2

Aug. 27 (Thursday)

• Grand Terrace at Palm Springs
• Desert Mirage at San Jacinto Valley Academy
• Indian Springs at Indio
• Riverside Prep at Twentynine Palms

Aug. 28

• Cathedral City at San Bernardino
• Desert Hot Springs at Xavier Prep
• Yucca Valley at La Quinta
• Coachella Valley at Rancho Mirage
• Central (El Centro) at Palm Desert
• Palo Verde Valley at Shadow Hills
• Desert Chapel at Whittier Christian

Aug. 29 (Saturday)

• Desert Christian Academy at Arrowhead Christian (6 p.m.)

WEEK 3

Sept. 3 (Thursday)

• Notre Dame (Riverside) at Cathedral City
• Desert Mirage at Mendez
• Xavier Prep at Serrano
• Shadow Hills at Yucaipa

Sept. 4

• Rialto at Desert Hot Springs
• Indio at Perris
• Lakeside at Twentynine Palms
• Yucca Valley at Colton
• Coachella Valley at Palm Springs
• Hemet at Rancho Mirage
• Palm Desert at Victor Valley
• La Quinta at Citrus Valley
• San Jacinto Valley at Desert Christian Academy

WEEK 4

Sept. 10 (Thursday)

• Twentynine Palms at Rubidoux
• Rancho Mirage at Tahquitz

Sept. 11

• Xavier Prep at Cathedral City
• Desert Hot Springs at Granite Hills
• Indio at Whittier Christian
• Yucca Valley at Desert Christian Academy
• Palo Verde Valley at Coachella Valley
• Colton at Palm Springs
• Yucaipa at Palm Desert
• Hesperia at La Quinta
• Shadow Hills at Bishop Alemany

WEEK 5

Sept. 17 (Thursday)

• Rancho Mirage at Desert Hot Springs
• Xavier Prep at Yucca Valley

Sept. 18

• Cathedral City at Desert Christian Academy
• Whittier Christian at Desert Mirage
• San Gorgonio at Indio
• Coachella Valley at Maranatha
• Palm Springs at Yucaipa
• Redlands at Palm Desert
• Central (El Centro) at La Quinta
• Temecula Prep at Desert Chapel

WEEK 6

Sept. 25

• Arrowhead Christian at Cathedral City
• Desert Hot Springs at AB Miller
• Desert Mirage at San Gorgonio
• Indio at Coachella Valley
• Yucca Valley at Twentynine Palms
• La Quinta at Roosevelt
• Valley View at Shadow Hills
• Hamilton at Desert Chapel

WEEK 7

Oct. 2

• Palm Desert at Rancho Mirage
• Palm Springs at Xavier Prep
• La Quinta at Shadow Hills
• Cathedral City at Yucca Valley
• Desert Hot Springs at Indio
• Desert Mirage at Calipatria
• Coachella Valley at Southwest EC
• Ontario Christian at Desert Christian Academy
• Nuview Bridge at Desert Chapel

WEEK 8

Oct. 8 (Thursday)

• Desert Chapel at California Military Institute (7:30 p.m.)

Oct. 9

• Rancho Mirage at La Quinta
• Palm Springs at Shadow Hills
• Xavier Prep at Palm Desert
• Coachella Valley at Desert Mirage
• Banning at Twentynine Palms
• Desert Christian Academy at Linfield Christian

WEEK 9

Oct. 15 (Thursday)

• Shadow Hills at Palm Desert

Oct. 16

• Xavier Prep at Rancho Mirage
• La Quinta at Palm Springs
• Twentynine Palms at Cathedral City
• Coachella Valley at Desert Hot Springs
• Indio at Desert Mirage
• Yucca Valley at Banning
• Desert Christian Academy at Maranatha
• SJDLCS at Desert Chapel

WEEK 10

Oct. 22 (Thursday)

• La Quinta at Xavier Prep
• Desert Chapel at San Jacinto Valley Academy

Oct. 23

• Rancho Mirage at Shadow Hills
• Palm Desert at Palm Springs
• Shadow Hills at Xavier Prep
• Cathedral City at Indio
• Desert Mirage at Twentynine Palms
• Banning at Desert Hot Springs
• Coachella Valley at Yucca Valley
• Desert Christian Academy at Santa Rosa Academy

WEEK 11

Oct. 29 (Thursday)

• Cathedral City at Desert Mirage
• Desert Chapel at Silver Valley

Oct. 30

• Palm Springs at Rancho Mirage
• Palm Desert at La Quinta
• Shadow Hills at Xavier Prep
• Desert Hot Springs at Yucca Valley
• Indio at Twentynine Palms
• Banning at Coachella Valley
• Rio Hondo Prep at Desert Christian Academy

This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: The 2026 weekly high school football schedule for all 15 valley teams