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 A reminder, we don't use the outdated term "zero week" to mean the first week of the season, we call that Week 1 and the schedule goes through Week 11. These 10 must-see games have us stoked for 2026 high school football 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! 2026 composite desert high school football schedule (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