UIL State Championship Schedule 2026: 12 Finals Dec. 16-19

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) schedules its 12 Texas high school football state championship games for Wednesday to Saturday, Dec. 16-19, 2026, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, three games a day, according to its state championships page. Classes 1A to 6A are covered, and no matchup is set yet. The table gives each game with its time in Central Time (CT) and Eastern Time (ET), plus last season’s champion in each division.

UIL football state championship schedule 2026

UIL’s page prints the times without a time zone. Arlington is on Central Time and December is Central Standard Time, so the times below are read as local time at the stadium; the ET column is our addition of one hour.

Day	Class and division	Kickoff (CT)	Kickoff (ET)	2025 champion	Teams
Wed., Dec. 16	1A Six-Man Division 2	11 a.m.	12 p.m.	Jayton	Not yet decided
Wed., Dec. 16	1A Six-Man Division 1	2 p.m.	3 p.m.	Gordon	Not yet decided
Wed., Dec. 16	2A Division 2	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	Muenster	Not yet decided
Thu., Dec. 17	3A Division 2	11 a.m.	12 p.m.	Wall	Not yet decided
Thu., Dec. 17	2A Division 1	3 p.m.	4 p.m.	Hamilton	Not yet decided
Thu., Dec. 17	3A Division 1	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	Yoakum	Not yet decided
Fri., Dec. 18	5A Division 2	11 a.m.	12 p.m.	Dallas South Oak Cliff	Not yet decided
Fri., Dec. 18	4A Division 2	3 p.m.	4 p.m.	Carthage	Not yet decided
Fri., Dec. 18	6A Division 2	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	DeSoto	Not yet decided
Sat., Dec. 19	5A Division 1	11 a.m.	12 p.m.	Comal Smithson Valley	Not yet decided
Sat., Dec. 19	4A Division 1	3 p.m.	4 p.m.	Stephenville	Not yet decided
Sat., Dec. 19	6A Division 1	7 p.m.	8 p.m.	Galena Park North Shore	Not yet decided

Wednesday’s middle game is at 2 p.m. while the other three days use 3 p.m., per the page. The Teams column on UIL’s page is blank, so the matchups are not decided.

When does the UIL playoff run before the finals?

UIL’s football page lists the playoff dates by week. It gives no round names, so only the dates are shown here.

Playoff week	Dates
Week One	Nov. 12, 13 and 14
Week Two	Nov. 19, 20 and 21
Week Three	Nov. 26, 27 and 28
Week Four	Dec. 3, 4 and 5
Week Five	Dec. 10, 11 and 12 (2A Division II may play on Dec. 9)
State Championships	Dec. 16, 17, 18 and 19 (all conferences)

District certification is listed for Nov. 7. Week Three overlaps the Thanksgiving weekend; Thanksgiving is Nov. 26, 2026.

UIL state championship tickets 2026

UIL says tickets are sold through SeatGeek “once available”, and the sale start date is not yet announced. Its spectator page lists two prices:

• General public: $20.
• Participating school: $15, which needs a code from a participating school once the team qualifies.

UIL also says tickets will not be sold onsite and no ticket offices will be open on game days.

How to watch the UIL football state championships

UIL says fans can watch all 12 games free through participating television stations and the digital streaming platforms of Nexstar Media and Mission Broadcasting, and that availability varies by market. The examples on its page are CW33+ in Dallas, CW39+ in Houston and eL+ in Lubbock. The page does not assign a channel to each game.

Who won the UIL football state championships last season?

These are the 2025 season champions, from UIL’s results and archive pages.

Class and division	Champion	Runner-up
6A Division 1	Galena Park North Shore 10	Duncanville 7
6A Division 2	DeSoto 55	Sheldon King 27
5A Division 1	Comal Smithson Valley 28	Frisco Lone Star 6
5A Division 2	Dallas South Oak Cliff 35	Richmond Randle 19
4A Division 1	Stephenville 10	Kilgore 0
4A Division 2	Carthage 49	West Orange-Stark 21
3A Division 1	Yoakum 45	Grandview 29
3A Division 2	Wall 25	Newton 24
2A Division 1	Hamilton 21	Joaquin 7
2A Division 2	Muenster 28	Shiner 0
1A Six-Man Division 1	Gordon 69	Rankin 22
1A Six-Man Division 2	Jayton 99	Richland Springs 54

Free UIL state finals printable

The printable schedule lists all 12 games with CT and ET kickoffs and blank lines for the matchups. Mark the dates on the December 2026 printable calendar and the playoff weeks on the November 2026 printable calendar. Other states’ final dates are in our state-by-state list of high school football championships, and Michigan’s schedule is in the Michigan High School Athletic Association finals story.