{"id":460111,"date":"2026-09-11T03:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T03:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:48:13","slug":"2026-california-high-school-football-cif-schedule-and-where-to-watch-santa-margarita-st-john-bosco-sierra-canyon-mater-dei-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460111\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 California high school football: CIF schedule and where to watch Santa Margarita, St. John Bosco, Sierra Canyon, Mater Dei and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The California high school football<\/a> season is back, and you can watch hundreds of games across all levels over the next three-plus months leading up to and including the CIF<\/a> state finals in December.<\/p>\n

2025 state champions Santa Margarita<\/a>, Folsom<\/a>, Saint Mary\u2019s (Stockton)<\/a>, Sonora<\/a>, Calaveras<\/a> and more compete on the NFHS Network this season, and you can follow along as they attempt to defend their state titles.<\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

California high school football on NFHS Network<\/p>\n

Watch high school sports anywhere from wherever you are, and save 50% with an annual subscription.<\/p>\n

Watch now<\/a><\/p>\n

Tune in and watch your favorite California high school football<\/a> teams and athletes square off across the Golden State all season long. Find your CIF<\/a> football matchups here or in one of the links below.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t catch the games live? Click the ON DEMAND tab<\/a> to watch replays of CIF<\/a> football games any time and anywhere.<\/p>\n

Watch four games all at once. Your two favorite athletes playing at the same time? Multiple games you don\u2019t want to miss? The multiviewer on NFHS Network<\/a> lets you watch up to four games on one screen.<\/p>\n

Top matchups to watch<\/p>\n

September 10<\/p>\n

Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) vs. Saint Louis (Hawaii)<\/a><\/p>\n

September 11<\/p>\n

Centennial (Corona) vs. Mater Dei (Santa Ana)<\/a><\/p>\n

Orange Lutheran (Orange) vs. Serra (Gardena)<\/a><\/p>\n

Junipero Serra (San Mateo) vs. Saint Mary\u2019s (Stockton)<\/a><\/p>\n

Lincoln (San Diego) vs. Mission Viejo<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Bonaventure (Ventura) vs. Central Catholic (Modesto)<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint Francis (Mountain View) vs. De La Salle (Concord)<\/a><\/p>\n

St. John Bosco (Bellflower) vs. Kahuku (Hawaii)<\/a><\/p>\n

September 12<\/p>\n

Santa Margarita vs. Inderkum (Sacramento)<\/a><\/p>\n

2026 CIF Southern Section calendar<\/p>\n

Regular season dates<\/p>\n

Week 0 \u2013 August 21<\/p>\n

Week 1 \u2013 August 28<\/p>\n

Week 2 \u2013 September 4<\/p>\n

Week 3 \u2013 September 11<\/p>\n

Week 4 \u2013 September 18<\/p>\n

Week 5 \u2013 September 25<\/p>\n

Week 6 \u2013 October 2<\/p>\n

Week 7 \u2013 October 9<\/p>\n

Week 8 \u2013 October 16<\/p>\n

Week 9 \u2013 October 23<\/p>\n

Week 10 \u2013 October 30<\/p>\n

CIF Southern Section playoffs<\/p>\n

First round \u2013 November 6<\/p>\n

Second round \u2013 November 13<\/p>\n

Semifinals \u2013 November 20<\/p>\n

Finals \u2013 November 27-28<\/p>\n

CIF state playoffs<\/p>\n

Southern regional games \u2013 December 4-5<\/p>\n

State championship bowl games \u2013 December 11-12<\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

California high school football on NFHS Network<\/p>\n

Watch high school sports anywhere from wherever you are, and save 50% with an annual subscription.<\/p>\n

Watch now<\/a>How to watch California high school football livestreams<\/p>\n

What: 2026 CIF prep football season<\/p>\n

When: Through December state championship bowl games<\/p>\n

Where: Hundreds of venues across the state of California<\/p>\n

Watch: California high school football is streaming on NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch notable CIF programs<\/p>\n

Bakersfield Christian<\/a><\/p>\n

Bishop Amat<\/a><\/p>\n

Bishop Union<\/a><\/p>\n

Calaveras<\/a><\/p>\n

Cathedral Catholic<\/a><\/p>\n

Central Catholic (Modesto)<\/a><\/p>\n

Chaminade<\/a><\/p>\n

Chaparral<\/a><\/p>\n

Corona Centennial<\/a><\/p>\n

Corona del Mar<\/a><\/p>\n

Crean Lutheran<\/a><\/p>\n

Damien<\/a><\/p>\n

De La Salle (Concord)<\/a><\/p>\n

Folsom<\/a><\/p>\n

Gardena Serra<\/a><\/p>\n

Huntington Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

Inderkum (Sacramento)<\/a><\/p>\n

JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano)<\/a><\/p>\n

Junipero Serra (San Mateo)<\/a><\/p>\n

Lincoln (San Diego)<\/a><\/p>\n

Mater Dei (Santa Ana)<\/a><\/p>\n

Mission Viejo<\/a><\/p>\n

Morse<\/a><\/p>\n

Norco<\/a><\/p>\n

Oak Hills<\/a><\/p>\n

Orange Lutheran (Orange)<\/a><\/p>\n

Pacifica (Oxnard)<\/a><\/p>\n

Palos Verdes<\/a><\/p>\n

Rancho Cucamonga<\/a><\/p>\n

Rio Hondo Prep<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint Francis (Mountain View)<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint Mary\u2019s (Stockton)<\/a><\/p>\n

San Clemente<\/a><\/p>\n

Santa Margarita<\/a><\/p>\n

Servite<\/a><\/p>\n

Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonora<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Bonaventure (Ventura)<\/a><\/p>\n

St. John Bosco (Bellflower)<\/a><\/p>\n

Tustin<\/a><\/p>\n

Westlake<\/a><\/p>\n

Winters<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

California high school football on NFHS Network<\/p>\n

Watch high school sports anywhere from wherever you are, and save 50% with an annual subscription.<\/p>\n

Watch now<\/a>\"BryceMater Dei quarterback Bryce Young is tackled after scrambling out of the pocket during a high school football game against St. John Bosco in Bellflower, Calif., Oct. 25, 2019.Scott Varley\/The Orange County Register via AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California high school football season is back, and you can watch hundreds of games across all levels…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,1263],"class_list":["post-460111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-spo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}