A look at the 2025 and 2026 high school football districts

The Minnesota State High School League released the new football districts and sub-districts for 2025 and 2026.

You can view the 2024 districts here.

This year, notable district changes include Moorhead — now a 6A school — leaving the Northstar North district, which included Alexandria, and being placed in the Metro West, which includes Maple Grove, Edina, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie.

The MSHSL requires that teams play a full district schedule to be playoff-eligible. Once sub-district opponents are scheduled, the remainder of the regular-season schedule will be filled out. Teams will have cross-over games with teams from another sub-district within the same district or, with permission from the MSHSL’s placement committee, games can be played against teams from other districts.

North: Big Fork, Blackduck, Cook County, Littlefork/Big Falls, Northwoods, Northome/Keller, Silver Bay, South Ridge

South: Bertha-Hewitt, Carlton/Wrenshall, Cromwell-Floodwood, McGregor, Mille Lacs, Ogilvie, Sebeka, Verndale

East: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, Grand Meadow, Houston, Kingsland, Lanesboro, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli, Mabel-Canton, Spring Grove, Wabasha-Kellogg

West: Adrian/Ellsworth, Bethlehem Academy, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart, Cedar Mountain, Edgerton, Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, Hills-Beaver Creek, Mountain Lake Area, New Ulm Cathedral, Nicollet, Red Rock Central, Renville County West, Wabasso, Westbrook-Walnut Grove

North: Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, Clearbrook-Gonvick, Fertile-Beltrami, Fosston, Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke, Kittson County Central, Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal, Northern Freeze, Stephen-Argyle Central, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Win-E-Mac

South: Border West, Hancock, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Ortonville, Rothsay, Underwood

East: East Ridge, Forest Lake, Mounds View, Stillwater, White Bear Lake, Woodbury

Maroon: Coon Rapids, Eastview, Hopkins, Park of Cottage Grove, Roseville

North: Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Centennial, Champlin Park, Osseo, Rogers

South: Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Shakopee

West: Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Moorhead, St. Michael-Albertville, Wayzata

North: Barnesville, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Hawley, Perham, Pillager, Staples-Motley

Central: Breckenridge, Frazee, Lake Park-Audubon, Menahga, New York Mills, Otter Tail Central, Parkers Prairie, Wadena-Deer Creek

Gold: Ashby/Brandon-Evansville, Benson, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Browerville, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Maple Lake, Upsala/Swanville, West Central Area

North Central: Bagley, Cass Lake, Nevis, Park Christian, Pine River-Backus, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

Red: East Grand Forks, Park Rapids, Pelican Rapids, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Warroad

Valley Plains West: Ada-Borup-West, Crookston, Mahnomen/Waubun, Polk County West, Red Lake, Red Lake County

Brown: Jackson County Central, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, Le Sueur-Henderson, Luverne, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, Pipestone, Sibley East, Windom

Gold: Cleveland, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Lester Prairie, Madelia, Mayer Lutheran, Murray County West, St. James

Purple: BOLD, Murray County Central, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Sleepy Eye, Springfield, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton

Silver: Blooming Prairie, Blue Earth, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, Maple River, Medford, St. Clair-Loyola, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

Teal: Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Eden Valley-Watkins, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Kimball, Paynesville, Redwood Valley, St. Cloud Cathedral

White: Canby, Dawson-Boyd, Lac qui Parle Valley, Lakeview, MACCRAY, Minneota, Yellow Medicine East

Black: Dassel-Cokato, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Litchfield, Montevideo, Morris, New London-Spicer

Blue: Holdingford, Melrose, Minnewaska, Osakis, Royalton, Sauk Centre

Copper: Annandale, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Holy Family, Jordan, Rockford, Watertown-Mayer

White: Albany, Foley, Little Falls, Milaca, Pierz, St. Cloud Apollo

Blue: Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin, Hinckley-Finlayson, International Falls, Mesabi East, Moose Lake/Willow River, Rush City

Red: Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Duluth East, Grand Rapids, Hermantown, North Branch, Rock Ridge

Silver: Barnum, Braham, Cherry, Chisholm, Deer River, East Central, Ely/Northeast Range, Mountain Iron-Buhl

White: Esko, Hibbing, Mora, Pequot Lakes, Pine City, Proctor, Two Harbors/Duluth Marshall

East-Gold: Cretin-Derham Hall, Bloomington Jefferson, Bloomington Kennedy, Mahtomedi, St. Louis Park, Tartan

East-Maroon: Apple Valley, Burnsville, Hastings, St. Thomas Academy, Two Rivers

North: Alexandria, Bemidji, Brainerd, Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice

South-Gold: Chanhassen, Chaska, Mankato East, Mankato West, Waconia

South-Maroon: New Prague, Northfield, Owatonna, Rochester Century, Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Mayo

West-Gold: Cambridge-Isanti, Elk River, Monticello, St. Francis

West-Maroon: Armstrong, Cooper, Buffalo, Irondale, Park Center, Spring Lake Park

Brass: Byron, Faribault, Kasson-Mantorville, Stewartville, Winona

Green: Big Lake, Delano, Mound Westonka, Orono, Providence Academy, Zimmerman

Copper: Hutchinson, Marshall, Rocori, Willmar

Gold: Benilde-St. Margaret’s, DeLaSalle, Holy Angels, Richfield, SMB

Maroon: Columbia Heights, Fridley, St. Anthony, Totino-Grace

Orange: Breck, Brooklyn Center, Concordia Academy, St. Agnes, St. Croix Lutheran

Platinum: Becker, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Princeton, St. Cloud Tech

Silver: Minneapolis Edison, PACT, Spectrum, Twin Cities Charter

TC-Blue: Minneapolis Camden, Minneapolis North, Minneapolis South/Roosevelt, Minneapolis Southwest, Minneapolis Washburn

TC-Red: St. Paul Central, St. Paul Como, St. Paul Johnson, St. Paul Harding/Humboldt, St. Paul Highland Park

Yellow: Chisago Lakes, Hill-Murray, North St. Paul, Simley, South St. Paul

Black: Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Kenyon-Wanamingo, Norwood Young America, Randolph

Blue: Cotter/Hope Academy, La Crescent/Hokah, Lake City, Pine Island, Plainville-Elgin-Millville, Zumbrota-Mazeppa

Red: Albert Lea, Austin, Belle Plaine, Fairmont, New Ulm, St. Peter, Tri-City United, Waseca, Worthington

Yellow: Caledonia, Chatfield, Dover-Eyota, Rochester Lourdes, Rushford-Peterson, St. Charles, Triton