2026 Tulare County high school football schedules: Team by team

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The 2026 Tulare County tackle football season is officially here.

Granite Hills will kick off the Tulare County football season against Fowler on Aug. 20 at Rankin Stadium in Porterville.

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The annual Victory Bell and Cowhide games between Tulare Union and Tulare Western and Mt. Whitney and Redwood, respectively, will be played on Oct. 30 — the final week of the high school football regular season. The Battle for the Saddle, pitting El Diamante and Golden West, will be played on the same night. 

Here are this year's high school and college football schedules for each program (in alphabetical order):

Alpaugh (8-player)

  • Aug. 21: at Cuyama Valley, 7 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Mojave, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Frazier Mountain, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Maricopa, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: at Coast Union, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: Legacy Christian Academy, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Kings Christian, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Valley Oaks Charter, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Laton, 7 p.m.

Central Valley Christian

  • Aug. 21: Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.

College of the Sequoias

  • Aug. 29: San Mateo, 11 a.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Diablo Valley, 5:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 12: Laney, 1 p.m.
  • Sept. 19: at San Jose, 6 p.m.
  • Sept. 26: San Francisco, 11 a.m.
  • Oct. 10: Monterey Peninsula, 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 17: at Reedley, 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 24: at Modesto, 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 31: Fresno, 1 p.m.
  • Nov. 7: at Sacramento City, 1 p.m.

Dinuba

  • Aug. 21: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Sunnyside, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.

El Diamante

  • Aug. 21: Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 10: Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Monache, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Golden West, 7:30 p.m., Battle for the Saddle

Exeter

  • Aug. 21: Woodlake, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Lindsay, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: at Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.

Farmersville

  • Aug. 21: at Sierra, 7 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Avenal, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: Tranquility, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: Lindsay, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Riverdale, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Parlier, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.

Golden West

  • Aug. 21: at Buchanan, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Righetti, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m., Battle for the Saddle

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Granite Hills

  • Aug. 20: Fowler, 7:15 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Delano, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at McFarland, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: at Chavez, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Parlier, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 29: Woodlake, 7:15 p.m., Battle for the Belt

Lindsay

  • Aug. 21: Arvin, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Morro Bay, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at Farmersville, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at Woodlake, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Strathmore, 7:30 p.m., Bell Game

Mission Oak

  • Aug. 21: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Monache, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 8: Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at CVC, 7:30 p.m.

Monache

  • Aug. 21: at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Stockdale, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: South Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Porterville, 6:30 p.m., Granite Bowl

Mt. Whitney

  • Aug. 21: at San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Monache, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 22: at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Redwood, 6:30 p.m., Cowhide

Orosi

  • Aug. 21: Madera South, 7:15 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: Hanford West, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Fowler, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Parlier, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at Riverdale, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 29: at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m., Battle for the "O"

Porterville

  • Aug. 21: Highland, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: at Sunnyside, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 3: Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 8: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 22: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Monache, 6:30 p.m., Granite Bowl

Redwood

  • Aug. 21: Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at CVC, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 15: at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Mt. Whitney, 6:30 p.m., Cowhide

Strathmore

  • Aug. 21: at Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Sierra Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: at Mendota, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at Monache, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Granite Hills, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Corcoran, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Lindsay, 7:30 p.m., Bell Game

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Tulare Union

  • Aug. 21: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 27: Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 25: at Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: at CVC, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: Tulare Western, 6:30 p.m., Bell Game

Tulare Western

  • Aug. 21: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 3: at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 11: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: at Shafter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: CVC, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 22: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 30: at Tulare Union, 6:30 p.m., Bell Game

Woodlake

  • Aug. 21: at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
  • Aug. 28: Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 4: at Mendota, 7 p.m.
  • Sept. 10: at Sierra Pacific, 7:15 p.m.
  • Sept. 18: Firebaugh, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 2: at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 9: Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
  • Oct. 16: Riverdale, 7:15 p.m.
  • Oct. 23: Lindsay, 7 p.m.
  • Oct. 29: at Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m., Battle for the Belt

This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: 2026 Tulare County high school football schedules: Team by team

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