Preseason 2026 IFCA Coaches Poll released

The Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) released its preseason polls on Monday with the regular season set to begin in less than two weeks.

Area schools were well represented.

First-place votes are in parenthesis.

CLASS 6A

1. Brownsburg (10)
2. Carmel
3. Westfield
4. Center Grove
5. Warren Central
6. Lawrence North
7. Crown Point
8. Carroll
9. Hamilton Southeastern
10. Penn
    
    Others receiving votes: Franklin Central, Fishers, Ben Davis, Elkhart, Decatur Central, Avon.

CLASS 5A

1. New Palestine (9)
2. Cathedral (1)
3. Bloomington South
4. Lafayette Jeff
5. Concord
6. Snider
7. Plainfield
8. Castle
9. Floyd Central
10. Warsaw

Others receiving votes: Pendleton Heights, Michigan City, Terre Haute South, Bloomington North, Evansville North, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Chesterton, Greenfield-Central.

CLASS 4A

1. East Central (4)
2. Roncalli (1)
3. Bishop Dwenger (4)
4. Chatard (1)
5. East Noble
6. Mishawaka
7. Yorktown
8. Hobart
9. South Bend St. Joseph
10. Bishop Luers
11. Heritage Hills

Others receiving votes: Evansville Reitz, Jasper, Martinsville, North Side, Leo, Columbia City, Lebanon, Northview.

CLASS 3A

1. Andrean (3)
2. Gibson Southern (2)
3. Lawrenceburg (1)
4. Evansville Memorial (4)
5. Adams Central
6. Tri-West
7. Evansville Mater Dei
8. Twin Lakes
9. Mississinewa
10. Maconaquah

Others receiving votes: Eastbrook, Indian Creek, Garrett, Heritage Christian, Mishawaka Marian, Southridge, Sullivan, Angola, Bluffton, Griffith, West Lafayette, West Noble.

CLASS 2A

1. Brownstown Central (3)
2. Indianapolis Lutheran (1)
3. Lapel
4. Cascade (3)
5. South Putnam (3)
6. Linton-Stockton
7. Eastern (Greentown)
8. Providence
9. Knox
10. Eastside
11. Rochester

Others receiving votes: Rensselaer Central, Southmont, Triton Central, North Posey, Eastern Hancock, Alexandria, Lewis Cass, Bremen, Monrovia.

CLASS 1A

1. Riverton Parke (3)
2. Pioneer (6)
3. South Adams (1)
4. Milan
5. North Judson
6. Springs Valley
7. Frontier
8. Sheridan
9. North Decatur
10. Lafayette Central Catholic

Others receiving votes: Carroll (Flora), North Daviess, North Miami, Tri, West Washington, Churubusco, West Central.