Big Central Conference and local weekly football schedule

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The 2026 high school football season kicks off Aug. 27, with many of our local and Big Central Conference teams in action.

Here's a week-by-week look at the BCC and local schedule for ths upcoming season.

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WEEK 0

Thursday, Aug. 27

• A.L. Johnson at North Bergen, 10 a.m.
• Cranford at Linden, 10 a.m.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Westfield, 4 p.m.
• Bernards at Rutherford, 6 p.m.
• Brearley at Wallington, 6 p.m.
• Bridgewater-Raritan at Woodbridge, 6 p.m.
• Eastern at Hunterdon Central, 6 p.m.
• Hillsborough at Manalapan, 6 p.m.
• North Hunterdon at Delaware Valley, 6 p.m.
• Rahway at Willingboro, 6 p.m.
• South Plainfield at Somerville, 6 p.m.
• Union at Edison, 6 p.m.
• West Windsor-Plainsboro at J.P. Stevens, 6 p.m.
• Wood-Ridge at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
• Monmouth at Spotswood, 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28

• Franklin vs. Ewing @West Orange, 4 p.m.
• Shawnee at Old Bridge, 4 p.m.
• Bound Brook at North Warren, 6 p.m.
• Dunellen at Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• Hopewell Valley at Montgomery, 6 p.m.
• J.F. Kennedy at East Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Monroe at Perth Amboy, 6 p.m.
• Snyder at North Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Watchung Hills at South Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Belvidere at Hackettstown, 7 p.m.
• Elizabeth at Carteret, 7 p.m.
• Governor Livingston at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Hillside at Columbia, 7 p.m.
• New Brunswick at Highland Park, 7 p.m.
• New Hope-Solebury at South Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• Orange at North Plainfield, 7 p.m.
• Parkland (PA) at Phillipsburg, 7 p.m.
• Plainfield at Sayreville, 7 p.m.
• Warren Hills at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
• Immaculata v. Glassboro @Rowan, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29

• Manville at Keansburg, 11 a.m.
• Millburn at Pingry, 11 a.m.
• Piscataway at East Orange, 1 p.m.
• South River at Point Pleasant Beach, 2 p.m.

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sept. 3

• Belvidere at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
• Dayton at Bound Brook, 6 p.m.
• Hunterdon Central at Hillsborough, 6 p.m.
• Voorhees at New Providence, 6:30 p.m.
• Woodbridge at Edison, 6:30 p.m.
• Linden at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 p.m.
• Perth Amboy at Carteret, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 4

• A.L. Johnson at Delaware Valley, 6 p.m.
• Colonia at Franklin, 6 p.m.
• Elizabeth at Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Governor Livingston at Monroe, 6 p.m.
• Manville at Brearley, 6 p.m.
• New Brunswick at Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• North Hunterdon at East Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Old Bridge at Montgomery, 6 p.m.
• Somerville at Piscataway, 6 p.m.
• South Brunswick at North Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Spotswood at J.F. Kennedy, 6 p.m.
• Summit at Rahway, 6 p.m.
• Union at Watchung Hills, 6 p.m.
• Westfield at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 p.m.
• Sayreville at Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
• South River at South Hunterdon, 6:30 p.m.
• Cranford at Bernards, 7 p.m.
• Dunellen at J.P. Stevens, 7 p.m.
• Middlesex at Highland Park, 7 p.m.
• Phillipsburg at Emmaus (PA), 7 p.m.
• South Plainfield at North Plainfield, 7 p.m.
• St. Joseph by the Sea (NY) at Immaculata, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 5

• Saddle Brook at Pingry, 11 a.m.
• Bridgewater-Raritan at St. Joseph-Metuchen, 1 p.m.
• Roselle at Hillside, 1 p.m.

WEEK 2

Thursday, Sept. 10

• Highland Park at J.P. Stevens, 6 p.m.
• Metuchen at Spotswood, 6 p.m.
• Old Bridge at South Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Piscataway at East Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Ridge at Hunterdon Central, 6 p.m.
• North Hunterdon at Somerville, 6:30 p.m.
• Governor Livingston at Bernards, 7 p.m.
• Montgomery at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m.
• New Providence at A.L. Johnson, 7 p.m.
• North Plainfield at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Cranford, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 11

• Hillsborough at Bridgewater-Raritan, 4 p.m.
• St. Joseph-Metuchen at Westfield, 4 p.m.
• Dayton at Brearley, 6 p.m.
• J.F. Kennedy at South Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Monroe at North Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Plainfield at Colonia, 6 p.m.
• Rahway at Woodbridge, 6 p.m.
• Roselle at Perth Amboy, 6 p.m.
• St. Thomas Aquinas at Franklin, 6 p.m.
• Belvidere at Dunellen, 7 p.m.
• Bound Brook at Manville, 7 p.m.
• Edison at Sayreville, 7 p.m.
• Elizabeth at Union, 7 p.m.
• New Brunswick at Linden, 7 p.m.
• Phillipsburg at Freedom (PA), 7 p.m.
• South Hunterdon at Middlesex, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12

• Carteret at Summit, 1 p.m.
• Delaware Valley at Hillside, 1 p.m.
• Roselle Park at South River, 1 p.m.

WEEK 3

Thursday, Sept. 17

• North Plainfield at New Brunswick, 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 18

• A.L. Johnson at Roselle, 6 p.m.
• Colonia at Montgomery, 6 p.m.
• Highland Park at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
• Ridge at Bridgewater-Raritan, 6 p.m.
• South Brunswick at Piscataway, 6 p.m.
• South Hunterdon at Bound Brook, 6 p.m.
• St. Joseph-Metuchen at Elizabeth, 6 p.m.
• St. Thomas Aquinas at Old Bridge, 6 p.m.
• Woodbridge at Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• East Brunswick at Monroe, 6:30 p.m.
• Metuchen at New Providence, 6:30 p.m.
• North Brunswick at Edison, 6:30 p.m.
• Watchung Hills at Somerville, 6:30 p.m.
• Carteret at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 p.m.
• Dunellen at Manville, 7 p.m.
• Franklin at Sayreville, 7 p.m.
• Hillsborough at Phillipsburg, 7 p.m.
• Hillside at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
• Hunterdon Central at North Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• J.P. Stevens at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Middlesex at Belvidere, 7 p.m.
• Perth Amboy at Spotswood, 7 p.m.
• Rahway at Linden, 7 p.m.
• South Plainfield at Bernards, 7 p.m.
• Summit at Cranford, 7 p.m.
• Warren Hills at Delaware Valley, 7 p.m.
• Westfield at Union, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 19

• Immaculata at Pope John XXIII, noon
• J.F. Kennedy at Governor Livingston, noon
• Brearley at South River, 1 p.m.
• John Carroll at Pingry, TBA

WEEK 4

Friday, Sept. 25

• Cranford at Rahway, 6 p.m.
• Dayton at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
• Hillside at New Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• J.P. Stevens at Brearley, 6 p.m.
• Linden at Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Monroe at South Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• New Providence at Roselle, 6 p.m.
• North Plainfield at J.F. Kennedy, 6 p.m.
• Perth Amboy at Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• Piscataway at Old Bridge, 6 p.m.
• Sayreville at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 p.m.
• Somerville at Montgomery, 6 p.m.
• Union at Hillsborough, 6 p.m.
• Voorhees at East Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Watchung Hills at Hunterdon Central, 6 p.m.
• Woodbridge at Colonia, 6 p.m.
• Elizabeth at Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
• Bernards at Delaware Valley, 7 p.m.
• Bound Brook at Belvidere, 7 p.m.
• Governor Livingston at Lyndhurst, 7 p.m.
• Manville at South Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• Middlesex at Dunellen, 7 p.m.
• North Hunterdon at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 p.m.
• South Plainfield at Carteret, 7 p.m.
• South River at Highland Park, 7 p.m.
• Spotswood at A.L. Johnson, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26

• Bridgewater-Raritan at Westfield, 1 p.m.
• Edison at Summit, 1 p.m.
• North Brunswick at Franklin, 2 p.m.
• Dalton School at Pingry, 300
• Phillipsburg at St. Joseph-Metuchen, 6 p.m.

WEEK 5

Thursday, Oct. 1

• Roselle Park at Middlesex, 6 p.m.
• South Brunswick at Rahway, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 2

• Carteret at North Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Colonia at Hillsborough, 6 p.m.
• Highland Park at Bound Brook, 6 p.m.
• Hunterdon Central at Bridgewater-Raritan, 6 p.m.
• J.F. Kennedy at Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• Linden at Elizabeth, 6 p.m.
• Roselle at Brearley, 6 p.m.
• Sayreville at Old Bridge, 6 p.m.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood at South Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• South Hunterdon at J.P. Stevens, 6 p.m.
• Spotswood at North Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Westfield at Woodbridge, 6 p.m.
• Phillipsburg at Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
• St. Thomas Aquinas at Somerville, 6:30 p.m.
• Belvidere at Manville, 7 p.m.
• Delaware Valley at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
• East Brunswick at Edison, 7 p.m.
• Immaculata at Dover, 7 p.m.
• Monroe at North Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• Montgomery at Cranford, 7 p.m.
• New Brunswick at Perth Amboy, 7 p.m.
• New Providence at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Summit at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3

• Dunellen at South River, 1 p.m.
• Plainfield at Union, 1 p.m.
• St. Joseph-Metuchen at Delbarton, 1 p.m.
• A.L. Johnson at Governor Livingston, 2 p.m.
• Bernards at Hillside, 2 p.m.
• Franklin at Piscataway, 2 p.m.
• Pingry at Rye Country Day, 2 p.m.

WEEK 6

Thursday, Oct. 8

• Manville at Middlesex, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9

• Carteret at J.F. Kennedy, 6 p.m.
• Cranford at South Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Delaware Valley at New Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Edison at Franklin, 6 p.m.
• Hillsborough at Elizabeth, 6 p.m.
• J.P. Stevens at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
• Metuchen at A.L. Johnson, 6 p.m.
• Montgomery at Hunterdon Central, 6 p.m.
• North Brunswick at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 p.m.
• Old Bridge at Monroe, 6 p.m.
• Rahway at Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• South Brunswick at East Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Spotswood at Roselle, 6 p.m.
• St. Joseph-Metuchen at Piscataway, 6 p.m.
• Perth Amboy at New Providence, 6:30 p.m.
• Sayreville at Somerville, 6:30 p.m.
• Westfield at Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
• Bound Brook at Dunellen, 7 p.m.
• Brearley at Highland Park, 7 p.m.
• Bridgewater-Raritan at Union, 7 p.m.
• Colonia at Linden, 7 p.m.
• North Hunterdon at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Governor Livingston, 7 p.m.
• South Hunterdon at Belvidere, 7 p.m.
• Voorhees at Bernards, 7 p.m.
• Immaculata at West Morris, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10

• Dayton at South River, 1 p.m.
• North Plainfield at Hillside, 1 p.m.
• Woodbridge at Summit, 1 p.m.
• Pingry at Poly Prep, TBA

WEEK 7

Thursday, Oct. 15

• Roselle Park at Brearley, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 16

• A.L. Johnson at Perth Amboy, 6 p.m.
• Bernards at J.F. Kennedy, 6 p.m.
• East Brunswick at Old Bridge, 6 p.m.
• Franklin at South Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Linden at Woodbridge, 6 p.m.
• Middlesex at Bound Brook, 6 p.m.
• Rahway at Colonia, 6 p.m.
• Ridge at Hillsborough, 6 p.m.
• Roselle at Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• Sayreville at North Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Somerville at Hunterdon Central, 6 p.m.
• South River at J.P. Stevens, 6 p.m.
• Union at St. Joseph-Metuchen, 6 p.m.
• Watchung Hills at Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Piscataway at Monroe, 6:30 p.m.
• Belvidere at North Warren, 7 p.m.
• Bridgewater-Raritan at Phillipsburg, 7 p.m.
• Cranford at Carteret, 7 p.m.
• Dunellen at South Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• Highland Park at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Hillside at Manville, 7 p.m.
• Montclair Kimberly at Pingry, 7 p.m.
• Montgomery at North Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• New Brunswick at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
• New Providence at Spotswood, 7 p.m.
• North Plainfield at Delaware Valley, 7 p.m.
• St. Thomas Aquinas at Edison, 7 p.m.
• Summit at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17

• South Plainfield at Governor Livingston, noon
• Elizabeth at Westfield, 1 p.m.
• Immaculata at Morris Knolls, 1 p.m.

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct 22

• East Brunswick at North Brunswick, 715

Friday, Oct. 23

• Edison at Rahway, 6 p.m.
• Franklin at Woodbridge, 6 p.m.
• Hillsborough at Montgomery, 6 p.m.
• Perth Amboy at South Plainfield, 6 p.m.
• Ridge at Old Bridge, 6 p.m.
• Roselle Park at Roselle, 6 p.m.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood at New Brunswick, 6 p.m.
• Somerville at Elizabeth, 6 p.m.
• South Brunswick at Colonia, 6 p.m.
• St. Joseph-Metuchen at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 p.m.
• Governor Livingston at New Providence, 6:30 p.m.
• Brearley at North Plainfield, 7 p.m.
• Hillside at Cranford, 7 p.m.
• Hudson Catholic at Immaculata, 7 p.m.
• Hunterdon Central at Phillipsburg, 7 p.m.
• J.F. Kennedy at A.L. Johnson, 7 p.m.
• J.P. Stevens at Middlesex, 7 p.m.
• Manville at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Metuchen at Highland Park, 7 p.m.
• Monroe at Carteret, 7 p.m.
• Piscataway at Sayreville, 7 p.m.
• South River at Spotswood, 7 p.m.
• Sussex Tech at Bound Brook, 7 p.m.
• Union at Linden, 7 p.m.
• Voorhees at North Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
• Watchung Hills at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24

• Bernards at Summit, 1 p.m.
• Pingry at Morristown-Beard, 1 p.m.
• Plainfield at Westfield, 1 p.m.
• Delaware Valley at Belvidere, 1:30 p.m.

WEEK 9

Friday, Oct. 30

• Seton Hall Prep at Immaculata, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31

• Donovan Catholic at St. Joseph-Metuchen, 1 p.m.

WEEK 13

Thursday, Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving Day)

• Phillipsburg vs. Easton (PA), 10 a.m. at Lafayette College

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: Big Central Conference and local weekly football schedule

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