INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The high school football regular season in the state of Indiana begins this week, and there are plenty of big-time matchups taking place this Friday night. Of course, every team enters the 2026 season with hopes of playing for a state championship by year’s end. The Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) recently released its preseason poll ahead of the upcoming season. Here is a look at the poll (first place votes in parenthesis): Class 6A 1. Brownsburg (10) T2. Carmel T2. Westfield T4. Center Grove T4. Warren Central 6. Lawrence North 7. Crown Point T8. Fort Wayne Carroll T8. Hamilton Southeastern 10. Penn Class 5A 1. New Palestine (9) 2. Cathedral (1) 3. Bloomington South 4. Lafayette Jeff 5. Concord 6. Fort Wayne Snider 7. Plainfield 8. Castle 9. Floyd Central 10. Warsaw Class 4A 1. East Central (4) 2. Roncalli (1) T3. Fort Wayne Dwenger (4) T3. Bishop Chatard (1) 5. East Noble 6. Mishawaka 7. Yorktown T8. Hobart T8. South Bend St. Joseph T10. Fort Wayne Luers T10. Heritage Hills 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 Class 2A 1. Brownstown Central (3) T2. Lutheran (1) T2. Lapel 4. Cascade (3) 5. South Putnam (3) 6. Linton-Stocktown 7. Eastern (Greenstown) 8. Providence 9. Knox T10. Eastside T10. Rochester Class A 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 To see the entire poll, including the teams that “received votes,” click here. Be sure to watch The Zone on Friday at 11:08 p.m. EDT on WISH-TV for highlights from Week 1 matchups across Central Indiana. Click here to see which matchups WISH-TV will have highlights from on the show Friday night. ...read more read less