The 2026 football schedules for Las Cruces Public Schools teams are here.
Las Cruces will aim for another 6A state championship game appearance under coach Mark Lopez after narrowly falling in it last season to Cleveland. The Bulldawgs went 12-1, earning double-digit wins for the third time under Lopez and their best overall record during Lopez’s tenure. Centennial will look to get back to the top of the mountain in its district under coach Aaron Ocampo.
Mayfield and Organ Mountain will enter new eras this year. The Trojans hired former Chaparral coach Joseph Frias, who guided the Lobos to unprecedented success during his tenure in the form of multiple playoff wins across 2024 and 2025, to succeed the retiring Gary Bradley. The Knights promoted Gregory Mallory to their head coaching position, whose Organ Mountain football tenure dates back to 2018. He takes over after former coach Kenny Sanchez resigned.
Las Cruces, Organ Mountain and Centennial are in District 2-6A this year with Carlsbad, Clovis, Eldorado, Hobbs and Volcano Vista. Mayfield is in District 2-5A alongside Alamogordo, Artesia, Chaparral, Deming, Gadsden, Goddard and Roswell.
All games are on a Friday and at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. District games will be noted with an asterisk.
Las Cruces
The Bulldawgs will not play rival Mayfield to open the season, as they have in the past two seasons. Instead, they’ll play Rio Rancho to start and take on the Trojans in week three.
Las Cruces will play a neutral-site game against Dumas at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, due to both schools being far from each other.
- Scrimmage on Aug. 13 (Thursday): vs. Artesia
- Aug. 21: at Rio Rancho
- Aug. 28: Dumas (TX) at ENMU in Portales
- Sept. 4: vs. Mayfield
- Sept. 11: at Hobbs*
- Sept. 18: at Organ Mountain*
- Sept. 24 (Thursday): vs. Eldorado*
- Oct. 8 (Thursday): vs. Clovis*
- Oct. 16: at Volcano Vista*
- Oct. 23: vs. Carlsbad*
- Oct. 30: at Centennial*
Mayfield
The Trojans begin the Frias era against Los Lunas at home, which will be the first game at the Field of Dreams in the 2026 season. Non-district games against Organ Mountain and Las Cruces High after that ensure the Trojans won’t leave Las Cruces throughout non-district play.
Frias will visit his former team, Chaparral, during district play. Mayfield will close district play with two Saturday games at home.
- Aug. 21: vs. Los Lunas
- Aug. 28: vs. Organ Mountain
- Sept. 4: at Las Cruces
- Sept. 11: at Gadsden*
- Sept. 18: at Chaparral*
- Sept. 25: vs. Deming*
- Oct. 2: at Alamogordo*
- Oct. 16: at Goddard*
- Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. (Saturday): vs. Roswell*
- Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. (Saturday): vs. Artesia*
Organ Mountain
Mallory will lead the Knights for the first time against Deming and will then play four straight games at the Field of Dreams. Organ Mountain will play the most non-Friday games out of any LCPS team this year at three.
- Aug. 21: at Deming
- Aug. 28: at Mayfield
- Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. (Saturday): vs. Alamogordo
- Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. (Saturday): vs. Eldorado*
- Sept. 18: vs. Las Cruces*
- Sept. 25: at Hobbs*
- Oct. 9: vs. Centennial*
- Oct. 16: at Carlsbad*
- Oct. 22 (Thursday): vs. Volcano Vista*
- Oct. 30: at Clovis*
Centennial
The Hawks open their campaign with two road non-district games against Cleveland and El Paso Andress, and won’t play on a Friday until their district opener against Carlsbad. Centennial’s rivalry game against Organ Mountain will open October for both teams.
The Hawks will face Las Cruces to end their regular season for the fifth time in the last six years. This game has decided the district championship in all five of those seasons.
- Scrimmage on Aug. 12 (Wednesday): at Ruidoso
- Aug. 21: at Cleveland
- Aug. 28: at El Paso Andress
- Sept. 3 (Thursday): vs. Artesia
- Sept. 11: vs. Carlsbad*
- Sept. 18: at Clovis*
- Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. (Saturday): at Volcano Vista*
- Oct. 9: at Organ Mountain*
- Oct. 16: vs. Hobbs*
- Oct. 23: at Eldorado*
- Oct. 30: vs. Las Cruces*
Field of Dreams schedule
- Aug. 21: Mayfield vs. Los Lunas
- Aug. 28: Mayfield vs. Organ Mountain
- Sept. 3: Centennial vs. Artesia
- Sept. 4: Las Cruces vs. Mayfield
- Sept. 5: Organ Mountain vs. Alamogordo
- Sept. 11: Centennial vs. Carlsbad
- Sept. 12: Organ Mountain vs. Eldorado
- Sept. 18: Organ Mountain vs. Las Cruces
- Sept. 24: Las Cruces vs. Eldorado
- Sept. 25: Mayfield vs. Deming
- Oct. 8: Las Cruces vs. Clovis
- Oct. 9: Organ Mountain vs. Centennial
- Oct. 16: Centennial vs. Hobbs
- Oct. 22: Organ Mountain vs. Volcano Vista
- Oct. 23: Las Cruces vs. Carlsbad
- Oct. 24: Mayfield vs. Roswell
- Oct. 30: Centennial vs. Las Cruces
- Oct. 31: Mayfield vs. Artesia
This article originally appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: Here are the 2026 football schedules for every LCPS high school team
