Week 11 College Football HQ: Live updates, news, highlights, analysis
Here is the Journal Star preps experience for the playoffs, your one-stop shop as we look around the Peoria-area football landscape in the fourth week of the 2026 high school postseason: This article originally appeared on Journal Star:.
Key points
- With only three weeks left in the regular season, the College Football Playoff race is coming to a close.
- Peoria-area contenders Morton and El Paso-Gridley are on the field Saturday night.
- We're still in for a fun slate of games, including a showdown between SMU and Wake Forest that could determine a spot in the ACC championship game.
The march to a high school football championship in the 2026 IHSA playoffs continued with quarterfinal action on Saturday, Nov.
Additional details
- In another game with playoff and conference title implications, Indiana plays host to USC in a game neither team can afford to lose.
- 1 upset bug at home against Missouri, while LSU hosts Texas in a de facto playoff elimination game.
- We'll keep you posted on all the updates from what could be a wild Week 11.
- in Class 5A, while Class 2A host El Paso-Gridley welcomes Aurora Christian at 5 p.m.
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