NMAA 2026–2028 Classification & District Alignment
New Mexico high school football enters a new era as the NMAA releases its official 2026–2028 classification and district alignment. With shifts across all seven classes—from 6A down to Six-Man—the landscape of Friday nights is about to change in a big way.
FOOTBALL: Seven Classes
6A — 16 schools
5A — 16 schools
4A — 16 schools
3A — 17 schools
2A — 24 schools
8-Man — 19 (23) schools
6-Man — 13 (14) schools
TOTAL: 121 (126) schools
6A FOOTBALL — 16 SCHOOLS
District 1
Albuquerque High
Atrisco Heritage
Cleveland
Farmington
La Cueva
Rio Rancho
Sandia
West Mesa
District 2
Carlsbad
Centennial
Clovis
Eldorado
Hobbs
Las Cruces
Organ Mountain
Volcano Vista
5A FOOTBALL — 16 SCHOOL
District 1
Capital
Cibola
Highland
Los Alamos
Los Lunas
Miyamura
Piedra Vista
Santa Fe
District 2
Alamogordo
Artesia
Chaparral
Deming
Gadsden
Goddard
Mayfield
Roswell
4A FOOTBALL — 16 SCHOOLS
District 1
Bernalillo
Bloomfield
Del Norte
Espanola Valley
Manzano
Rio Grande
Taos
Valencia
District 2
ABQ Academy
Belen
Grants
Lovington
Portales
Santa Teresa
St. Pius X
3A FOOTBALL — 17 SCHOOLS
District 1
Aztec
Gallup
Pojoaque Valley
Kirtland Central
Robertson
St. Michael’s (up)
Thoreau
West Las Vegas
District 2
Hatch Valley
Hope Christian
Hot Springs
Moriarty
NMMI
Ruidoso
Socorro
Silver
Wingate
2A FOOTBALL — 24 SCHOOLS
District 1
Cuba
Crownpoint
Hozho Academy
Navajo Prep
Newcomb
Shiprock
Tohatchi
Zuni
District 2
Estancia
Laguna Acoma
Legacy Academy
McCurdy
Raton
Santa Rosa
Santa Fe Indian
Tucumcari
District 3
Capitan
Cobre
Dexter
Eunice
Jal
Loving
Texico
Tularosa
8-MAN FOOTBALL — 19 (23) SCHOOLS
Independent: Northwest
District 1
Alamo Navajo
Dulce
Hozho Academy
Navajo Pine
Ramah
Zuni (if participating)
District 2
Clayton/Des Moines
Escalante
Fort Sumner/House
Melrose
Menaul
Pine Hill
Questa
District 3
Gateway Christian
Hagerman/Lake Arthur
Lordsburg
Magdalena
Mesilla Valley
Tatum
District 4
Cloudcroft
Mescalero Apache
6-MAN FOOTBALL — 13 (14) SCHOOLS
District 1
Clovis Christian
Dora
Elida
Floyd
Grady
Logan
Roy/Mosquero
District 2
Animas
Carrizozo
Jemez Valley
Mountainair
NMSD
Reserve