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

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