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A look at the 2025 and 2026 high school football districts

By Joe Gunther, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 07/03/25, 4:00PM CDT

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Teams are assigned to districts every two years by the MSHSL. Changes in districts mean some football teams will have different opponents the next two years.

Maple Grove, which won the Class 6A state football title last season, leaves the Metro North to join the Metro West district which already includes Minnetonka, Edina and Eden Prairie. Also joining the Metro West is Moorhead, which moved up to Class 6A from 5A. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Minnesota State High School League released the new football districts and sub-districts for 2025 and 2026.

You can view the 2024 districts here.

This year, notable district changes include Moorhead — now a 6A school — leaving the Northstar North district, which included Alexandria, and being placed in the Metro West, which includes Maple Grove, Edina, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie.

The MSHSL requires that teams play a full district schedule to be playoff-eligible. Once sub-district opponents are scheduled, the remainder of the regular-season schedule will be filled out. Teams will have cross-over games with teams from another sub-district within the same district or, with permission from the MSHSL’s placement committee, games can be played against teams from other districts.

For more on the new districts, sick here to read this story on startribune.com.

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