By RICHIE HALL
The 2026 football schedule for Carmel will be just like not-so-old times.
The Greyhounds return to the Metropolitan Conference once the 2026-27 school year begins, which means they will be seeing some of their old football rivals in August. Carmel’s MIC comeback is one of the highlights of the Hamilton County 2026 football schedules.
The Hounds and Center Grove were dropped from the MIC in December 2021 but were added back into the conference in September 2025. Carmel had been playing a rotating list of opponents for the past few years, although the Greyhounds still scheduled some of their old MIC rivals.
Carmel played North Central, Ben Davis, Warren Central and Lawrence Central in all four of its independent years. The Hounds will face those schools during the same weeks as last season, from Weeks 6 to 9.
As for the other MIC teams, Carmel hosts Center Grove for Week 3 and Pike for Week 4, then travels to Lawrence North on Week 5. The Hounds keep their same early-season schedule, playing Fishers for their opener and Westfield for Week 2.
Big changes for Huskies
Hamilton Heights has the most changes of any county school. The Huskies dropped Triton Central, Tippecanoe Valley and Danville from their schedule, replacing them with London (Ohio), Benton Central and Lafayette Central Catholic, the latter two being Hoosier Conference teams.
There was also some shuffling among the Huskies’ current opponents. Logansport was moved from Week 6 to Week 3, while Tipton was moved from Week 8 to Week 4. Twin Lakes was pushed back a week, from Week 7 to Week 8.
Guerin Catholic made two changes: Andrean replaced Pike for Week 7, while Mt. Vernon replaced Culver Academies for Week 8. The Golden Eagles’ other games are the same from last season.
Noblesville’s only schedule change is for opening week. The Millers replaced Mt. Vernon with Arsenal Tech for Week 1, but everything else is the same.
Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Sheridan and Westfield had no changes to their schedules. The Blackhawks are slated to play Tri-Central on Week 3; that game was canceled last season after the Trojans switched to a junior varsity schedule.
Here is a complete list of football schedules. All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
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