FOOTBALL: 2025 Week 1 North Central Florida regional schedule

North Central Florida football returns with a mix of tradition and grit. From Gainesville to Lake City and beyond, Week 1 features battles that will shape the early season and spotlight programs eager to prove themselves right out of the gate. All games begin at 7:00 PM ET unless otherwise noted.

THURSDAY

Bronson at Oak Hall

Vanguard vs. Buchholz at Citizens Field (Gainesville)

FRIDAY

Baker County at Bradford, 7:30

Belleview vs. Eastside at Citizens Field (Gainesville), 7:30

Chiefland at Williston, 7:30

Columbia vs. Suwannee at Paul Langford Stadium (Live Oak), 7:30

Countryside Christian at Academy at the Lakes

Discovery vs. Hawthorne at Annie Mae Phillips Stadium (Hawthorne)

Dunnellon at Florida High

Fort White at Taylor County, 7:30

Gainesville at Aubrey Rogers

Hernando Christian at St. John Lutheran

Joshua Christian at Hamilton County

Lafayette at Dixie County, 7:30

Lakeside Christian at Cornerstone Academy (Gainesville)

Merritt Island Christian at Ocala Christian

Newberry at University Christian, 7:30

North Florida Educational at Branford

North Marion at Forest

P.K. Yonge at Lake Weir

Saint Francis Catholic at First Academy-Leesburg

South Sumter at Haines City

Trenton at Bell, 7:30

Trinity Catholic at Tampa Catholic

West Port at Lecanto

Wildwood at The Villages

Yulee at Union County, 7:30

BYE WEEK: Gainesville Christian Community, Santa Fe