Updated schedules (as of 5/2/24)

For those fans that know me, I 'ran' this on the WACbbs and now that we're a year out from C-USA, doing it here!

A single-combined thread of Conference USA football schedules as information becomes available can be found below. All schedule information below is subject to change. Fans are encouraged to share links/information on other games than those listed below so we can add and update our listing below.

Games with ? are question marks; used prominently for those games scheduled when programs (i.e. Sam Houston, Jacksonville State) were FCS schools OR games that were previously scheduled between teams that are now C-USA together

There will also be quite a bit of 'shedding' of games from New Mexico State and Liberty, so we'll keep our eye on those as well.

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2024

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
8-31... at Indiana
9-7... CENTRAL MICHIGAN
9-14... at Florida Atlantic
9-21… MONMOUTH
9-28... LA TECH
10-9... at Liberty
10-16... at UTEP
10-22.. SAM HOUSTON
10-29... NEW MEXICO STATE
11-16... at Jacksonville St
11-23... at Kennesaw St
11-30... MIDDLE TENNESSEE

JACKSONVILLE STATE
8-31… COASTAL CAROLINA
9-7… at Louisville
9-14... at Eastern Michigan
9-21... SOUTHERN MISS
10-4... at Kennesaw St
10-9... NEW MEXICO ST
10-23... MIDDLE TENNESSEE
10-30... at Liberty
11-9... at La Tech
11-16... FLORIDA INT'L
11-23... SAM HOUSTON
11-30... at Western Kentucky

KENNESAW STATE
8-31... at UT-San Antonio
9-7… LOUISIANA- LAFAYETTE
9-14… at San Jose State
9-28.. TENNESSEE-MARTIN
10-4... JACKSONVILLE ST
10-15... at Middle Tennessee
10-23... LIBERTY
10-30... at Western Kentucky
11-9... at UTEP
11-16... SAM HOUSTON
11-23... FLORIDA INT'L
11-30... at La Tech

LIBERTY
8-31… CAMPBELL
9-7... at New Mexico State
9-14... UTEP
9-21... EAST CAROLINA
9-28... at Appalachian State
10-9... FLORIDA INT'L
10-23... at Kennessaw St
10-30... JACKSONVILLE ST
11-9... at Middle Tennessee
11-16... at UMass
11-23... WESTERN KENTUCKY
11-30... at Sam Houston

LOUISIANA TECH
8-31... NICHOLLS
9-14... at North Carolina State
9-21... TULSA
9-28... at Florida Int'l
10-10... MIDDLE TENNESSEE
10-15... at New Mexico State
10-22... UTEP
10-29... at Sam Houston
11-9... JACKSONVILLE ST
11-16... at Western Kentucky
11-23... at Arkansas
11-30... KENNESAW STATE

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
8-31… TENNESSEE TECH
9-7... at Ole Miss
9-14... WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-21... DUKE
9-28... at Memphis
10-10... at La Tech
10-15... KENNESAW ST
10-23... at Jacksonville St
11-2... UTEP
11-9... LIBERTY
11-23... NEW MEXICO ST
11-30... at Florida Int'l

NEW MEXICO STATE
8-31... SE MISSOURI ST
9-7... LIBERTY
9-14... at Fresno State
9-21... at Sam Houston
9-28... NEW MEXICO
10-9... at Jacksonville State
11-15... LA TECH
11-29... at Florida Int'l
11-9... WESTERN KENTUCKY
11-16... at Texas A&M
11-23... at Middle Tennessee
11-30... UTEP

SAM HOUSTON
8-31... at Rice
9-7... at Central Florida
9-14... HAWAII
9-21... NEW MEXICO STATE
9-28... vs Texas State (NRG Stadium)
10-3... at UTEP
10-16... WESTERN KENTUCKY
10-22... at Florida Int'l
10-29... LA TECH
11-16... at Kennesaw St
11-23... at Jacksonville St
11-30... LIBERTY

UTEP
8-31... at Nebraska
9-7... SOUTHERN UTAH
9-14... at Liberty
9-21... at Colorado State
10-3... SAM HOUSTON
10-10... at Western Kentucky
10-16... FLORIDA INT'L
10-22... at La Tech
11-2... MIDDLE TENNESSEE
11-9... KENNESAW ST
11-23... at Tennessee
11-30... at New Mexico St

WESTERN KENTUCKY
8-31... at Alabama
9-7... EASTERN KENTUCKY
9-14... at Middle Tennessee
9-21... TOLEDO
9-28... at Boston College
10-10... UTEP
10-16... at Sam Houston
10-30... KENNESAW ST
11-9... at New Mexico State
11-16... LA TECH
11-23... at Liberty
11-30... JACKSONVILLE ST
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2025

DELAWARE
8-28… DELAWARE STATE
9-6… at Colorado
9-13... UCONN
9-27… at Wake Forest

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
9-6... at Penn State
9-13... FLORIDA ATLANTIC
10-4... at UConn

JACKSONVILLE STATE
8-28… at Central Florida
9-13... at Georgia Southern
9-20... MURRAY STATE
9-27... at Southern Miss

KENNESAW STATE
9-6... at Indiana
9-20... ARKANSAS STATE

LIBERTY
8-30... WAKE FOREST
9-13... WESTERN KENTUCKY ?
9-20... JAMES MADISON
9-27... at Old Dominion
10-25... at Georgia Southern
11-1... UMASS
11-15... UCONN

LOUISIANA TECH
8-30... SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
9-6... at LSU
9-20… SOUTHERN MISS
9-27... at Tulsa

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
8-30... AUSTIN PEAY
9-6... at Wisconsin
9-13... at Nevada
9-20… MARSHALL

NEW MEXICO STATE
9-27... at New Mexico

SAM HOUSTON
8-30... UNLV
9-6... at Hawaii
9-13... at Air Force
9-27... at Texas

UTEP
8-30… at Utah State
9-6… TENNESSEE MARTIN
9-13... at Texas

WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-6... at Toledo
9-13... at Liberty ?
9-20... CINCINNATI
11-22... at LSU

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2026

DELAWARE
9-26… at Virginia

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
9-19... at Florida Atlantic
9-26… at USF

JACKSONVILLE STATE
9-19... GEORGIA SOUTHERN

KENNESAW STATE
9-26... at Arkansas State

LIBERTY
9-5... at James Madison
10-3... at Ball State
11-7... at UMass
11-21... NEW MEXICO STATE ?
TBA... at Marshall

LOUISIANA TECH
9-12… NORTHWESTERN ST
9-19… at Southern Miss
9-26... LOUISIANA

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-5… MURRAY ST
9-12… at Marshall
9-19... at Kansas
9-26... NEVADA

NEW MEXICO STATE
9-5... CENTRAL MICHIGAN
10-10... at Hawaii
11-21... at Liberty ?
TBA... NEW MEXICO

SAM HOUSTON
9-5... at Troy
9-12... TULSA

UTEP
9-5... at Oklahoma
9-19... at Michigan
9-26... at San Jose State

WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-12... at Georgia
9-19... BALL STATE
9-26... at Cincinnati

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2027

DELAWARE
9-18... JAMES MADISON
11-27... at UConn

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
9-18... FLORIDA ATLANTIC
10-2... UCONN

JACKSONVILLE STATE
9-11… at UAB

KENNESAW STATE
9-25… at Louisiana Lafayette

LIBERTY
9-18... at Coastal Carolina
11-6... UMass
11-20... at Virginia Tech
11-27... at New Mexico State ?

LOUISIANA TECH
9-11… NICHOLLS ST
9-18... at Kansas
9-25... SOUTH ALABAMA

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-4… NORTH ALABAMA
9-18... at South Alabama
9-25... MEMPHIS

NEW MEXICO STATE
9-11... at Northern Illinois
10-2... HAWAII
11-27... LIBERTY ?
TBA... at New Mexico

SAM HOUSTON
9-4... at ULM
9-11... COLORADO STATE
9-18.. at TCU

UTEP
9-11... HOUSTON BAPTIST
9-18... at Texas
9-25... SAN JOSE STATE

WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-11... at Ball State
9-25... MIAMI (OHIO)

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2028

DELAWARE
9-9... at James Madison

JACKSONVILLE STATE
9-2… UAB

LIBERTY
9-2... at Virginia Tech
9-9… VMI
9-23... at Bowling Green
10-14... COASTAL CAROLINA
11-25... NEW MEXICO STATE ?

LOUISIANA TECH
9-9… at North Texas
9-16... KANSAS
9-23... at San Diego State

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-2... CHATTANOOGA
9-16... at Southern Miss
9-23... SOUTH ALABAMA

NEW MEXICO STATE
11-25... at Liberty ?
TBA... NEW MEXICO

SAM HOUSTON
9-9... at Colorado State
9-16... at Houston
9-23... ULM

UTEP
9-2... at Nebraska
9-9… UTAH ST
9-16... TEXAS STATE
9-23... at Wyoming

WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-23... at Miami (Ohio)

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2029

DELAWARE
9-15… BUFFALO

FIU
TBA… at North Texas
9-22… USF

LIBERTY
9-1... at Virginia Tech
9-8... EAST TENNESSEE STATE
9-22… at East Carolina
9-29... COASTAL CAROLINA
11-17... at New Mexico State ?

LOUISIANA TECH
9-8... at Louisiana
9-15... SAN DIEGO STATE
9-22... BOWLING GREEN

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-15… at Duke
9-22... at Northern Illinois

SAM HOUSTON
9-1... TROY
9-8... at Georgia Southern
9-15... at UNLV

NEW MEXICO STATE
11-17... LIBERTY ?
TBA... at New Mexico

UTEP
9-1… UNLV
9-9… at Nevada
9-15... at Texas
9-29... WYOMING

WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-15... at Indiana

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2030

DELAWARE
9-14… at Buffalo

LIBERTY
9-7... VIRGINIA TECH
9-21... BALL STATE
9-28… at Coastal Carolina

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-7... SOUTHERN MISS
9-14... at Northern Illinois

NEW MEXICO ST
9-14… at UL-Lafayette

SAM HOUSTON
9-21... GEORGIA SOUTHERN

UTEP
9-7… at UNLV
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2031

DELAWARE
9-13... JAMES MADISON

LIBERTY
9-6... at James Madison
9-20... at Ball State
11-8... APPALACHIAN STATE

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-6… EASTERN MICHIGAN
9-20… at Georgia Southern

SAM HOUSTON
8-30... at Tulsa

UTEP
9-13... at Texas
9-27.. at Texas State

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2032

DELAWARE
9-18... at James Madison

KENNESAW STATE
9-11… at Georgia Southern

LIBERTY
9-11... JAMES MADISON

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-4… ARMY
9-18… at Eastern Michigan
9-25… GEORGIA SOUTHERN

NEW MEXICO STATE
9-18... at Wyoming

UTEP
9-18... TEXAS TECH

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2033

KENNESAW STATE
9-10… GEORGIA SOUTHERN

LIBERTY
9-17… at James Madison
9-24... OLD DOMINION

LOUISIANA TECH
9-24... SAN DIEGO STATE

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-17... at Troy
9-24… BALL STATE
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2034

LIBERTY
9-16… JAMES MADISON

LOUISIANA TECH
9-23... at San Diego State

MIDDLE TENNESSEE
9-16... TROY
9-23… at Ball State

Believe I did this right...

'Cleaning Up the Schedule Tracker'

LIBERTY
2023: 5 FBS Home / 1 FCS Home / 2 FBS Away (needs to remove 4 games)
2024: 4 FBS Home / 1 FCS Home / 4 FBS Away (needs to remove 5 games)
2025: 3 FBS Home / 1 FCS Home / 4 FBS Away (needs to remove 4 games)
2026: 3 FBS Home / 4 FBS Away (needs to remove 3 games)
2027: 1 FBS Home / 3 FBS Away Schedule compatible
2028: 3 FBS Home / 2 FBS Away (needs to remove 1 games)
2029-31: Schedule compatible

NEW MEXICO STATE
2023: 2 FBS Home / 5 FBS Away (needs to remove 3 games)
2024: 4 FBS Home / 1 FCS Home / 4 FBS Away (needs to remove 5 games)
2025-2029: Schedule compatible

As a Sam Houston fan, would love to see the Kats take some games off the schedule from NMSU & Liberty. I presume we will see SHSU try to do two guarantee games, plus a home-and-home with a G5 and then buying a FCS opponent. Made that happens in '23 though not in '24

2023
9-23... at Houston (already on SHSU schedule, $$$ game)
10-28... at Northwestern ($$$ game, New Mexico State schedule)
11-18... UMass (part of a home-and-home; Liberty schedule)
TBA... FCS Opponent

2024
8-31... at Rice (already on SHSU schedule, $$$ game)
9-14... HAWAII (already on SHSU schedule, home-and-home)
11-16... at UMass (part of a home-and-home; Liberty schedule)
TBA... FCS Opponent (but would SHSU be down with adding another $$ game due to Rice game being nearby, plus Hawaii at home; if so - 10/5... at Fresno State from NMSU schedule?)

For SHSU, what's the word on the Battle of the Piney Woods in the future?

I am sure TXST will add SHSU at some point in the future but our G5 h/h are pretty set for a while. It could be set up for 27/28.

We have had h/h series with just about all G5 teams aside from Rice and UTEP and have them with Baylor and TT as well. UNT will finally be happening. We have done money games with all P5s now that Texas is scheduled. I have been waiting for Rice for a long time since I am so close to that stadium. SHSU is close enough.

(06-29-2022 12:39 PM)dawgonit Wrote:  For SHSU, what's the word on the Battle of the Piney Woods in the future?

Battle of Piney Woods will conclude after this year unless something changes with SFA's status. Sam Houston is not allowed to count a neutral site game against a FCS opponent towards its FBS requirements.

Additionally, I do not believe SFA has interest in continuing the series as their 'FBS' guarantee as they want to limit that scheduling and being locked into such a game is nonsensical.

As it stands now based on the current contract, the SHSU v SFA series basically yields what amounts to a low-level FBS payout guarantee at worse to SHSU and SFA. It is also a very important touch with alumni as there's many Houston area alumni that come to that game specifically.

The UTEP vs Texas Tech game in 2032 is at UTEP.

(06-29-2022 01:24 PM)TexasTerror Wrote:  

(06-29-2022 12:39 PM)dawgonit Wrote:  For SHSU, what's the word on the Battle of the Piney Woods in the future?

Battle of Piney Woods will conclude after this year unless something changes with SFA's status. Sam Houston is not allowed to count a neutral site game against a FCS opponent towards its FBS requirements.

Additionally, I do not believe SFA has interest in continuing the series as their 'FBS' guarantee as they want to limit that scheduling and being locked into such a game is nonsensical.

As it stands now based on the current contract, the SHSU v SFA series basically yields what amounts to a low-level FBS payout guarantee at worse to SHSU and SFA. It is also a very important touch with alumni as there's many Houston area alumni that come to that game specifically.

Are you certain of that? Why would that be the case? Everyone else is allowed to count one FCS game/year toward their FBS record. Why would it make a difference if that one FCS game is played at a neutral site as opposed to it being a home or away game? I could definitely be wrong on this, but I would think they're not looking at continuing the yearly game because it would now be an FBS vs. FCS contest, which would from this point forward put SFA at a permanent disadvantage unless they eventually move up also.

(06-29-2022 11:05 AM)TexasTerror Wrote:  As a Sam Houston fan, would love to see the Kats take some games off the schedule from NMSU & Liberty. I presume we will see SHSU try to do two guarantee games, plus a home-and-home with a G5 and then buying a FCS opponent. Made that happens in '23 though not in '24

2023
9-23... at Houston (already on SHSU schedule, $$$ game)
10-28... at Northwestern ($$$ game, New Mexico State schedule)
11-18... UMass (part of a home-and-home; Liberty schedule)
TBA... FCS Opponent

2024
8-31... at Rice (already on SHSU schedule, $$$ game)
9-14... HAWAII (already on SHSU schedule, home-and-home)
11-16... at UMass (part of a home-and-home; Liberty schedule)
TBA... FCS Opponent (but would SHSU be down with adding another $$ game due to Rice game being nearby, plus Hawaii at home; if so - 10/5... at Fresno State from NMSU schedule?)

Please do take some UConn and UMass games from Liberty. They are winnable games for a team just starting out in FBS. Liberty needs to get rid of games.

(06-29-2022 02:20 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Are you certain of that? Why would that be the case? Everyone else is allowed to count one FCS game/year toward their FBS record. Why would it make a difference if that one FCS game is played at a neutral site as opposed to it being a home or away game? I could definitely be wrong on this, but I would think they're not looking at continuing the yearly game because it would now be an FBS vs. FCS contest, which would from this point forward put SFA at a permanent disadvantage unless they eventually move up also.

I am not talking about bowl eligibility.

I am talking about home games and attendance-related requirements pertaining to Division I FBS membership. Yes, I've pulled the by-law and know that neutral site requirement to be true. See below, the bolded line...

20.10.9.2 Football Scheduling Requirements. [FBS] The institution shall schedule and play at least 60 percent of its football games against members of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The institution shall schedule and play at least five regular-season home games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. For purposes of satisfying the home-games requirement, a contest shall be considered a home contest if it is played in the stadium in which an institution conducts at least 50 percent of its home contests. In addition, an institution may use one home contest against a Football Bowl Subdivision member conducted at a neutral site to satisfy the home-games requirement

(06-29-2022 02:38 PM)sstaedtler88 Wrote:  Please do take some UConn and UMass games from Liberty. They are winnable games for a team just starting out in FBS. Liberty needs to get rid of games.

It makes sense in 2023 for SHSU to take one of those games especially as the Kats need a FBS home game in '23 and then hit the road to whichever school in a future year even if down the road (which is also on Liberty's schedule at varying times)

Tech has added @LSU for 2025.

(06-29-2022 04:22 PM)inutech Wrote:  Tech has added @LSU for 2025.

Here’s the game contract

https://ath-ems.lsu.edu/prr/contracts/Ga...20Tech.pdf

Here are the games Liberty still have as far as out of conference, but we still have to remove 15 games:

2023 - Bowling Green, at Coastal Carolina, at Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, ODU, ESTU, UConn, and UMass (4 of these games must go)
2024 - Coastal Car, at UCF, at Eastern Michigan, Ball State, at App. State, Marshall, Texas State, Campbell, at UMass (5 must go)
2025 - Wake Forest, at Army, at ODU, UMass, UConn, at Duke, ETSU (3 must go)
2026 - at Wake Forest, Duke, at Ball State, James Madison, at UMass, Army, and at Marshall. (3 must go)
2027 - at Duke, at Coastal Car, UMass, at Virginia Tech
2028 - at V. Tech, at Bowling Green, Old Dominion, Coastal Car.

I get nervous seeing La. Tech playing LSU, Boise State and Memphis playing a game, and meanwhile we aren't able to do anything because we have to get rid of the games. We have to get rid of playing UMass 6 years in a row.

Would love to see JSU get an Army series and Duke series. JMU series would be nice too but would have to add a trip to JMU.
Wished you had a good name program for 24. Our renovated stadium is scheduled to be completed, which would make it nice to have a home game with a school with some name recognition.

Sure Liberty would rather not lose the Army nor Duke series.

Some more game announcements!

(07-13-2022 11:08 AM)TexasTerror Wrote:  Some more game announcements!

I'm thinking we (UCF) will announce at some point that the Liberty game is cancelled or moved to a different season since this new game with SHSU is on the same date that the Liberty game was set for. We already had Florida and announced New Hampshire yesterday for our 24 schedule. I believe the Big 12 may want to stick with 9 conference games. If that's the case, the Liberty game has to go somewhere.

Hawaii heading to Huntsville to play SHSU? word!!!

Perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but it sounds like this SFA SHSU game just doesn’t fit in the schedule and/or there is a lack of desire on one or both parts to keep it going.

There’s certainly no rule saying these two can’t keep playing. Talk about over complicating an issue…

(07-14-2022 01:26 AM)Todor Wrote:  Perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but it sounds like this SFA SHSU game just doesn’t fit in the schedule and/or there is a lack of desire on one or both parts to keep it going.

There’s certainly no rule saying these two can’t keep playing. Talk about over complicating an issue…

My guess is probably that SFA doesnt want to keep playing an FBS team and be at a disadvantage every single year that they are FCS.