Who will round out the 2026 football schedule?

Likely will be Louisiana Tech. Heard Moscona mention that on his morning show one day last week.

Week O

I want Slippery Rock!

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I think I remember hearing/reading something about us adding a team that would enact the weird “13th game if an opponent plays Hawaii” rule and then having a week 0 game before Clemson.

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The rule is that if your team, or one of your opponents, is playing in Hawaii, Alaska, or internationally, you (or the opponent) can schedule a 13th game in "week 0" to recoup costs associated with the travel.

Hawaii has 4 teams scheduled for out of conference - Stanford, New Mexico State, UMass, and Arizona State.

Since we are already scheduled for a home and home with ASU in 2029-2030, that's likely off the table. I can't imagine adding another P4 school anyway, so that likely removes Stanford as well.

UMass has 4 OOC games set, and so does NM State.

I looked at Mountain West teams and don't see anyone with an OOC opening. In short, I really can't imagine at this point in time adding not one but two more OOC opponents next year just to have time to prepare for a home game against a mediocre Clemson team.