2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Hooked on Huskers said:
Usually December/January period but delayed because USC/ND months-long cat fight dates/venues thing. Final settlement, December 22nd, cancel 2026 USC vs. ND game. Thus open up USC schedule. Right now Trojans has 11 games scheduled for 2026. Needs to find a non-conference opponent to finalize its slate.

"The two schools announced their annual clashes won’t continue on Monday afternoon after failing to reach an agreement to maintain the football rivalry, which had begun back in 1926"​

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Notre Dame to play BYU with USC rivalry paused

Notre Dame and BYU have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning next season, marking a halt in the Fighting Irish's longtime annual series with rival USC.
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"Notre Dame and USC have said they want to continue their cherished rivalry, which began in 1926. But USC has expressed concern about the timing of the game, wanting it to be early in the season"​
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Bottom line, USC holdup .... searching for one non-conference team. 17 out of 18 B1G teams are ready to go .....
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BTW, B1G Network had it televised on early December 2024 schedule including dates (link)
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Collectively this is an extremely poor out of conference slate. I understand the mentality in the committee/playoff age, but still.
 
hskrpwr13 said:
Collectively this is an extremely poor out of conference slate. I understand the mentality in the committee/playoff age, but still.
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Not sure I follow? Quite a few big matchups on there imo. Notre Dame is on there twice. Also games against Oklahoma, Texas, VTech, Colorado, Utep, Duke, Pitt, Cal, Temple, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, Utep, Iowa State, Boston College, Wake Forest... I would venture to guess the B1G non-conference slate is equal to, or stronger than the SECs slate. Nebraska's is pretty easy but it should be due to the difficulty of our conference slate.
 
Hilltop said:
Not sure I follow? Quite a few big matchups on there imo. Notre Dame is on there twice. Also games against Oklahoma, Texas, VTech, Colorado, Utep, Duke, Pitt, Cal, Temple, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, Utep, Iowa State, Boston College, Wake Forest... I would venture to guess the B1G non-conference slate is equal to, or stronger than the SECs slate. Nebraska's is pretty easy but it should be due to the difficulty of our conference slate.
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Just because some in that list are P4 programs doesn't make them tough draws. OU, UT and ND are quality opponents and Boise St is solid. Yet, Pitt had a nice season, but they don't often string them together. Colorado, Duke, Cal, Temple, OSU, MSU, Iowa St (sans Campbell), BC, WF are all G6-like programs, basically 4-8 to 7-5 types (I understand that likely also describes NU currently).
 
hskrpwr13 said:
Just because some in that list are P4 programs doesn't make them tough draws. OU, UT and ND are quality opponents and Boise St is solid. Yet, Pitt had a nice season, but they don't often string them together. Colorado, Duke, Cal, Temple, OSU, MSU, Iowa St (sans Campbell), BC, WF are all G6-like programs, basically 4-8 to 7-5 types (I understand that likely also describes NU currently).
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Got it. So if we aren't scheduling blue bloods, the games are weak.
 
hskrpwr13 said:
They're not strong.
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Why would the B1G handicap their chances of getting teams in the playoff when the conferences we compete against schedule as easy or easier than we do?

Until their is equal non conference scheduling rules, I don't see anything changing.
 
Hilltop said:
Why would the B1G handicap their chances of getting teams in the playoff when the conferences we compete against schedule as easy or easier than we do?

Until their is equal non conference scheduling rules, I don't see anything changing.
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Hence, the 2nd part of my comment about understanding the scheduling mentality. Guess this means you agree with me. ;)
 
hskrpwr13 said:
Hence, the 2nd part of my comment about understanding the scheduling mentality. Guess this means you agree with me. ;)
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Lol, No. You are living in the last imo. From year to year nobody has any idea how strong teams are going to be outside the few top programs. It's unrealistic to expect any better ooc scheduling imo.
 
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