PROVO, Utah — In conjunction with the Big 12 Conference, BYU announced Tuesday its 2024 football schedule.
| 2024 BYU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | ||
| Date | Opponent | Location |
| 8/31 | Southern Illinois | Provo, Utah |
| 9/6 | at SMU | Dallas, Texas |
| 9/14 | at Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming |
| 9/21 | Kansas State | Provo, Utah |
| 9/28 | at Baylor | Waco, Texas |
| 10/12 | Arizona | Provo, Utah |
| 10/18 or 10/19 | Oklahoma State | Provo, Utah |
| 10/26 | at UCF | Orlando, Florida |
| 11/9 | at Utah | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 11/16 | Kansas | Provo, Utah |
| 11/23 | at Arizona State | Tempe, Arizona |
| 11/30 | Houston | Provo, Utah |
In its second year in the Big 12, BYU gets matchups against eight teams who played in a bowl game in 2023 (SMU, Wyoming, Arizona, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, UCF, Utah). SMU won the American Athletic Conference in 2023 before departing for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Oklahoma State played in the Big 12 Championship game. BYU’s 2024 opponents had a combined record last year of 90-65 (.581) with the eight bowl teams earning a .679 winning percentage.
Five teams on BYU’s schedule finished ranked in the 2023 final Associated Press Top 25, including Arizona (11), Oklahoma State (16), Kansas State (18), SMU (22) and Kansas (23).
Last season, BYU’s schedule finished as the 11th-toughest in the Sagarin schedule rankings.
Prior to Big 12 play, the Cougars' nonconference schedule opens with Southern Illinois at home on Aug. 31 to kick off the season. Then BYU faces road tests in back-to-back weeks against SMU, a new member of the ACC, on Friday, Sept. 6, and Wyoming on Saturday, Sept. 14.
The Cougars will play nine Big 12 conference games, including five at home in 2024. BYU gets return games in Provo against 2023 road opponents Oklahoma State and Kansas—both teams’ first visits to LaVell Edwards Stadium—and will host Big 12 newcomer Arizona and second-year member Houston, while also welcoming Kansas State back to Provo for the first time since 1977.
On the road in conference action, BYU travels to Arizona State, Baylor, UCF and renews its rivalry as league foes with the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
The 2024 schedule also features two bye weeks, with the first in week six prior to a home game vs. Arizona and the second in week 10 before the game in Salt Lake City against Utah.
This year, BYU does not play West Virginia, Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU or Cincinnati in Big 12 regular-season play—all teams the Cougars faced in 2023.
The upcoming campaign also marks the 100th season of BYU football. The Cougars played their first season as a college program in 1922. BYU did not play for three seasons during World War II (1943-1945).
Plans to honor the tradition and history of BYU's 100 seasons, along with kick times and broadcast plans for 2024 will be announced at a later date.
For fans interested in 2024 season tickets, please fill out the BYU Season Tickets Interest Form.
View the Big 12 scheduling matrix for 2024.