DALLAS — The Big 12 Conference in conjunction with other conferences and the national television networks today released kickoff times and network designations for college football games during the first few weeks of the 2024 season, including four BYU games.
More than 50 Big 12 football games were announced, Including BYU's home games with Southern Illinois and Oklahoma State, as well as road contests at SMU and Wyoming.
| 2024 BYU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Network |
| 8/31 | Southern Illinois | Provo, Utah | 6 pm MDT | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ |
| 9/6 | at SMU | Dallas | 6 pm CDT | ESPN2 |
| 9/14 | at Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | 7 pm MDT | CBSSN |
| 9/21 | Kansas State | Provo, Utah | ||
| 9/28 | at Baylor | Waco, Texas | ||
| 10/12 | Arizona | Provo, Utah | ||
| 10/18 | Oklahoma State | Provo, Utah | 8:15 pm MDT | ESPN |
| 10/26 | at UCF | Orlando | ||
| 11/9 | at Utah | Salt Lake City | ||
| 11/16 | Kansas | Provo, Utah | ||
| 11/23 | at Arizona State | Tempe, Arizona | TBD | ESPN Networks |
| 11/30 | Houston | Provo, Utah | ||
The Cougars open the 2024 season at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 31, versus Southern Illinois at 6 p.m. MDT on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
The Salukis, from Carbondale, Illinois, finished the 2023 season at 8-5 and were 4-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Southern Illinois advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs and finished the year No. 13 in the FCS Coaches Poll.
BYU will then travel to Dallas to face SMU at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on Sept. 6 in a Friday-night game scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. CDT and will be broadcast live on ESPN2.
This will be the fifth meeting between the two schools, including the famed 1980 Holiday Bowl where BYU came back from a 45-25 deficit with just over four minutes remaining to win 46-45 after a Hail Mary touchdown from Jim McMahon to Clay Brown. The Cougars lead the series 4-0 after last facing SMU in the 2022 New Mexico Bowl, earning a narrow 24-23 victory.
The Mustangs won the AAC last season with an 11-3 record, defeating Tulane in the championship game before playing in the Fenway Bowl. SMU was ranked No. 22 in the final 2023 AP poll and will begin play in the ACC in 2024.
In week three, BYU will visit Laramie, Wyoming, for the first time since 2009. The game with the Cowboys will be broadcast live on Sept. 14 from War Memorial Stadium on CBSSN at 7 p.m. MDT.
Former conference foes, BYU and Wyoming will meet for the 80th time overall and 37th time in Wyoming. The Cougars hold 46-30-3 advantage in the series and are 17-17-2 as the road team. BYU has won nine straight against the Cowboys, with Wyoming’s last victory coming in Laramie in 2003.
The Cowboys enter 2024 coming off a 9-4 season to post a winning season in seven of the last eight years with Craig Bohl at the helm, who retired after the 2023 season. New head coach Jay Sawvel takes over after serving as the defensive coordinator for the past four seasons in Wyoming.
In addition to the opening three weeks of the season, the Big 12 also announced the kickoff times and television plans for several weeknight games throughout the season, including BYU’s home matchup with Oklahoma State on Friday, Oct. 18 at 8:15 p.m. MDT on ESPN.
BYU gave nationally ranked Oklahoma State all the Cowboys could handle last season, building an 18-point lead before losing the advantage late in the fourth quarter and then coming back to force overtime. A turnover in the second overtime ended BYU’s hopes for an upset victory and bowl eligibility, while the Cowboys earned a second-place Big 12 finish with a conference record of 7-2.
Prior to last year’s game, the Cougars and Cowboys had met just twice previously in bowl games in 1974 and 1976. Mike Gundy enters his 20th season as head coach at Oklahoma State in 2024. The school’s winningest coach has a record of 166-79 after finishing 10-4 last year while advancing to the Big 12 title game and earning a No. 16 final ranking.
The Big 12 also announced BYU's road contest at Arizona State would be broadcast on one of the ESPN Networks with the kick time and specific network to be determined later.
The remainder of the season’s television selections and game times will be announced on a 12-day or six-day notice via Big12Sports.com and the Conference’s official digital platforms. Read more about the Big 12 schedule release.