To make things easier for people, I think it'd be good to go ahead and have future football schedules posted, as far as we know this at this point. I'll sticky this too, so it's easier to find and reference when necessary.
2025
8/30 - at Illinois (FBS, Big 10), $500k guarantee
9/6 - at Northwestern (FBS, Big 10), $500k guarantee
9/13 - vs Valparaiso (Pioneer League)
9/20 - at Eastern Washington (Big Sky)
9/27
10/4
10/11
10/18
10/25
11/1
11/8
11/15
11/22
2026
9/12 - at Wisconsin (FBS, Big Ten), $575k guarantee
9/26 - vs Morehead State (Pioneer League)
2027
9/4 - at Oklahoma State (FBS, Big 12), $425k guarantee
2028
9/2 - at Purdue (FBS, Big Ten), $450k guarantee
And in case anyone is interested, here's previous FBS guarantees that we've received:
2017 - at Coastal Carolina, $300k, won 52-10
2021 - at Ball State, $350k, lost 31-21
2022 - at Minnesota, $450k, lost 62-10
2023 - at New Mexico State, $360k guarantee, lost 58-21
2024 - at Northern Illinois ($350k, lost 54-15), at Indiana ($450k, lost 77-3 to a team that ended up going 11-1 in regular season)
Future Football Schedules

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Need to get Drake on the Sched.
also plus they are a MVC school.
also plus they are a MVC school.
Excellent idea Tom!yokedneck wrote:Can we get USD on the schedule twice next year?![]()
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We do have an open date...let's play them here.

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Any pioneer league would be good...we've played Valparaiso, Drake, Butler, Jacksonville in recent years...hey maybe Dayton wants a rematch?

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