The Big 12 has unveiled its football schedule for the 2024 season, marking the first without marquee programs Texas and Oklahoma, who have joined the Southeastern Conference. The conference now includes new members Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah, along with the return of Colorado, making it a 16-team league.
Key features of the schedule include each team playing nine conference games without divisional separation. Rivalries lost during previous realignment will be renewed, and prescheduled matchups will be played as nonconference games.
Notable matchups include the 101st meeting between intense rivals BYU and Utah on Nov. 9, marking the first time since 2010 that the schools will face off as conference foes.
In other matchups, Arizona will host Arizona State on Nov. 30 for the Territorial Cup, a rivalry that began in 1899. Baylor will visit Houston on Nov. 30 for the first time since they were both Southwest Conference members in 1995, and Kansas will visit Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown on Oct. 26.
Previously scheduled games between Arizona and Kansas State, as well as Baylor and Utah, will be played as nonconference games to honor those commitments.
The 29th season of Big 12 football will kick off conference play on Sept. 14 when UCF visits TCU. Dates for several scheduled games are yet to be determined, leaving room for them to be televised nationally on Thursday or Friday nights.
Conference play will conclude on Thanksgiving weekend with eight slated games.