Report: SEC grants BYU 'Power 5' schedule status, Cougars add Mississippi State


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ESPN's Brett McMurphy reported on Thursday that the SEC will consider games scheduled against BYU as fulfilling the league's "Power 5" non-conference scheduling requirements. The same report cites sources as confirming two scheduled games between BYU and Mississippi State, in 2016 (Provo) and 2017 (Starkville).

The reported series between BYU and Mississippi State would bring to 37 the number of future games scheduled between BYU and "Power 5" teams, not including four originally-scheduled games with Notre Dame that may or may not be played.

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Scheduled BYU Games v. "Power 5" Teams/Notre Dame

OpponentHomeAwayNeutralNumber of Games
Arizona20262018, 20272016, 20215
Arizona State202120202
California20181
LSU20171
Michigan20151
Michigan State202020162
Mississippi State201620172
Missouri202020152
Nebraska20151
Notre DameTBD*TBD*4
Stanford2023, 20252020, 20224
UCLA201620152
USC20192021, 20233
Utah20172016, 20183
Washington201920182
Washington State20191
West Virginia20161
Wisconsin201720182
Virginia202020192
<b>TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMES</b><b>41</b>

*BYU and Notre Dame originally contracted a six-game series, with four games to be played in South Bend and two games to be played in Provo. BYU has played two of the away games, with the status of the remaining four games to be determined.

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Scheduled BYU Games v. &quot;Group of 5&quot; Teams

OpponentHomeAwayNeutralNumber of Games
Boise State2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 20232016, 2018, 2020, 20229
Cincinnati201520162
Connecticut20151
East Carolina201820172
Fresno State201520172
Hawaii201820172
Massachusetts2016, 20172018, 20194
Northern Illinois201820202
San Jose State201720152
Southern Mississippi2016TBD2
South Florida202220212
Utah State2016, 2018, 20202015, 2017, 20196
<b>TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMES</b><b>36</b>

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