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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
Opponent | Home | Away | Neutral | Number of Games |
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Arizona | 2026 | 2018, 2027 | 2016, 2021 | 5 |
Arizona State | 2021 | 2020 | 2 | |
California | 2018 | 1 | ||
LSU | 2017 | 1 | ||
Michigan | 2015 | 1 | ||
Michigan State | 2020 | 2016 | 2 | |
Mississippi State | 2016 | 2017 | 2 | |
Missouri | 2020 | 2015 | 2 | |
Nebraska | 2015 | 1 | ||
Notre Dame | TBD* | TBD* | 4 | |
Stanford | 2023, 2025 | 2020, 2022 | 4 | |
UCLA | 2016 | 2015 | 2 | |
USC | 2019 | 2021, 2023 | 3 | |
Utah | 2017 | 2016, 2018 | 3 | |
Washington | 2019 | 2018 | 2 | |
Washington State | 2019 | 1 | ||
West Virginia | 2016 | 1 | ||
Wisconsin | 2017 | 2018 | 2 | |
Virginia | 2020 | 2019 | 2 | |
<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. "Group of 5" Teams
Opponent | Home | Away | Neutral | Number of Games |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boise State | 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 | 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 | 9 | |
Cincinnati | 2015 | 2016 | 2 | |
Connecticut | 2015 | 1 | ||
East Carolina | 2018 | 2017 | 2 | |
Fresno State | 2015 | 2017 | 2 | |
Hawaii | 2018 | 2017 | 2 | |
Massachusetts | 2016, 2017 | 2018, 2019 | 4 | |
Northern Illinois | 2018 | 2020 | 2 | |
San Jose State | 2017 | 2015 | 2 | |
Southern Mississippi | 2016 | TBD | 2 | |
South Florida | 2022 | 2021 | 2 | |
Utah State | 2016, 2018, 2020 | 2015, 2017, 2019 | 6 | |
<b>TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMES</b> | <b>36</b> |