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Kansas football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 7 at home and 5 away, from Sep 4 to Nov 28. 9 in the Big 12. Next up: at home against Long Island University on Sep 4.

September 2026 3 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 4 vs Long Island University
Sep 11 vs Missouri
Sep 19 vs Arizona State

October 2026 5 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 3 vs Middle Tennessee TBC
Oct 10 at Utah TBC
Oct 17 at Kansas State TBC
Oct 24 vs Baylor TBC
Oct 31 at TCU TBC

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 7 vs UCF TBC
Nov 14 at West Virginia TBC
Nov 21 vs BYU TBC
Nov 28 at Oklahoma State TBC

Home games at Memorial Stadium. College football data by CollegeFootballData.com, updated nightly.

Kansas's 2026 season

Kansas plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 7 at home (6 at Memorial Stadium, 1 at Wembley Stadium) and 5 away, opening on Sep 4 and finishing on Nov 28. 9 of them are Big 12 games and 3 are not — which is the shape of a college season: a short non-conference run, most of it early, and then two months inside the conference. The longest run at home is 4 games, from Sep 4 to Oct 3; the longest run on the road is 2, from Oct 10 to Oct 17.

The non-conference games are against Long Island University on Sep 4, Missouri on Sep 11, Middle Tennessee on Oct 3. Those opponents are not in the Big 12, so they do not appear as rows on the conference grid — a cell naming one carries a dotted underline there to say so. They are part of this team's season all the same, which is why they are on the grid at all rather than left as blank weeks.

Kick-off times are shown in your own timezone rather than US Eastern time — detected automatically, and overridable in the “Times in” control above. A Saturday-evening game in the United States is the small hours of Sunday morning across Europe, and a game that crosses midnight carries a +1 so it cannot be mistaken for the same evening. 9 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how Kansas's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full Big 12 grid puts all 16 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does Kansas play next?

Kansas's next game is at home against Long Island University on Sep 4. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does Kansas play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 7 at home (6 at Memorial Stadium, 1 at Wembley Stadium) and 5 away, from Sep 4 to Nov 28. 9 are against Big 12 opponents and 3 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does Kansas play outside the Big 12 in 2026?

3 games: Long Island University on Sep 4, Missouri on Sep 11, Middle Tennessee on Oct 3. Those opponents are not in the Big 12, so they have no row of their own on the conference grid — they are marked there with a dotted underline, and named in full on this page.

Why do some of Kansas's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 9 of 12 games have a date but no confirmed time; college football kick-offs are fixed a week or two ahead, and a game can still move to a different day. Those carry a "?" instead of a time, because a placeholder you could not tell from a real time would be worse than none.

Does Kansas play at a neutral site in 2026?

Yes — one game: Wembley Stadium on Sep 19. A neutral venue shows no stadium clock in the game details, because its timezone is not the home team's.

What time do Kansas's games start in my timezone?

Every confirmed kick-off on this page is converted to the timezone your browser reports, with a manual override in the "Times in" control. College football is published in US Eastern time, so a Saturday-evening game there starts in the small hours of Sunday across Europe, and those carry a +1 mark.

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