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TCU football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 8 at home and 4 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 26. 9 in the Big 12. Next up: at home against North Carolina on Aug 29.

August 2026 1 games

Date Opponent Time
Aug 29 vs North Carolina

September 2026 3 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 12 vs Grambling
Sep 19 vs Arkansas State
Sep 26 at UCF TBC

October 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 3 vs BYU TBC
Oct 17 at Baylor TBC
Oct 24 vs West Virginia TBC
Oct 31 vs Kansas TBC

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 6 at Arizona
Nov 14 vs Kansas State TBC
Nov 21 vs Utah TBC
Nov 26 at Texas Tech

Home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium. College football data by CollegeFootballData.com, updated nightly.

TCU's 2026 season

TCU plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 8 at home (7 at Amon G. Carter Stadium, 1 at Aviva Stadium) and 4 away, opening on Aug 29 and finishing on Nov 26. 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 3 games, from Aug 29 to Sep 19; the longest run on the road is 1, from Sep 26 to Sep 26.

The non-conference games are against North Carolina on Aug 29, Grambling on Sep 12, Arkansas State on Sep 19. 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. 7 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how TCU'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 TCU play next?

TCU's next game is at home against North Carolina on Aug 29. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does TCU play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 8 at home (7 at Amon G. Carter Stadium, 1 at Aviva Stadium) and 4 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 26. 9 are against Big 12 opponents and 3 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does TCU play outside the Big 12 in 2026?

3 games: North Carolina on Aug 29, Grambling on Sep 12, Arkansas State on Sep 19. 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 TCU's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 7 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 TCU play at a neutral site in 2026?

Yes — one game: Aviva Stadium on Aug 29. A neutral venue shows no stadium clock in the game details, because its timezone is not the home team's.

What time do TCU'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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