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Sacramento State football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 6 at home and 6 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 28. 8 in the MAC. Next up: away at Eastern Michigan on Aug 29.

August 2026 1 games

Date Opponent Time
Aug 29 at Eastern Michigan

September 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 5 vs Mississippi Valley State
Sep 12 at Fresno State
Sep 19 vs North Dakota State
Sep 26 vs Massachusetts TBC

October 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 10 at Bowling Green TBC
Oct 17 vs Ohio TBC
Oct 24 at Ball State TBC
Oct 30 vs Kent State

November 2026 3 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 4 vs Toledo TBC
Nov 11 at Central Michigan TBC
Nov 28 at Hawai'i

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

Sacramento State's 2026 season

Sacramento State plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 6 at home at Hornet Stadium and 6 away, opening on Aug 29 and finishing on Nov 28. 8 of them are MAC games and 4 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 2 games, from Sep 19 to Sep 26; the longest run on the road is 2, from Nov 11 to Nov 28.

The non-conference games are against Mississippi Valley State on Sep 5, Fresno State on Sep 12, North Dakota State on Sep 19, Hawai'i on Nov 28. Those opponents are not in the MAC, 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. 6 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how Sacramento State's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full MAC grid puts all 13 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does Sacramento State play next?

Sacramento State's next game is away at Eastern Michigan on Aug 29. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does Sacramento State play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 6 at home at Hornet Stadium and 6 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 28. 8 are against MAC opponents and 4 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does Sacramento State play outside the MAC in 2026?

4 games: Mississippi Valley State on Sep 5, Fresno State on Sep 12, North Dakota State on Sep 19, Hawai'i on Nov 28. Those opponents are not in the MAC, 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 Sacramento State's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 6 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.

What time do Sacramento State'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.

Other MAC teams

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