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San José State football schedule 2026

13 regular-season games, 7 at home and 6 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 27. 9 in the Mountain West. Next up: away at USC on Aug 29.

August 2026 1 games

Date Opponent Time
Aug 29 at USC

September 2026 3 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 4 at Eastern Michigan
Sep 12 vs Cal Poly TBC
Sep 19 vs Fresno State

October 2026 5 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 3 at Hawai'i
Oct 9 vs Wyoming
Oct 17 at UTEP
Oct 24 at Nevada
Oct 31 vs New Mexico TBC

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 7 vs Northern Illinois TBC
Nov 14 at Air Force
Nov 21 vs UNLV
Nov 27 vs North Dakota State

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

San José State's 2026 season

San José State plays 13 regular-season games in 2026, 7 at home at CEFCU Stadium and 6 away, opening on Aug 29 and finishing on Nov 27. 9 of them are Mountain West 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 12 to Sep 19; the longest run on the road is 2, from Aug 29 to Sep 4.

The non-conference games are against USC on Aug 29, Eastern Michigan on Sep 4, Cal Poly on Sep 12, Fresno State on Sep 19. Those opponents are not in the Mountain West, 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. 3 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how San José State's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full Mountain West grid puts all 10 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does San José State play next?

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

How many games does San José State play in 2026?

13 regular-season games: 7 at home at CEFCU Stadium and 6 away, from Aug 29 to Nov 27. 9 are against Mountain West opponents and 4 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does San José State play outside the Mountain West in 2026?

4 games: USC on Aug 29, Eastern Michigan on Sep 4, Cal Poly on Sep 12, Fresno State on Sep 19. Those opponents are not in the Mountain West, 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 San José State's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 3 of 13 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 San José 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 Mountain West teams

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