Pac-12 Announces 2018 Football Schedule
November 16, 2017 | Football
Colorado's 2018 Schedule Now Complete
BOULDER — The Pac-12 Conference released its schedule for conference football games for the 2018 season Thursday, with University of Colorado set to play two Friday night games along with ending the regular season for the first time on the west coast since 1915.
Colorado will once again open the season against Colorado State in Denver in the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Sports Authority Field on Saturday, Sept. 1. Â CSU is the home team this time around, as the Rams have been the season opening opponent for the Buffaloes 20 times since the rivalry resumed after a 25-year dormancy in 1983.
Speaking of dormancies, CU and Nebraska will resume their rivalry the following Saturday (Sept. 8) in Lincoln; the two have played 69 times in their histories beginning in 1898, with 63 of the meetings coming as members of the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences from 1948 through 2010. The Buffaloes then departed to join the then-Pacific 10 Conference, while the Cornhuskers left to join the Big Ten. Â Nebraska is the first former Big 12 school to appear on CU's non-conference schedule, though the Buffs did square off against Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl last December.
The Buffaloes will then have their home opener at Folsom Field against New Hampshire on Saturday, Sept. 15, the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Â A member of the Colonial Athletic Association, the Wildcats are currently ranked No. 14 in the FCS Coaches poll. Â CU will then have a bye the following Saturday (Sept. 22), ahead of its conference opener against UCLA in Boulder on Friday night, Sept. 28. Â It's just the second scheduled bye prior to a league lid-lifter since 2004, though the 2013 floods in Boulder would give the Buffs two weeks off.
As was the case this year, four of the Buffaloes' first five games in 2018 will be in the state of Colorado, as Arizona State visits Folsom Field the next Saturday (Oct. 6) in what will be the centerpiece of CU's annual Family Weekend. Â CU then hits the Pac-12 road for back-to-back games at Southern California (Oct. 13) and Washington (Oct. 20) before closing out the month at home against Oregon State (Oct. 27), which will serve as CU's annual homecoming game.
The Buffaloes open November on a Friday night in the desert, as they will travel to Arizona (Nov. 2). Â The next two on the docket are in Boulder, against Washington State (Nov. 10) and Utah (Nov. 17). Â Colorado will finish the regular season on the road at California on Nov. 24, just the second time in school history the final scheduled game of the year will be on the west coast (not including last year's Pac-12 title game in Santa Clara, Calif.); CU wrapped up its 1915 season at Washington. Â
(In the first seven years as members of the Pac-12, CU and Utah finished the year against each other, but the Utes will host BYU that day to counter USC hosting Notre Dame, enabling all 12 schools to finish on the same weekend and enjoy a regular season bye.)
"There's much to like about this schedule," CU athletic director Rick George said. Â "What stands out is the resumption of the Nebraska rivalry, the Friday night home game against UCLA, finishing the Pac-12 schedule in California and having the bye week fall at what is really the perfect time before conference play."
Television game selections and start times for the first three weeks of the season will be known by June 1, with all remaining games from Sept. 22 through the final week of the regular season to be made 12- or six-days in advance per contractual agreements with the Pac-12's television partners, ESPN, FOX and the Pac-12 Networks.
Colorado will once again open the season against Colorado State in Denver in the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Sports Authority Field on Saturday, Sept. 1. Â CSU is the home team this time around, as the Rams have been the season opening opponent for the Buffaloes 20 times since the rivalry resumed after a 25-year dormancy in 1983.
Speaking of dormancies, CU and Nebraska will resume their rivalry the following Saturday (Sept. 8) in Lincoln; the two have played 69 times in their histories beginning in 1898, with 63 of the meetings coming as members of the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences from 1948 through 2010. The Buffaloes then departed to join the then-Pacific 10 Conference, while the Cornhuskers left to join the Big Ten. Â Nebraska is the first former Big 12 school to appear on CU's non-conference schedule, though the Buffs did square off against Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl last December.
The Buffaloes will then have their home opener at Folsom Field against New Hampshire on Saturday, Sept. 15, the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Â A member of the Colonial Athletic Association, the Wildcats are currently ranked No. 14 in the FCS Coaches poll. Â CU will then have a bye the following Saturday (Sept. 22), ahead of its conference opener against UCLA in Boulder on Friday night, Sept. 28. Â It's just the second scheduled bye prior to a league lid-lifter since 2004, though the 2013 floods in Boulder would give the Buffs two weeks off.
As was the case this year, four of the Buffaloes' first five games in 2018 will be in the state of Colorado, as Arizona State visits Folsom Field the next Saturday (Oct. 6) in what will be the centerpiece of CU's annual Family Weekend. Â CU then hits the Pac-12 road for back-to-back games at Southern California (Oct. 13) and Washington (Oct. 20) before closing out the month at home against Oregon State (Oct. 27), which will serve as CU's annual homecoming game.
The Buffaloes open November on a Friday night in the desert, as they will travel to Arizona (Nov. 2). Â The next two on the docket are in Boulder, against Washington State (Nov. 10) and Utah (Nov. 17). Â Colorado will finish the regular season on the road at California on Nov. 24, just the second time in school history the final scheduled game of the year will be on the west coast (not including last year's Pac-12 title game in Santa Clara, Calif.); CU wrapped up its 1915 season at Washington. Â
(In the first seven years as members of the Pac-12, CU and Utah finished the year against each other, but the Utes will host BYU that day to counter USC hosting Notre Dame, enabling all 12 schools to finish on the same weekend and enjoy a regular season bye.)
"There's much to like about this schedule," CU athletic director Rick George said. Â "What stands out is the resumption of the Nebraska rivalry, the Friday night home game against UCLA, finishing the Pac-12 schedule in California and having the bye week fall at what is really the perfect time before conference play."
Television game selections and start times for the first three weeks of the season will be known by June 1, with all remaining games from Sept. 22 through the final week of the regular season to be made 12- or six-days in advance per contractual agreements with the Pac-12's television partners, ESPN, FOX and the Pac-12 Networks.
2018 Colorado Football Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 1 | Colorado State | Denver |
| Sept. 8 | at Nebraska | Lincoln |
| Sept. 15 | New Hampshire | Boulder |
| Sept. 28 (Friday) | UCLA | Boulder |
| Oc. 6 | Arizona State (Family Weekend) | Boulder |
| Oct. 13 | at Southern California | Los Angeles |
| Oct. 20 | at Washington | Seattle |
| Oct. 27 | Oregon State (Homecoming) | Boulder |
| Nov. 2 (Friday) | at Arizona | Tucson |
| Nov. 10 | Washington State | Boulder |
| Nov. 17 | Utah | Boulder |
| Nov. 24 | at California | Berkeley |
| Nov. 30 (Friday) | Pac-12 Championship Game | Santa Clara |
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