Two CU Football Games Moved To Friday
March 07, 2025 | Football
Season Opener vs. Georgia Tech and Conference Opener at Houston Moved
IRVING, Texas – Two Colorado Football games will be moved to Friday, the Big 12 Conference and its television partners ESPN and FOX jointly announced Friday morning.Â
The Buffaloes season opener against Georgia Tech will move to Friday, August 29, while CU's conference opener at Houston two weeks later will move to Friday, September 12.
The Buffs and Yellow Jackets will meet on the football field for the first time, but the two are forever linked by a split national championship in 1990, when CU was named champions by the AP, FWAA, NFF and USA Today/CNN and the Yellow Jackets were named champions by the UPI Coaches poll. Â The game is the first of a home-and-home that will see the Buffs head to Atlanta on Sept. 5, 2026.Â
Originally a non-conference game, the Buffs and Cougars will meet for the first time as Big 12 foes in Week 3. Â The two have previously met once in football in the 1971 Bluebonnet Bowl when the seventh-ranked Buffaloes beat the No. 15 Cougars 29-17 on Dec. 31 at the Astrodome in Houston, to cap a 10-2 season. Â The win propelled the Buffaloes to a final ranking of No. 3 in the AP poll behind No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Oklahoma, the first time one conference has occupied the top three spot in the poll.Â
The two games were part of 10 games league wide that were announced in conjunction with television partners. Network designations and kick-off times for these games will be announced at a later date.Â
CU has already signed 31 players via high school (14) and the transfer portal (17) for the 2025 season, headlined by a CU record 13 players who were either 4- or 5-star recruits. Headliners include 5-star QB Julian Lewis, MaxPreps National Player of the Year WR Quentin Gibson and transfers QB Kaidon Salter and DL Jehiem Oatis, among others. Â
That class will join a talented list of key returners that include four true freshmen who started on offense including OT Jordan Seaton, C Cash Cleveland, WR Drelon Miller and RB Micah Welch. Â The Buffs also return key contributors to a big-play defense including DBs Preston Hodge, DJ McKinney, Carter Stoutmire and Colton Hood and edge players Taje McCoy, Samuel Okunlola, Keaten Wade and Arden Walker, among others.Â
Times and television for the first three weeks will be announced in late May or early June when FOX and ESPN announce their initial TV selections. Â After the third week, times and television will be selected 12 days ahead of gameday with the exception of four six-day selections the TV partners can engage contractually. Â
2025 Big 12 Football Friday Night Selections
Friday, Aug. 29 – Georgia Tech at Colorado
Friday, Aug. 29 – Auburn at Baylor
Friday, Sept. 12 – Colorado at Houston
Friday, Sept. 12 – Kansas State at Arizona
Friday, Sept. 19 – Tulsa at Oklahoma State
Friday, Sept. 26 – TCU at Arizona State
Friday, Oct. 3 – West Virginia at BYU
Friday, Nov. 7 – Houston at UCF
Friday, Nov. 28 – Arizona at Arizona State
Friday, Nov. 28 – Utah at Kansas
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The Buffaloes season opener against Georgia Tech will move to Friday, August 29, while CU's conference opener at Houston two weeks later will move to Friday, September 12.
The Buffs and Yellow Jackets will meet on the football field for the first time, but the two are forever linked by a split national championship in 1990, when CU was named champions by the AP, FWAA, NFF and USA Today/CNN and the Yellow Jackets were named champions by the UPI Coaches poll. Â The game is the first of a home-and-home that will see the Buffs head to Atlanta on Sept. 5, 2026.Â
Originally a non-conference game, the Buffs and Cougars will meet for the first time as Big 12 foes in Week 3. Â The two have previously met once in football in the 1971 Bluebonnet Bowl when the seventh-ranked Buffaloes beat the No. 15 Cougars 29-17 on Dec. 31 at the Astrodome in Houston, to cap a 10-2 season. Â The win propelled the Buffaloes to a final ranking of No. 3 in the AP poll behind No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Oklahoma, the first time one conference has occupied the top three spot in the poll.Â
The two games were part of 10 games league wide that were announced in conjunction with television partners. Network designations and kick-off times for these games will be announced at a later date.Â
CU has already signed 31 players via high school (14) and the transfer portal (17) for the 2025 season, headlined by a CU record 13 players who were either 4- or 5-star recruits. Headliners include 5-star QB Julian Lewis, MaxPreps National Player of the Year WR Quentin Gibson and transfers QB Kaidon Salter and DL Jehiem Oatis, among others. Â
That class will join a talented list of key returners that include four true freshmen who started on offense including OT Jordan Seaton, C Cash Cleveland, WR Drelon Miller and RB Micah Welch. Â The Buffs also return key contributors to a big-play defense including DBs Preston Hodge, DJ McKinney, Carter Stoutmire and Colton Hood and edge players Taje McCoy, Samuel Okunlola, Keaten Wade and Arden Walker, among others.Â
Times and television for the first three weeks will be announced in late May or early June when FOX and ESPN announce their initial TV selections. Â After the third week, times and television will be selected 12 days ahead of gameday with the exception of four six-day selections the TV partners can engage contractually. Â
2025 Big 12 Football Friday Night Selections
Friday, Aug. 29 – Georgia Tech at Colorado
Friday, Aug. 29 – Auburn at Baylor
Friday, Sept. 12 – Colorado at Houston
Friday, Sept. 12 – Kansas State at Arizona
Friday, Sept. 19 – Tulsa at Oklahoma State
Friday, Sept. 26 – TCU at Arizona State
Friday, Oct. 3 – West Virginia at BYU
Friday, Nov. 7 – Houston at UCF
Friday, Nov. 28 – Arizona at Arizona State
Friday, Nov. 28 – Utah at Kansas
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