Conference USA releases 2026 football schedule, which includes Louisiana Tech

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On the morning of Thursday, March 12, there were three FBS conferences yet to release their 2026 football schedule — Conference USA, Sun Belt, and MAC. The same sentence held true for the afternoon and through the evening.

But at exactly 9:40 p.m. ET on March 12, Conference USA suddenly unveiled its 2026 football schedule. The first observation about the schedule: it involved 11 teams, including Louisiana Tech. In July 2025, the Sun Belt added Louisiana Tech, declaring the Bulldogs would join the league no later than July 1, 2027. However, the question remains — where will Louisiana Tech play in 2026?

This is not foreign territory for the CUSA. A similar situation was encountered in the 2022 offseason when Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss were Sun Belt bound, although the date of official admission was undetermined. Both the CUSA and Sun Belt unveiled schedules featuring the three transitioning teams, but ultimately, the Sun Belt won the custody battle and the CUSA later released a revised schedule excluding Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss.

The Sun Belt is expected to release its schedule Friday, March 13, and that schedule could very possibly include Louisiana Tech. For now, here is the CUSA’s 2026 schedule as of Thursday, March 12, which is subject to revision if the Sun Belt claims the Bulldogs for this coming season:

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Week	Saturday Date	Delaware	FIU	Jacksonville State	Kennesaw State	Liberty	Louisiana Tech	Middle Tennessee	Missouri State	New Mexico State	Sam Houston	WKU
0	Aug. 29	BYE	BYE	at North Dakota State*	BYE	BYE	BYE	BYE	BYE	at Florida State*	BYE	BYE
1	Sept. 5	Merrimack (FCS)* [Thu]	at South Florida*	vs. Eastern Kentucky (FCS)*	vs. West Georgia (FCS)*	at James Madison*	vs. Northwestern State (FCS)*	vs. Murray State (FCS)*	at Texas A&M*	vs. Mercyhurst (FCS)*	at Troy*	at Nevada*
2	Sept. 12	at Vanderbilt*	vs. Buffalo*	at Ohio*	vs. Georgia State*	vs. Gardner-Webb (FCS)*	at LSU*	at Marshall*	vs. Lindenwood (FCS)*	at Hawaii*	vs. Tulsa*	at Georgia*
3	Sept. 19	vs. Coastal Carolina*	at Florida Atlantic*	vs. Georgia Southern*	at Tennessee*	vs. Ball State*	at Baylor*	vs. Nevada*	vs. Marshall*	BYE	vs. Nicholls (FCS)*	at Indiana*
4	Sept. 26	at Virginia*	vs. Long Island (FCS)*	BYE	at Arkansas State*	at Coastal Carolina [Thu]*	vs. Middle Tennessee	at Louisiana Tech	at SMU*	vs. New Mexico*	at Texas Tech*	vs. Mercyhurst (FCS)*
5	Oct. 3	vs. Liberty [Fri]	at Jax State [Thu]	vs. FIU [Thu]	BYE	at Delaware [Fri]	vs. Army*	at Kansas*	at WKU [Fri]	at Sam Houston [Thu]	vs. New Mexico State [Thu]	vs. Missouri State [Fri]
6	Oct. 10	at Missouri State [Wed]	vs. Louisiana Tech [Thu]	at Kennesaw State [Wed]	vs. Jax State [Wed]	vs. Sam Houston [Thu]	at FIU [Thu]	BYE	vs. Delaware [Wed]	vs. WKU [Wed]	at Liberty [Thu]	at New Mexico State [Wed]
7	Oct. 17	vs. New Mexico State [Tue]	BYE	BYE	at Middle Tennessee [Tue]	at WKU [Wed]	vs. Missouri State [Wed]	vs. Kennesaw State [Tue]	at Louisiana Tech [Wed]	at Delaware [Tue]	BYE	vs. Liberty [Wed]
8	Oct. 24	at Kennesaw State [Tue]	vs. Middle Tennessee [Tue]	at New Mexico State [Wed]	vs. Delaware [Tue]	vs. Louisiana Tech [Wed]	at Liberty [Wed]	at FIU [Tue]	vs. Sam Houston [Tue]	vs. Jax State [Wed]	at Missouri State [Tue]	BYE
9	Oct. 31	BYE	at Liberty	vs. Missouri State [Wed]	at Louisiana Tech [Wed]	vs. FIU	vs. Kennesaw State [Wed]	vs. New Mexico State [Tue]	at Jax State [Wed]	at Middle Tennessee [Tue]	vs. WKU [Tue]	at Sam Houston [Tue]
10	Nov. 7	at Middle Tennessee	vs. Sam Houston	vs. Louisiana Tech	vs. WKU	at New Mexico State	at Jax State	vs. Delaware	BYE	vs. Liberty	at FIU	at Kennesaw State
11	Nov. 14	vs. FIU	at Delaware	at WKU	at Sam Houston	vs. Middle Tennessee	BYE	at Liberty	vs. New Mexico State	at Missouri State	vs. Kennesaw State	vs. Jax State
12	Nov. 21	at Louisiana Tech	at New Mexico State	vs. Sam Houston	at Missouri State	BYE	vs. Delaware	vs. WKU	vs. Kennesaw State	vs. FIU	at Jax State	at Middle Tennessee
13	Nov. 28	vs. Jax State	vs. Missouri State	at Delaware	vs. Liberty	at Kennesaw State	at WKU	at Sam Houston	at FIU	BYE	vs. Middle Tennessee	vs. Louisiana Tech
14	Dec. 5	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]	CUSA Championship [Fri]

* denotes non-conference game

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We’ll see how the Sun Belt responds before setting this schedule in stone.

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