BYU football home game against Iowa State moved to weeknight
Apr 10, 2026, 10:49 AM
PROVO, Utah – BYU football is no stranger to weeknight games. So when the Big 12 Conference announced its weekday selections for the 2026 season, it made sense to see a BYU game pop up on the weeknight slate.
The Big 12 Conference, alongside its television partners ESPN and FOX, announced on Friday that nine games are moving to a weeknight. One of those games involves BYU.
BYU will host Iowa State on Friday, October 9. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, October 10.
BYU-Iowa State moves to a Friday night
It’s the only weeknight game on BYU’s 2026 football schedule.
BYU defeated Iowa State for the first time in program history last season in Ames, 41-27.
The two programs have split the series, with one game each, since BYU joined the Big 12 in 2023. Iowa State defeated BYU in its last visit to Provo in 2023.
BYU’s trip to TCU does not move to a weeknight
Also of note in the Big 12’s weeknight selections, the league did not move BYU’s road game at TCU on Saturday, October 3. That means BYU will play a football game on General Conference Saturday for the first time since 2005, when they played at San Diego State.
Iowa State experienced an overhaul of its roster this offseason after former head coach Matt Campbell took the Penn State job. The Cyclones are now led by Jimmy Rogers, who was the head coach at Washington State in 2025 and, before that, led South Dakota State to a National Championship in the FCS ranks.
Kickoff time and television designations for the matchup will be announced at a later date.
All BYU football home games fall under the Big 12’s television contract, with ESPN and FOX. You can listen to all of the BYU football action over-the-air on KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM, 1160 AM).
2026 BYU Football Schedule
* = Big 12 Conference Game
September 5 — Utah Tech Trailblazers
September 12 — Arizona Wildcats*
September 19 — at Colorado State Rams
September 26 — BYE
October 3 — at TCU Horned Frogs*
October 9 (Friday) — Iowa State Cyclones*
October 17 — Notre Dame Fighting Irish*
October 24 — at UCF Knights*
October 31 — Arizona State Sun Devils*
November 7 — at Utah Utes*
November 14 — Baylor Bears*
November 21 — at Kansas Jayhawks*
November 28 — Cincinnati Bearcats*
December 4 (Friday) — Big 12 Football Championship Game (Arlington, Texas); 6 p.m. (MT) on ABC
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSL and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast daily on KSL Sports YouTube and KSL NewsRadio (SUBSCRIBE). Harper also co-hosts Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL NewsRadio.
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