On the same day the Big Ten and the Pac-12 canceled their 2020 fall seasons, the Big 12 has released their revised schedule. Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported the conference could release the new schedule on Tuesday night.
Going into the release we already knew The Longhorns’ home and away opponents. Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, and West Virginia were going to be traveling to Austin, while Texas would play Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas, and Oklahoma State on the road.
For now, the annual Red River Shootout is going to be played at the historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas. That is the way it should be and both Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte and Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione should do everything in their power to keep it in Dallas.
Here's the new Big 12 conference schedule pic.twitter.com/KlIZJJTQOd
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Here is Texas’ full new schedule:
- Sept. 26 @ Texas Tech
- Oct. 3 vs TCU
- Oct. 10 vs Oklahoma (Dallas)
- Oct. 17 BYE
- Oct. 24 vs Baylor
- Oct. 31 @ Oklahoma State
- Nov. 7 vs West Virginia
- Nov. 14 BYE
- Nov. 21 @ Kansas
- Nov. 28 vs Iowa State
- Dec. 5 @ Kansas State
- Dec. 12 OR Dec. 19 Big 12 Championship Game (Arlington)
A couple things of note in the new schedule.
First, there are two bye weeks for every team across the conference. Texas will play Baylor and travel to Kansas off of their two bye weeks. The Jayhawks are the only team that will have a bye before facing the Longhorns.
Second, there will be no back to back road games for Texas this season. Last season, the Longhorns faced Iowa State and Baylor in consecutive weeks on the road, losing both.
No official news has been announced about nonconference play just yet. 247Sports reported UTEP was still the Longhorns’ singular nonconference opponent.
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