According to 247Sports, Texas’ season will begin on Sept. 12 against UTEP. Before the Big 12 announced a 9+1 schedule, the Miners were scheduled to travel to Austin a week later on Sept. 19.
The conference schedule will kick off Sept. 26 after a bye week. If the Big 12 goes off the Longhorns current schedule, Kansas State will be the opening game. However, 247Sports is reporting the schedule may get switched up.
Based on the new start date, here is Texas’ schedule based on the current lineup.
- Sept. 12 – UTEP
- Sept. 19 – BYE
- Sept. 26 – @ Kansas State
- Oct. 3 – Oklahoma (Dallas)
- Oct. 10 – West Virginia
- Oct. 17 – @ Texas Tech
- Oct. 24 – Baylor
- Oct. 31 – @ Kansas
- Nov. 7 – TCU
- Nov. 14 – Iowa State
- Nov. 21 – @ Oklahoma State
I’m hearing #Big12 will announce Sept. 26 as league play start date. #Texas wants to start season Sept. 12 against #UTEP, have an off week Sept. 19 and then start conference play on Sept. 26. More in THE INSIDER at @Horns247 (VIP)https://t.co/mdJjhLd56R
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrown247) August 6, 2020
Most importantly, the Red River Shootout is still planned to be in Dallas. Texas and Oklahoma have played in the historic Cotton Bowl every year since 1929. It is a very real possibility that the Big 12 could look to move back the Texas-Oklahoma game.
Another option would be spacing out some of the games to allow for multiple bye weeks with so much uncertainty surrounding the upcoming season. The conference needs to take in account the possibility for games being postponed due to COVID-19 positive cases. Spacing out some of these games would allow for makeup dates.
A cancellation of games due to a spike in coronavirus cases could impact the Big 12 Championship game set for mid to late December. Keep tuned into Longhorns Wire as we will keep you up to date on the upcoming season. The conference is expected to release the official schedule in the coming weeks.
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