Montana State’s 2026 football season opens with a conference road game at first-year Big Sky member Utah Tech and closes with the 125th Brawl of the Wild in Bozeman. In between, the Bobcats face a schedule sprinkled with traditional rivals and first-time foes alike.

The Big Sky released its 2026 composite football schedule on Tuesday , featuring the return of Southern Utah and the addition of Utah Tech. In 2026, the league will have its first-ever nine-game slate in which some teams get five home games and four road games while others get the reverse. Nine conference games came as the FCS moved to 12 regular season games.

Twelve of the league’s 13 teams will play conference games on Aug. 29, the season’s first weekend. The team’s nonconference schedule, released previously, includes fe

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