October 19, 2026 | Football
South Florida and UAB will be meeting for the sixth time in series history
TAMPA, Fla. (October 19, 2026) โ South Florida's American Conference contest against UAB on Oct. 31 at Raymond James Stadium will kick off at noon and be broadcast on ESPNU, the conference office announced today.
The Bulls and Blazers will be meeting for the sixth time overall and the fourth consecutive season. South Florida has won two straight games in the series โ a 48-18 victory in 2025 and 35-25 decision in 2024 โ and also has a win to its credit in 2004.ย
Both South Florida and UAB are idle this week. The Bulls are 5-2 (1-2 American) and coming off a 29-2 non-conference win over Kent State last Saturday night. UAB is 4-3 (2-1 American) after defeating ECU, 30-17, in overtime last Thursday night. ย
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The South Florida football program first took the field in 1997 and is in the midst of its 30th season in 2026.
In 2025, the Bulls went 9-4, earned a third straight bowl appearance, made the program's first College Football Playoff ranking appearance, and were ranked four times in the weekly Associated Press Top 25 poll. South Florida completed construction on a new $22-million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023, and construction is in progress on an on-campus stadium and football operations center slated for completion in 2027.
The Bulls have posted 18 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), and 35 first-team all-conference honorees. South Florida has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, while the Bulls have made 13 bowl game appearances (going 8-5), tied for the third-most nationally in the first 25 seasons of a program's bowl eligibility. South Florida posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. The Bulls spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the AP rankings during the 2007 season.
