Homecoming Game vs. Kent State Set For 7 p.m. Kickoff
October 05, 2026 | Football
Bulls and Golden Flashes will be meeting for the first time in series history
TAMPA, Fla. (October 5, 2026) โ South Florida's Homecoming game versus Kent State will kick off at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 from Raymond James Stadium and be broadcast on ESPN+, the American Conference announced on Monday.
The Bulls and Golden Flashes will be meeting for the first time in series history. It will be South Florida's second game this season against a MAC team from the state of Ohio, as the Bulls previously knocked off Bowling Green, 14-6, on Sept. 26.
Up Next
South Florida hits the road for the third time on the season when they take on UTSA at the Alamodome in San Antonio in a Thursday, primetime clash on ESPN. The game is set for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
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The South Florida football program first took the field in 1997 and will play 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 $349-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke slated for completion by 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.
