Six South Florida Football Kickoff Times Announced
May 27, 2026 | Football
Bulls will open their 2026 campaign on Sept. 5 against FIU at 7 p.m. in Raymond James Stadium
TAMPA (May 27, 2026) – South Florida learned the kickoff times of six football games for this upcoming season on Wednesday afternoon, all but one of which will occur in primetime.
The Bulls' season-opener at Raymond James Stadium against FIU on Sept. 5 is set for a 7 p.m. start and will air on ESPN+. USF will also have a 7 p.m. kickoff against Delaware State on Sept. 19 with ESPN+ providing the broadcast. The Bulls' first road game of the year – Sept. 12 at Army – will kick at noon on the CBS Sports Network.
Three midweek games for South Florida also will kick off in primetime: Thursday, Oct. 8 at UTSA (7:30 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2), Friday, Nov. 6 vs. East Carolina (7:30 on ESPN2) and Thursday, Nov. 12 vs. Memphis (8 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2).
South Florida's regular season finale against Tulane at Raymond James Stadium will be played either Friday, Nov. 27 or Saturday, Nov. 28 at noon or 3:30 p.m. A determination will be made no later than Oct. 11.
Additional kickoff times and network designations will be announced at a later time.
2026 South Florida Football Schedule
Sept. 5: vs. FIU – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Sept. 12: at Army – 12 p.m. – CBS Sports Network
Sept. 19: Delaware State – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Sept. 26: at Bowling Green – TBD
Oct. 3: Temple – TBD
Oct. 8: at UTSA – 7:30 p.m. – ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 17: Kent State – TBD
Oct. 31: UAB – TBD
Nov. 6: at ECU – 7:30 p.m. – ESPN2
Nov. 12: Memphis – 8 p.m. – ESPN or ESPN2
Nov. 21: at FAU – TBD
Nov. 27 or Nov. 28: Tulane – 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.
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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 an on-campus stadium and football operations center 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.
