Big Sky announces kickoff times for 2025 football season

By Brian Wilmer -

The Big Sky Conference has announced kickoff times for the 2025 football season, which includes all conference contests.

Each Big Sky team will play four home and four road conference contests this season as well as four non-conference contests.

Big Sky action kicks off with three games in Week 0 this fall. Tarleton State visits Portland State with a kickoff time of either 3:30 or 4:00pm ET on Saturday, Aug. 23. UC Davis also squares off with Mercer in a neutral-site game in Montgomery, Ala., with a 7:00pm ET kick time slated. Idaho State visits UNLV in Week 0, but no kick time or television has been announced.

Below is the complete 2025 Big Sky Conference football schedule with the kickoff times that were announced today (conference games only). Remaining kickoff times will be announced by the individual schools.

2025 Big Sky Football Schedule

All times Eastern

Saturday, Sept. 27
Idaho St. at Northern Colo. – 3pm, ESPN+
EWU at Montana St. – 4pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
NAU at Portland St. – 5pm, ESPN+
Cal Poly at Sacramento St. – 9pm, ESPN+/KMAX
Weber St. at UC Davis – 10pm, ESPN+/CW Sacramento
Idaho at Montana – TBA (ESPN Network TBA

Saturday, Oct. 4
Montana St. at NAU – 5pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Portland St. at EWU – 7pm, ESPN+/SWX
UC Davis at Cal Poly – 8pm, ESPN+
Montana at Idaho St. – 8pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports

Saturday, Oct. 11
Idaho St. at Montana St. – 3pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Cal Poly at Montana – 4pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Northern Colo. at Idaho – 5pm, ESPN+/SWX
NAU at UC Davis – 7pm, ESPN+/CW Sacramento
Sacramento St. at Weber St. – 8pm(ESPN+

Saturday, Oct. 18
Weber St. at Portland St. – 5pm, ESPN+
Idaho at EWU – 7pm, ESPN+/SWX
Northern Colo. at Sacramento St. – 9pm, ESPN+/KMAX

Friday, Oct. 24
Montana at Sacramento St. – 10:30pm, ESPN2/ESPN+

Saturday, Oct. 25
UC Davis at Northern Colo. – 3pm, ESPN+
EWU at Weber St. – 3pm, ESPN+
Portland St. at Idaho – 4pm, ESPN+/SWX
NAU at Idaho St. – 6pm, ESPN+
Montana St. at Cal Poly – 8pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports

Friday, Oct. 31
Idaho at NAU – 10:30pm, ESPN2/ESPN+

Saturday, Nov. 1
Montana St. at Northern Colo. – 2pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Montana at Weber St. – 3pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Sacramento St. at EWU – 4pm, ESPN+/SWX
Idaho St. at UC Davis – 4pm, ESPN+/CW Sacramento
Portland St. at Cal Poly – 5pm, ESPN+

Saturday, Nov. 8
Weber St. at Montana St. – 3pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
EWU at Montana – 3pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Sacramento St. at Portland St. – 5pm, ESPN+
Cal Poly at Idaho St. – 6pm, ESPN+
Northern Colo. at NAU – 6pm, ESPN+
UC Davis at Idaho – 7pm, ESPN+/SWX

Saturday, Nov. 15
Northern Colo. at EWU – 4pm, ESPN+/SWX
Cal Poly at NAU – 4pm, ESPN+
Montana at Portland St. – 5pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Weber St. at Idaho St. – 6pm, ESPN+
Idaho at Sacramento St. – 9pm, ESPN+/KMAX
UC Davis at Montana St. – TBA (ESPN Network TBA

Saturday, Nov. 22
Montana St. at Montana – 2pm, ESPN+/Scripps Sports
Portland St. at Northern Colo. – 2pm, ESPN+
NAU at Weber St. – 3pm, ESPN+
Sacramento St. at UC Davis – 4pm, ESPN+/CW Sacramento
Idaho St. at Idaho – 4pm, ESPN+/SWX
EWU at Cal Poly – 5pm, ESPN+

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