The Colorado State Rams have continued to reshape their 2027 non-conference schedule, this time adding future matchups against UNLV and Akron, according to a report from the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
The latest additions come after a series of scheduling changes for the Rams. Colorado State and Wisconsin mutually canceled their 2027 contest in Madison last month, and FBSchedules reported earlier Tuesday that Colorado State and Sam Houston had also scrapped their home-and-home series slated for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
According to the Coloradoan, Colorado State has already moved to replace those canceled games. The Rams will open the 2027 season on the road against the UNLV Rebels at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on August 28.
The UNLV agreement includes a return matchup at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colo., on Aug. 26, 2028. The two programs have met 26 times previously, with Colorado State holding a 17-8-1 advantage in the all-time series.
Colorado State has also added a home contest against the Akron Zips on September 11, 2027. Akron had previously been scheduled to face UNLV on that date, creating a three-team scheduling shuffle that results in the cancellation of the UNLV-Akron matchup.
The remainder of Colorado State’s 2027 non-conference slate was already set, with Arizona scheduled to visit Fort Collins on Sept. 4 and Houston Christian slated for Sept. 25.
Along with its season opener against Colorado State, UNLV’s 2027 non-conference schedule currently features road trips to USC on Sept. 4 and James Madison on Sept. 25, as well as a home game against Arizona State on Sept. 18.
Akron, meanwhile, is slated to begin the 2027 season with consecutive road games at Arizona State on Aug. 28 and Rutgers on Sept. 4 before hosting FCS opponent Maine on Sept. 25.
So two years in a row (2026 and 2027) UNLV will host a P4 team and play no FCS teams. More G6 teams should try to follow their lead, at least with the no FCS games. They can attract P4 opponents because they play in a NFL stadium in a tourist destination, advantages few other G6 teams have.
Arizona State at UNLV might be cancelled as ASU already has 4 non conference so one has to be dropped and they just added Akron recently, they have to keep A&M because it’s a P4 game and they will probably keep Cal Poly since it’s an FCS.
For the first time since 1945, Wyoming and CSU will not play eachother.
Though unlike most ooc rivalries in this day and age, it’s coming back in ’28