The Fresno State Bulldogs have added the Rice Owls and Cal Poly Mustangs to their future football schedules, the school announced on Tuesday.

Fresno State and Rice will begin a home-and-home series at Valley Children’s Stadium in Fresno, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2026. The series will conclude the following season when the Bulldogs travel to face the Owls at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 11, 2027.

Fresno State and Rice have met seven times on the gridiron, but not since the 2014 Hawai’i Bowl in Honolulu, Hawai’i. The Owls defeated the Bulldogs in that contest, 30-6, which was their first win in the series.

Fresno State calls the Mountain West Conference home, while Rice has competed in the American Athletic Conference since the fall of 2023.

The Bulldogs also announced that they will host the Cal Poly Mustangs of the Big Sky Conference on Sept, 16, 2028. Fresno State leads the all-time series with Cal Poly, 34-10-2, which began in 1922 and was played most recently in 2022.

With the addition of games against Rice and Cal Poly, Fresno State has completed its non-conference football schedule through the 2028 season. Below are Fresno State’s opponents for 2024 through 2028:

2024

• 08/31 – at Michigan
• 09/07 – Sacramento State
• 09/14 – New Mexico State
• 10/12 – Washington State
• 11/30 – at UCLA

2025

• 08/23 – at Kansas
• 08/30 – Georgia Southern
• 09/06 – at Oregon State
• 09/13 – Southern

2026

• 09/05 – at USC
• 09/12 – Sacramento State
• 09/19 – at Washington State
• 09/26 – Rice

2027

• 08/28 – Utah Tech
• 09/04 – at Washington
• 09/11 – at Rice
• 09/18 – Washington State

2028

• 09/02 – Stanford
• 09/09 – at USC
• 09/16 – Cal Poly
• 09/23 – at Georgia Southern

Football Schedules

• Future Fresno State Football Schedules
• Future Rice Football Schedules
• Future Cal Poly Football Schedules