The Stanford Cardinal have added the Portland State Vikings to their 2028 football schedule, according to a report from John Canzano.
Per the report, Stanford will host Portland State at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2028. The contest will mark the first-ever meeting between the two schools on the gridiron.
Portland State is a member of the Big Sky Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Vikings last won a conference championship in 1992 as members of the Western Football Conference in Division II. More recently, the Vikings participated in the FCS Playoffs during the 2000 and 2015 seasons.
In other non-conference action in 2028, the Stanford Cardinal are scheduled to visit the Fresno State Bulldogs to open the season on Sept. 2 and will host the San Jose State Spartans to close out the regular-season on Nov. 25. One more non-conference opponent will be needed if the ACC continues to play an eight-game league schedule.
ACC opponents for Stanford for the 2028 season were previously announced by the league. The Cardinal will host Clemson, SMU, Virginia, and Virginia Tech at Stanford Stadium and will travel to face Cal, Georgia Tech, Miami, and North Carolina.
Stanford is the first known non-conference opponent for Portland State’s football schedule for the 2028 season.
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This matchup certainly makes a lot more sense than William & Mary, but I still wish they would´ve scheduled an in-state FCS opponent.
There’s only 3 FCS schools in California (not including non-scholarship USD). They’ve played UC Davis a couple times in the past. They’ve played Cal Poly a couple times. I know they’ve played Sac State at least once (although they might not be FCS for much longer).
Portland State is a west coast FCS program that’s in a tough position, I’m glad Stanford is scheduling them.
Nice dumbdown. No more Notre Dame
Dave Do not blame it on both Notre Dame & Stanford.
Blame it on super conferences.
If I were a Notre Dame fan I would give up USC over Stanford.
Sorry Dan but that doesn´t make any sense. Notre Dame-USC is one of college football´s greatest rivalries. Notre Dame-Stanford is a fake rivalry that no one cares about. I don´t think there´s a single Notre Dame fan in existence that would rather play Stanford over USC. I would like to know why you would rather play Stanford than USC if you were a Notre Dame fan. I do like your takes sometimes but that comment at least to me was extremely offputting.
Pardon me for being a little goofy BYUfan although I have zero concerns about Notre Dame future on playing USC, I really hope very best that Notre-Dame-USC will continue to play however I have a minor obstacle with USC-UCLA I would like to see battle of Southern California become permanent rivalry be played on Thanksgiving weekend.
I am staying very positive at a time when heaven only knows what going to happen in this ever-changing world of College Football.
I do agree that USC-UCLA should play on Thanksgiving every year and I also am trying to stay positive with what´s happening. Have a good day.