The Stanford Cardinal and BYU Cougars have rescheduled their future football game for the 2025 season, FBSchedules.com has confirmed.
Stanford was previously scheduled to travel to play BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, on August 30, 2031. That game has been moved up six seasons and will now be played on September 6, 2025, according to Stanford’s sports communications department.
The Stanford-BYU game now set for 2025 is part of a series of games that were scheduled in 2013 and then extended in 2020. However, four of those scheduled games were later canceled as a result of BYU moving from their Independent status to the Big 12 Conference last season.
Moving Stanford to the 2025 schedule also satisfies the Big 12’s strength of schedule requirement for the Cougars, which states that each league member must play at least one power non-conference opponent per season.
Earlier this week, it was reported that BYU will host the Portland State Vikings in 2025 instead of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds. We obtained a copy of an amendment to the BYU-Southern Utah contract, which states that their game in 2025 has been rescheduled for Aug. 30, 2031.
BYU is also scheduled to visit the East Carolina Pirates next season on Sept. 20. With the addition of Stanford and Portland State, plus the ECU game, BYU has tentatively completed its non-conference schedule for the 2025 season.
In addition to its three non-conference opponents, BYU will play nine Big 12 opponents. Big 12 foes headed to Provo in 2025 include TCU, UCF, Utah, and West Virginia. The Cougars will travel to face Arizona, Cincinnati, Colorado, Iowa State, and Texas Tech.
Stanford now has three non-conference opponents on its schedule for 2025, with only one more needed. The Cardinal are slated to open the 2025 season in Week Zero on Aug. 23 against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu, Hawaii. One week after visiting BYU, the Cardinal are scheduled to host the San Jose State Spartans on Sept. 13 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif.
The ACC slate of opponents for Stanford in 2025 has also been announced. The Cardinal will host Boston College, Cal, Florida State, and Pitt and will visit Miami, North Carolina, SMU, and Virginia.
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Huh. So is ND ending the Stanford series, then?
Stanford still has another non-conference opening so it’s likely they will still play.
I have zero concerns over it.
Richard, Andrew, Dan Rakow,
The Stanford Monkey Tree 1st visited Provo in ’03.
It will be 22 Years ago, a generation.
The 2025 game will only be as far as The Farm travelled to play UUtah 2011 – 2023.
That’s much closer than it’s 4 games in TX, FL, NC, VA.
I don’t remember where Stanford & ND play in 2024.
@HTK They’re playing in South Bend this year
The ND-Stanford series won’t be ending because Stanford is now in the ACC, and ND has to play 5 ACC teams every year in exchange for access to the ACC’s bowl line-up.
Z-Man: ND already has 5 ACC opponents lined up through 2037, though (unless the ACC rejiggers their rotation, but they haven’t done so yet).
And there are other P4 schools in CA. ND can still end every season in CA without playing Stanford. For instance, ND could alternate between ending the season playing USC/UCLA.
Reverend Winton Dupree,
Dan-ke,
I didn’t want to look up Uni. of Notre Dame’s schedule.
I.M.O.,
If Notre Dame plays a weaker Team half the time than Stanford Uni. their weak opponents lineup disavows their claim 2 B on Par w/ B18g10, SEC16, B16g12 & ACC17( not counting their weak ACC 5 matchups 9 out of 10 years).
Andrew: Stanford has another opening but if ND-Stanford is on in 2025, why would Stanford bring forward the BYU game to 2025, then? I have trouble believing the ACC wouldn’t count ND as a P4-equivalent.
Richard: Miami would be fantastic for Notre Dame on Thanksgiving weekend.
If BC and Pitt had to give up their annual games with ND as part of the ACC agreement, Stanford should as well.
Stanford should be the one ACC team ND plays every year, to keep the tradition of ending the season in California every year.
ND then can rotate among the other 16 ACC football teams on an 8-year schedule, sorted by when each team joined the ACC:
Year 1: Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
Year 2: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia
Year 3: Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech
Year 4: California, Louisville, SMU, Syracuse
Sorry to disappoint you Z-Man I am still a Fan of Notre Dame current schedule formula with ACC.
Notre Dame will play at Miami Thanksgiving weekend in 2025 however they will play Stanford in 2026 or perhaps 2027.
Good News I am really looking forward to Notre Dame at Purdue Saturday at 3:30PM for Big Ten on CBS.