The Texas State Bobcats have added the Prairie View A&M Panthers to their 2013 football schedule, the San Marcos Daily Record reported last month.
Texas State will host Prairie View A&M at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos. A date for the game is to be announced.
The game tentatively completes the non-conference schedule for the Bobcats in 2013, which also includes a home game against Wyoming on Sept. 28. Texas State opens the season at Southern Miss on Aug. 31 and also travels to Texas Tech on Sept. 21.
Although the 2013 Sun Belt schedule has yet to be announced, the SMDR reports that Texas State will face Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee, Troy, ULM, UL-Lafayette, and Western Kentucky. Those opponents could change if Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee opt to leave the conference early.
2013 College Football Schedule Update
With the Texas State-Prairie View A&M news, there are now only seven teams that need non-conference games in 2013. That number could be as low as five based on some Internet speculation.
One of those teams that could have their final 2013 game is Tulane. Several readers have indicated that Tulane will host Jackson State on Aug. 31. Neither school would confirm to us that the game has been scheduled or finalized.
The other school that may have an additional non-conference game is BYU. On Friday, Vanquish The Foe retweeted our “Teams That Need Non-Conference Games” article and mentioned BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe in the tweet:
@RealDSean then tweeted “OMG, The AD just scheduled Cuse.” Holmoe responded with “Nope…”
So it seems that BYU may not need any non-conference games in 2013. That could also mean they have a 13th game scheduled, too. There is also the possibility that BYU won’t play 13 games.
BYU is currently slated to play at Hawaii on Dec. 7, which gives them the opportunity to play 13 games under the Hawaii Exemption. But if San Diego State decides to stay in the Mountain West, the conference will have 12 members and can stage a championship game. That game would have to be played the weekend of Dec. 7, possibly forcing the BYU-Hawaii game to be moved or postponed.