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Baylor to Host UIW in 2027 at McLane Stadium

Bears Complete Non-Conference Schedule for Next Two years
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September 3, 2025
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WACO, Texas -- Baylor football has completed its non-conference schedule for the next two years and will host UIW on Sept. 4 to open the 2027 season.

The announcement comes as the Bears are in the midst of the nation’s toughest non-conference schedule as one of just two teams to face 11 power-4 conference opponents in 2025. Baylor will also turn that trick in 2026, with Auburn and SMU back on the slate.

Baylor’s entire 2025 home schedule has been rated by Kelley Ford as the sixth-best season ticket in college football this year, behind only Iowa State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, South Carolina and Oregon.

Baylor’s three-game, non-conference schedules for the next two years has been completed. In 2026, the Bears will face Auburn away from home (Sept. 5), and will host Prairie View A&M (Sept. 12) and SMU (Sept. 19) at McLane Stadium.

In 2027, the Bears will host UIW (Sept. 4), Oregon (Sept. 11) and will venture to Air Force on Sept. 18 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Bears have two non-conference games in 2028 lined up, hosting North Texas on Sept. 2, and traveling to face Oregon on Sept. 9.

In 2029, the Bears will venture to Denton, Texas, to face North Texas on Sept. 1.

Baylor return to action on Saturday at SMU, with kickoff on The CW slated for 11 a.m.

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Baylor to Host UIW in 2027 at McLane Stadium

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10:07a, 9/4/25
Hopefully, won't end up being the next Liberty.
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2:59p, 9/4/25
Our strength of schedule keeps growing more impressive.
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8:02p, 9/4/25
UIW? Yawn.
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 8:17p, 9/4/25
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UIW? Yawn.
who is UIW? Alphabets. Can someone spell this out for me? Poor example of journalism.
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In reply to Stranger • 8:22p, 9/4/25
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:32a, 9/5/25
IowaBear said:
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Thank you. A real journalist would have spelled that out in the story.
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In reply to Stranger • 11:05a, 9/5/25
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IowaBear said:
Incarnate Ward


Thank you. A real journalist would have spelled that out in the story.

But an editor would have corrected the spelling.
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In reply to BearlyBeloved • 1:03p, 9/5/25
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Our strength of schedule keeps growing more impressive.

We play home and homes with Auburn, SMU and Oregon over the next four years. Our strength of schedule is fine.

I do wish we -- and everyone else, for that matter -- would stop scheduling FCS games. These games suck to watch and have largely outlived their usefulness.
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2:25p, 9/5/25
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.
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In reply to ImABearToo • 3:16p, 9/5/25
ImABearToo said:
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.


It was even more fun when he hung it on WVU and Iowa St.
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In reply to ImABearToo • 4:22p, 9/5/25
ImABearToo said:
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.

Those FCS games haven't been fun since they were a guaranteed win for bad Steele and Morris teams. And that was only because we didn't experience wins often enough to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beating up on inferior opponents in a paycheck game is always boring IMO.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 5:19p, 9/5/25
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ImABearToo said:
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.

Those FCS games haven't been fun since they were a guaranteed for bad Steele and Morris teams. And that was only because we didn't experience wins often enough to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beating up on inferior opponents in a paycheck game is always boring IMO.


I think you nailed it. If the goal is to find a highly probably win, then we could do that with a G5 or weak P4 school that would be more attractive from a fan excitement and ticket selling perspective.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 5:36p, 9/5/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
bear2be2 said:
ImABearToo said:
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.

Those FCS games haven't been fun since they were a guaranteed for bad Steele and Morris teams. And that was only because we didn't experience wins often enough to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beating up on inferior opponents in a paycheck game is always boring IMO.


I think you nailed it. If the goal is to find a highly probably win, then we could do that with a G5 or weak P4 school that would be more attractive from a fan excitement and ticket selling perspective.

100%

No remaining reason to do these FCS games any longer.

Plenty of FBS schools you can go find now. Go comb through the Mac, Sun Belt, CUSA, Mountain West...
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In reply to ImABearToo • 5:54p, 9/5/25
ImABearToo said:
Boring as they got, it was so much fun when CAB hung 70 on a lower level team.

It was more fun when Baylor did that multiple times in 2013, including Iowa State & West Virginia.





I would love to see us do that to the Frogs some time, especially in Ft Worth.
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