A lot has happened this offseason with Arizona starting with the departure of Jedd Fisch to Washington, hiring new coach Brent Brennan and retaining the majority of its roster including star players Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan.

Now, the Wildcats have officially found out what their first Big 12 schedule will look like in 2024 as they join a new conference next season, marking the first time since 1977 that Arizona is going to be in a new conference.

Arizona will have a nonconference schedule of New Mexico (Aug. 31), NAU (Sept. 7), and Kansas State (Sept. 13/14). The game against the Wildcats will either be on that Friday night, or on Saturday with an exact date to be determined.

Although the Wildcats will face off against Kansas Sate on the road in Manhattan, that game won't count as the first Big 12 conference matchup for Arizona since the contest was scheduled prior to conference realignment and could not be rescheduled.

Then, the Wildcats will have a bye week before opening their Big 12 schedule against Utah ( Sept. 28), Texas Tech (Oct. 5), BYU (Oct. 12), Colorado (Oct. 19), West Virginia (Oct. 26), UCF (Nov. 2), another bye week, Houston (Nov. 14/15/16), TCU (Nov. 23) and it all gets closed out with the annual Territorial Cup matchup against Arizona State (Nov. 30).

Oddly enough, Arizona will open its Big 12 schedule with a former Pac-12 foe in Utah and close it with one in rival ASU.

The Wildcats will avoid Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Kansas during its first run through the conference. Those three teams went a combined 26-14 last season and the Cowboys played in the Big 12 title game.

On another note, the Oct. 5 matchup against Texas Tech marks a renewal of an old conference rivalry when the Red Raiders and Wildcats were foes in the Border Conference before Arizona joined the WAC.

The last time these two programs played was in the 2019 season when the Wildcats won 28-14 over the Red Raiders in Tucson.

Although Brennan will be in his first year as Arizona's head coach, he has a roster that can compete for a Big 12 title and potentially a College Football Playoff spot with the expansion from a four-team playoff to a 12-team playoff coming this winter.

Home games in bold

Aug. 31 – vs. New Mexico

Sept. 7 – vs. Northern Arizona

Sept. 13/14 – at Kansas State (nonconference)

Sept. 21 – BYE

Sept. 28 – at Utah

Oct. 5 – vs. Texas Tech

Oct. 12 – at BYU

Oct. 19 – vs. Colorado

Oct. 26 – vs. West Virginia

Nov. 2 – at UCF

Nov. 9 – BYE

Nov. 14/15/16 – vs. Houston

Nov. 23 – at TCU

Nov. 30 – vs. Arizona State

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