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BYU Football: Cougars add home-and-home with Arkansas

By Shaun Gordon

FAYETTEVILLE, AR - OCTOBER 27: New front entrance to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium of the Arkansas Razorbacks before a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Razorback Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Commodores defeated the Razorbacks 45-31. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
FAYETTEVILLE, AR - OCTOBER 27: New front entrance to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium of the Arkansas Razorbacks before a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Razorback Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Commodores defeated the Razorbacks 45-31. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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BYU Football continues to add marquee matchups to their future schedules, adding a home-and-home series with the SEC’s Arkansas Razorbacks.

BYU Football can cross another name off their list of schools they’ve never played.

On Thursday BYU announced that they’ve scheduled a home-and-home series with Arkansas, one of an ever-decreasing number of schools that the Cougars haven’t faced before.

According to the release, Arkansas will visit Provo first on October 15th, 2022, then BYU will head to Fayetteville, Arkansas on Sept. 23, 2023.

Scheduling a home-and-home with an SEC school is a big win for BYU, especially with that conference’s hesitation to travel west.

The only SEC team to ever visit LaVell Edwards Stadium so far is Mississippi State, who came to Provo in both 2000 and 2016. One other SEC school will visit before the Razorbacks when Missouri plays their return game in 2020.

With these newest games, the schedules for both 2022 and 2023 are beginning to take shape.

In 2022 the Cougars have already schedule ten games:

  • at Utah
  • Baylor
  • at Oregon
  • Wyoming
  • Utah State
  • Arkansas
  • at Liberty
  • at Boise State
  • East Carolina
  • at Stanford

That’s five games so far against Power 5 teams, with Baylor and Arkansas headlining the home slate. BYU still has one home game and a road/neutral one to schedule.

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In 2023 there are eight games confirmed so far:

  • Tennessee
  • at Virginia
  • at Arkansas
  • at Houston
  • Boise State
  • UNLV
  • at USC
  • Stanford

Five of those eight are Power 5 matchups, including home tilts with Tennessee and Stanford. With four games left to schedule, expect to see two of them at home and two away from Provo.

From 2019 to 2023 the Cougars are slated to take on a who’s-who of college football teams, including big names coming to Provo that include USC, Washington, Michigan State, Missouri, Arizona State, Virginia, Baylor, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Stanford.

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