Overview
- Del Conte said Texas and Arizona State mutually canceled their 2032–33 home-and-home months earlier and that Texas never expected to play it after a 2024 scheduling swap with Louisiana-Monroe.
- The move reflects Texas’ recalculation under the SEC’s nine-game format, which can create uneven road years and heighten concerns about home-game revenue and playoff positioning.
- Arizona State filled the vacancy by arranging a home-and-home with Stanford to replace the Texas dates.
- Texas is reassessing other marquee series, with Del Conte calling the 2028 trip to Notre Dame and 2029 return game in Austin “fluid,” while confirming the Longhorns will host Ohio State in 2026 and Michigan in 2027 to complete those return dates.
- Del Conte said he does not plan to schedule far into the 2030s as the College Football Playoff field remains at 12 teams through at least 2026 and expansion timing and scope remain unsettled.