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Arizona’s final nonconference game against Kansas State in Tucson moved from Saturday, Sept. 13, to Friday, Sept. 12. The Territorial Cup game against rival Arizona State in Tempe will be on Friday, Nov. 28, the UA announced on Friday.

The Kansas State and ASU games are Arizona’s only Friday games of the 2025 season.

The Wildcats kick off the second season under head coach Brent Brennan against Hawaii on Aug. 30 at Arizona Stadium. It’ll be the seventh all-time matchup between Arizona and Hawaii. The Wildcats’ only loss in the series is a 45-38 defeat in 2019 in Honolulu. Arizona last played Hawaii in Tucson in 2016 before the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor; the Wildcats wore USS Arizona-themed uniforms for the game.

Arizona wraps up nonconference play in Tucson against other teams with Wildcats as their mascot, Weber State on Sept. 6 and KSU on Sept. 12. Even though KSU is a Big 12 team, the matchup with Arizona is the final part of the previously scheduled home-and-home nonconference series. UA lost to Kansas State 31-7 in Manhattan last season.

Following a bye week, Arizona begins Big 12 play on the road against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, on Sept. 27. The Wildcats haven’t played the Cyclones since their only matchup in Ames in 1968. Arizona is 4-1-1 against Iowa State between 1948 and 1968. Iowa State went 11-3 last season and lost to Arizona State in the Big 12 championship game before winning the Pop Tarts Bowl.

The Wildcats’ Big 12 home opener is against the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Oct. 4 at Arizona Stadium. Oklahoma State, led by longtime head coach Mike Gundy, went winless in conference play last season. Arizona is 4-5 all-time against Oklahoma State. The Wildcats won the last game against OSU, 59-38, in Tucson during former head coach Rich Rodriguez’s inaugural season in 2012.

Arizona will square off with BYU in back-to-back seasons on Oct. 11. Arizona lost to BYU 41-19 in Provo last season. Arizona has lost four straight games to BYU since 2016. The Wildcats won’t face the Utah Utes for the first time since the pandemic-influenced season in 2020.

Before the Wildcats’ second bye week, Arizona faces Houston on the road on Oct. 18. The Wildcats routed the Cougars 27-3 at Arizona Stadium in 2024. Arizona is 2-3 all-time against Houston and lost to the Cougars in Houston in 2018. Arizona has a bye week preceding the Big 12 schedule and another bye at the halfway mark of conference play.

Following the second bye week, Arizona has a rematch with the Deion Sanders-coached Colorado Buffaloes, without star quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, on Nov. 1 in Boulder. CU drubbed Arizona 34-7 during homecoming weekend in 2024.

The Wildcats host the Kansas Jayhawks on Nov. 8. Arizona is 2-3-1 against Kansas. Arizona last played KU in 1966. Former Arizona tight end Keyan Burnett transferred to Kansas in December. Burnett and former UA defensive captain Gunner Maldonado, who transferred to Kansas State, will return to Arizona Stadium as opponents in 2025.

Arizona travels to Cincinnati on Nov. 15 for the first-ever matchup between the Wildcats and Bearcats. It’s the Wildcats’ first game in the state of Ohio since their 41-2 win over Toledo in 2010.

Arizona concludes its home schedule on Nov. 22 against the Baylor Bears. The Wildcats’ only game against Baylor was a 20-15 loss at the John Hancock Bowl in 1992.

The final game of the regular season is the Territorial Cup showdown at in-state rival and defending Big 12 champion ASU.

Kickoff times for Arizona’s 2025 football schedule will be announced at a later date.

All games will be broadcast on either the ESPN family of networks, Fox, FS1, TNT or TBS. Following a settlement between the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery, 13 Big 12 football games will be moved from ESPN to TNT and TBS, which are WBD channels. The sublicense expires in six years, when the Big 12 media agreement is up.