announced its entry in late June of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Bobcats depart the Sun Belt after a 13-year stint. Although it took the program over a decade to settle into the FBS, they\u2019ve seen recent successes under head coach GJ Kinne, earning three-straight winning seasons and three-straight bowl games (their first three bowl wins in program history). Now Texas State aims to leverage that newfound success into the Pac-12, and it now knows the pathway it must traverse next fall. The Pac-12 released its schedule earlier in the week, and here\u2019s what the Bobcats have on the docket in 2026:<\/p>\n
2026 Texas State schedule<\/p>\n
* denotes non-conference game<\/p>\n
** can possibly be flexed to Thursday, Oct. 15<\/p>\n
What is the Week 13 flex game?<\/p>\n
All eight Pac-12 teams have something called a \u201cflex game\u201d in Week 13, the final week of the regular season. It\u2019s a brand new concept to college football which no conference has implemented before. Essentially, the Pac-12 uses a round-robin format for conference play where each team plays its seven other conference opponents. The eighth conference game will be determined at a later date, and the league can strategically schedule this game to assist its teams entry into the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n
For example, if Texas State is in control of its own destiny as one of the five highest-ranked conference champions as of Week 13, the Pac-12 could schedule a highly-winnable game for the Bobcats. Conversely, let\u2019s say Texas State is ranked two spots under an American Conference frontrunner and needs a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 boosting victory \u2014 the Pac-12 could also utilize the flex game to its advantage in that manner. The Pac-12 announced the flex games will be finalized at least six days prior to kickoff, which is a hard deadline of Sunday, Nov. 22.<\/p>\n
Colorado State, Fresno State, Utah State and Washington State will serve as hosts of the Week 13 flex games in year one under this scheduling model. The Pac-12 released four projected flex games, although they are subject to change. One of those projections involved Texas State visiting Colorado State in Week 13 \u2014 a rematch of the Week 7 matchup in San Marcos.<\/p>\n
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