Good news: Boise State opener is on national TV. Weird news: Date and time
Start preparing your excuses to be near a television during a late August work day, Boise State fans.
The Broncos announced that their season opener at South Florida in Tampa will kick off on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 3:30 p.m. Mountain time to accommodate the ESPN broadcast schedule.
This will be the fifth straight season that Boise State opens on the road, and the third time in five years it opens on ESPN.
The game will mark the first meeting between Boise State and USF, but the Broncos have experience being in the Sunshine State to usher in a new season. It happened in 2019, when they beat Florida State 36-31 in Tallahassee, and again in 2021, when they lost 36-31 to UCF in Orlando.
Boise State will have at least two games in high-profile TV slots in 2025. The program announced Monday that its Oct. 4 game against Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, will air on NBC.
Boise State football schedule
Boise State is slowly releasing kickoff times for its 2025 schedule as networks finalize their broadcasting plans. The Mountain West released team schedules in February but has not announced times.
Here’s Boise State’s schedule for 2025 (asterisk denotes conference game, bold at home):
Aug. 28 - at USF (Tampa, Florida) - 3:30 p.m. Mountain time
Sept. 6 - Eastern Washington
Sept. 13 - BYE
Sept. 20 - at Air Force* (Colorado Springs)
Sept. 27 - App State
Oct. 4 - at Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana) - 1:30 p.m. Mountain time
Oct. 11 - New Mexico*
Oct. 18 - UNLV*
Oct. 25 - at Nevada* (Reno)
Nov. 1 - Fresno State*
Nov. 8 - BYE
Nov. 15 - at San Diego State*
Nov. 22 - Colorado State*
Nov. 29 - at Utah State* (Logan, Utah)
Dec. 5 - Mountain West championship game
This story was originally published May 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM.
