Wisconsin out, UNLV in as part of CSU football schedule changes

Get those calendars out and start planning.There's a raft of changes coming to Colorado State's football schedules over the next couple of seasons.The Rams and Wisconsin agreed to cancel a 2027 game in Madison. Likewise, a home and home with Sam Houston for 2027 and 2028 has been cancelled. A 2028 game at Oklahoma that was once on the schedule also was cancelled previously.The Rams have scheduled a home-and-home with former Mountain West foe UNLV, with the 2027 game in Las Vegas and 2028 in Fort Collins, CSU deputy athletic director Scott Sidwell told the Coloradoan.CSU is adding Akron at home in 2027 to give the Rams four-consecutive seasons of seven home games. The Rams are the only non-Power 4 team with that streak of seven home games. The Rams are expected to add an FCS foe for a home game in 2028 to secure seven home games that season as well. These changes also mean CSU and Wyoming will not play in 2027, breaking a streak of playing every season that dates back to 1946.With changes to the College Football Playoff coming, Power 4 teams will soon be playing 10 games a season against other Power 4 programs. But CSU has home-and-homes set with BYU and Arizona and a series with Colorado that runs on-and-off 2029-38.Here are the nonconference schedules for the next two seasons for CSU.2027 CSU football nonconference scheduleHere is the order of CSU's 2027 nonconference games:At UNLV (Aug. 28)Home vs Arizona (Sept. 4)Home vs Akron (Sept. 11)Home vs Houston Christian (formerly Houston Baptist) (Sept. 25)2028 CSU football nonconference scheduleHere is the order of CSU's 2028 nonconference games:Home vs UNLV (Aug. 26)At Arizona (Sept. 2)Home vs FCS opponent to be determinedHome vs Wyoming (Sept. 23)Sports reporter Kevin Lytle can be found on social media on X, Instagram and Threads @Kevin_Lytle and on Bluesky.This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Wisconsin out, UNLV in as part of CSU football schedule changes