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Clear your calendars now because LSU has some future out of conference games on the schedule.
The Advocate’s Wilson Alexander was the first to report that LSU and SMU have agreed to a home-and-home for the 2028 and 2029 season. The Tigers and Mustangs will meet September 1, 2028 in Tiger Stadium, and LSU will make the return trip to Dallas on September 2, 2029.
The key word in the agreement is “Dallas” because it’s not explicitly stated the return game will be held on campus at Gerald Ford Stadium. In fact, it’s more likely that the game won’t be at SMU due to the fact that Ford Stadium’s capacity is 32,000. If anything the 2029 game will be at AT&T Stadium in Arlington (80,000. capacity), or maybe even the Cotton Bowl (92,100 capacity) in Dallas proper. So it probably won’t be a true home-and-home but it’s better than playing these games at a neutral site like what LSU did for the Florida State games in 2023 and 2024.
LSU’s got some pretty tantalizing non-conference games coming up in the next couple of years. LSU will, of course, play at Clemson to open the 2025 season, and Clemson will make the return trip to Baton Rouge in 2026. LSU’s also scheduled to play Houston at NRG Stadium in 2027, and have home-and-homes scheduled with Arizona State and Utah.
LSU is scheduled to host Arizona State on September 8, 2029 and then make the return trip to Tempe on September 14, 2030; they’ll then go to Salt Lake on September 6, 2031 and then host the Utes in Tiger Stadium on September 11, 2031.