Washington State announces its full 2025 football schedule

The Washington State Cougars have done just that announced their full 2025 football schedule, which includes a total of six home games and twelve games.

Washington State will begin its second season as one of only two members of the Pac-12 Conference, along with the Oregon State Beavers, following the departure of 10 teams to other conferences. NCAA bylaws require conferences to have at least eight members, but they also provide a two-year grace period if a conference falls below the eight-team threshold.

The Pac-12 has added five teams to its football roster, but that won’t become official until 2026. Last year, the two Pac-12 schools had a Mountain West scheduling agreement to help them, but it was not extended until 2025. Therefore, Washington will essentially play an independent football schedule next season.

The Cougars will open the 2025 season with back-to-back games at home at GESA Field at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington, against the Idaho Vandals on August 30 and the San Diego State Aztecs on September 6. Washington State will then travel to the North Texas Mean Green on September 13 before returning to Pullman to host the Washington Huskies in the annual Apple Cup on September 20.

Washington State will next travel to take on the Colorado State Rams on September 27 before the first open date of the season on October 4. That will be followed by back-to-back trips east to take on the Ole Miss Rebels on Oct. 11 and the Virginia Cavaliers on Oct. 11. 18.

The Cougars then return home on Oct. 25 to host the Toledo Rockets in Pullman. That will be followed by a road trip to take on the Oregon State Beavers on Nov. 1, which will be the first of two games between the Pac-12 foes in 2025. The second game will be played at Martin Stadium in Pullman as the regular season finale on November 29.

Before that final, Washington State will open on Nov. 8, host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs on Nov. 15 and visit the James Madison Dukes on Nov. 22.

“We are very excited to finalize our full football schedule for next season,” said WSU athletic director Anne McCoy. “The 2025 season includes games against new opponents playing at Gesa Field, an Apple Cup game in September in Pullman, as well as challenging road games against SEC and ACC opponents in Mississippi and Virginia. It’s a schedule that our fans will be excited about.”

The 2024 season will be the fifth for Washington State under head coach Jake Dickert, who took over the program on an interim basis after seven games in 2021. Dickert has a 22-17 overall record at the school and a 9-13 record in Pac -12 games.

2025 Washington State Football Schedule

8/30 – Idaho
09/06 – San Diego State
9/13 – in North Texas
9/20 – Washington
09/27 – in the state of Colorado
10/04 – OUT
10/11 – at Ole Miss
10/18 – in Virginia
10/25 – Toledo
11/01 – in the state of Oregon
11/08 – OUT
11/15 – Louisiana Tech
11/22 – at James Madison
11/29 – Oregon State