MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons and the Big 12 has announced the 2020 football schedule Tuesday morning.
The Mountaineers will have seven home games, including two Power 5 nonconference games against Eastern Kentucky and Maryland, are on the slate.
“Once again, West Virginia will have one of the most competitive football schedules in the country in 2020 as it features 11 Power 5 opponents,” Lyons said in a news release. “Three home games in September and two each in October and November work out nicely for our fans to plan, and 2020 is our year to host five Big 12 games at Milan Puskar Stadium.”
The season opens Sept. 5 against Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. WVU was slated to play the Seminoles in a home-and-home series beginning in 2012, but West Virginia had to cancel it due to the move from the Big East to the Big 12. The two schools last played in the 2010 Gator Bowl.
Other nonconference games are at home against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 12) and Maryland (Sept. 19). The Mountaineers last played the Terps in 2015 and are currently on a 9-1 series run.
West Virginia’s Big 12 home dates are Kansas State (Sept. 26/Homecoming), TCU (Oct. 10), Kansas (Oct. 24), Oklahoma (Nov. 7/Mountaineer Week) and Baylor (Nov. 21).
Road conference games are Texas Tech (Oct. 3), Texas (Oct. 17), Oklahoma State (Nov. 14) and Iowa State (Nov. 28).
“This is a very challenging schedule, not only with the Big 12 Conference lineup, but also nonconference games against Florida State and Big Ten border-opponent Maryland,” WVU coach Neal Brown said. “With the way the schedule is laid out, it gives our fans a chance to enjoy seven home games and a manageable road trip to Atlanta against a national-level opponent.”
The top two finishers in the regular-season standings will compete for the conference title in the Big 12 championship game, which is scheduled in 2020 for Dec. 5. The championship game will be played in Arlington, Texas, at AT&T Stadium through 2021.
The times and television schedule will be announced at a later date and all dates are subject to change.
