The Colorado Buffaloes will play a pair of weekday Pac-12 football games next fall, highlighting the Thursday announcement of the team’s full slate of conference games in 2018.
CU will open league play on Friday, Sept. 28, at home against UCLA. Then on Nov. 2, the Buffaloes will travel to Arizona for another Friday-night kickoff. CU’s homecoming game is scheduled for Oct. 27 against Oregon State.
The Buffs’ remaining Pac-12 schedule: Oct. 6 vs. Arizona State, Oct. 13 at Southern California, Oct. 20 at Washington, Nov. 10 vs. Washington State, Nov. 17 vs. Utah and Nov. 24 at California. They are the same conference opponents CU played this fall, but with game locations swapped.
CU’s bye week falls on Sept. 22 one week after its home opener against New Hampshire.
“There’s much to like about this schedule,” CU athletic director Rick George said in a news release. “What stands out is the resumption of the Nebraska rivalry, the Friday night home game against UCLA, finishing the Pac-12 schedule in California and having the bye week fall at what is really the perfect time before conference play.”
2018 Colorado Buffaloes football schedule
| Opponent | Date | Site |
| vs. Colorado State | Saturday, Sept. 1 | Denver |
| at Nebraska | Saturday, Sept. 8 | Lincoln, Neb. |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Saturday, Sept. 15 | Boulder |
| BYE | Week of Sept. 22 | |
| UCLA* | Friday, Sept. 28 | Boulder |
| Arizona State* | Saturday, Oct. 6 | Boulder |
| at Southern California* | Saturday, Oct. 13 | Los Angeles |
| at Washington* | Saturday, Oct. 20 | Seattle |
| OREGON STATE* | Saturday, Oct. 27 | Boulder |
| at Arizona | Friday, Nov. 2 | Tucson, Ariz. |
| WASHINGTON STATE* | Saturday, Nov. 10 | Boulder |
| UTAH* | Saturday, Nov. 17 | Boulder |
| at California | Saturday, Nov. 24 | Berkeley, Calif. |
| Pac-12 Championship game | Friday, Nov. 30 | Santa Clara, Calif. |