Kent State Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

KENT this season

Record

2-3 · 5 played

Points

75 scored · 157 allowed

Latest result

Oct 3 vs Ohio Bobcats · 10–13

Current / next fixture

Oct 17 at South Florida Bulls

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the Kent State schedule

Next matchup

Kent State plays next against South Florida Bulls on Saturday, October 17, 2026, on the road. Kickoff is 7:00 PM EDT. TV coverage is TBD.

Home and away stretches

Kent State follows Akron’s visit with consecutive trips to Sacramento State and Bowling Green. Miami (OH) then visits before Eastern Michigan away. The California trip is part of a road pair, with only one home fixture among the final four.

This closing stretch runs from Sat, Oct 24 through Tue, Nov 24. Dates are shown in Eastern time; successive fixtures may have an open week between them.

Rivalry and event dates

• Wagon Wheel: Sat, Oct 24 — vs. Akron Zips · kickoff TBD

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 17 — at South Florida Bulls: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 24 — vs. Akron Zips: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Fri, Oct 30 — at Sacramento State Hornets: TV network TBD.
• Tue, Nov 10 — at Bowling Green Falcons: TV network TBD.
• Tue, Nov 17 — vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks: TV network TBD.
• Tue, Nov 24 — at Eastern Michigan Eagles: TV network TBD.

This guide interprets the published fixture list. Schedule data snapshot: 2026-10-10; results are recorded through October 9. New broadcaster selections and results may not yet be reflected here.

Confirmed finals through 2026-10-10

Team scoring

Record

2-3

Games played

5

Points scored

75

Points allowed

157

Points per game

15.0

Points allowed per game

31.4

Point differential

-82

These figures include only the confirmed final scores in the schedule above. Player yards and individual leaders are not included because those figures have not been sourced here.