Maryland Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

MD this season

Record

2-3 · 5 played

Points

152 scored · 151 allowed

Latest result

Oct 3 at Nebraska Cornhuskers · 23–48

Current / next fixture

Oct 17 vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the Maryland schedule

Next matchup

Maryland plays next against Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at home in College Park, Maryland. Kickoff is 12:30 PM EDT. TV coverage is TBD.

Home and away stretches

Maryland alternates home and away across Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, USC and Penn State. The USC trip is bracketed by Wisconsin and Penn State at home, making it a standalone western journey in the closing sequence.

This closing stretch runs from Sat, Oct 31 through Sat, Nov 28. Dates are shown in Eastern time; successive fixtures may have an open week between them.

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 17 — vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 31 — vs. Illinois Fighting Illini: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 7 — at Purdue Boilermakers: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 14 — vs. Wisconsin Badgers: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 21 — at USC Trojans: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 28 — vs. Penn State Nittany Lions: kickoff time, 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

152

Points allowed

151

Points per game

30.4

Points allowed per game

30.2

Point differential

+1

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.