Texas’ 2027 home schedule just got a little tighter and a lot more interesting.
With college football officially moving its start up one week, the Longhorns announced Thursday that four home games across the 2027 and 2028 seasons have been shifted earlier, including Michigan’s long-awaited trip to Austin on Sept. 4, 2027.
That visit is the headliner, and it closes the loop on a home-and-home that began in 2024, when Texas went into Ann Arbor and beat the Wolverines 31-12. The 2027 game will be the first time Michigan has ever played Texas in Austin, setting up what should be one of the biggest early-season atmospheres in the sport at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.
The move is part of a broader change from the NCAA’s FBS Oversight Committee, which approved a new calendar that officially pushes the season start up a week. What fans have long called “Week 0” is now just the opening week.
For Texas, the new timing means New Mexico State will now come to Austin on Aug. 28, 2027, with Michigan following on Sept. 4 and UTEP on Sept. 11.
In 2028, Louisiana Tech’s visit has been moved up to Aug. 26.
The Longhorns have handled all of those opponents before. They are 5-0 against New Mexico State, with each of those games played in Austin, and 7-0 against UTEP. Texas also beat Louisiana Tech 45-14 in their only previous meeting in 2019.
Michigan, though, is the game that stands out. Texas is 3-0 all-time against the Wolverines, including the 38-37 win in the 2005 Rose Bowl following the 2004 season and the 41-27 Citrus Bowl after the 2025 season.
So the schedule shift doesn’t just bring the opener forward. It brings one of Texas’ biggest games of 2027 a little closer, too.
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