HONOLULU – The full 2026 University of Hawai'i football schedule has been revealed following the Mountain West's announcement of conference dates. UH will play a 12-game schedule featuring six home games and six road games.
 
After opening in Week 0 on the road at Stanford, the Rainbow Warriors will play their home opener the following week against UNLV to begin Mountain West play on Sept. 5 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Complex. The Rebels finished as co-regular season champions last season.
 
Following the UNLV game, UH will host a non-conference matchup against New Mexico State on Sept. 12 and will have a bye week before resuming MW play at Wyoming on Sept. 26 in Laramie. Hawai'i will alternate home and away games for the next four weeks, beginning with a home game against San José State on Oct. 3, followed by a road non-conference game at Arizona State on Oct. 10 in Tempe, Ariz.
 
UH will then host co-regular season champion New Mexico on Oct. 17 before playing the MW's three new members in succession – Oct. 24 at Northern Illinois, Nov. 7 at UTEP, and Nov. 14 vs. North Dakota State. The game at NIU will mark UH's first-ever appearance in DeKalb, Ill., while the game against NDSU will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
 
Hawai'i will close out the schedule with a road game at Nevada on Nov. 21 in Reno, Nev., and a home game against Sacramento State on Nov. 28.
 
The date for the Mountain West Championship Game has not yet been decided.
 
2026 HAWAI'I FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Date – Opponent
Aug. 29 – at Stanford
Sept. 5 – UNLV*
Sept. 12 – New Mexico State
Sept. 26 – at Wyoming*
Oct. 3 – San José State*
Oct. 10 – at Arizona State
Oct. 17 – New Mexico*
Oct. 24 – at Northern Illinois*
Nov. 7 – at UTEP*
Nov. 14 – North Dakota State*
Nov. 21 – at Nevada*
Nov. 28 – Sacramento State
 
* denotes Mountain West game | Home games in bold
 
Schedule Notes

• UH will play a 12-game schedule for the third consecutive year.
• Hawaiʻi will open on the road in Week 0 for the sixth time since 2016 and the first time since 2023 (at Vanderbilt).
• UH will open the season away from home for the seventh time in the last 11 seasons.
• UH's six home games are the fewest since 2021 (which also featured six).
• Only three of UH's 12 opponents played in bowl games in 2025 – UNLV, Arizona State, and New Mexico.
• Hawaiʻi will play four teams that won 8+ games in 2025 – North Dakota State (12), UNLV (10), New Mexico (9), and Arizona State (8).
• UH and Stanford will meet for the third time in four seasons and for the first time ever in Stanford, Calif. All five previous meetings were played in Honolulu.
• Hawaiʻi will play two Autonomous Four road games in the same season for the third time in six years (also in 2021 and 2023).
• UH will play three of its four rivalry trophy games – the Island Showdown Trophy (vs. UNLV), the Paniolo Trophy (vs. Wyoming), and the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy (vs. San José State). Of the three, Hawaiʻi currently holds possession of the Paniolo Trophy.
• Hawaiʻi has two bye weeks (Weeks 3 and 9).
• UH will not play an FCS opponent; however, they will play two teams that moved up from FCS to FBS this season – North Dakota State and Sacramento State.
• Hawaiʻi and UNLV will play on Sept. 5, marking the earliest meeting ever in the series history.
• UH will play a non-conference opponent (Sacramento State) to close out the regular season for the first time since 2019.