Baylor 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 7:50 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Baylor Bears will play an FCS opponent, Tarleton State, in their 2024 season opener on August 31. For the full Baylor schedule, keep scrolling.

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2024 Baylor Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Tarleton State (FCS) August 31 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Utah September 7 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Air Force September 14 | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub Fox Sports 1 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Colorado September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
BYU September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Iowa State October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Texas Tech October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Oklahoma State October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
TCU November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ West Virginia November 16 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Houston November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Kansas November 30 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Baylor 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last year (72), the Bears have the 55th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • Baylor will face the 27th-ranked schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
  • Baylor is playing the 12th-toughest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
  • The Bears are playing the 22nd-toughest conference schedule this season (based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Baylor will play seven games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (one of those teams won nine or more games and zero of them collected three or fewer wins).
  • The Bears have seven teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Baylor Stat Insights (2023)

  • Despite having a bottom-25 defense that ranked 21st-worst in FBS (421.3 yards allowed per game) last season, the Bears put up better results offensively, ranking 73rd in FBS by putting up 377.8 yards per game.
  • With 33.3 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 18th-worst in FBS last season, Baylor had to lean on its 101st-ranked offense (23.1 points per contest) to keep it in games.
  • On offense, the Bears ranked 37th in FBS with 263 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 85th in passing yards allowed per contest (236.4).
  • With 114.8 offensive rushing yards per game (23rd-worst) and 184.9 rushing yards allowed per game on defense (16th-worst), Baylor played poorly on both sides of the ball in the running game last season.
  • Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 22nd-worst in FBS last season (44.1% third-down conversion rate), the Bears played better on offense, ranking 92nd in FBS by putting up a 36.2% third-down percentage.
  • Baylor forced 15 total turnovers (99th in FBS) last season and turned it over 15 times (35th in FBS) for a turnover margin of an even, 69th-ranked in college football.

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