The Big Sky Conference has released future conference football schedules from 2022-24, as announced today (July 24).
 
The previously announced schedules have been altered due to Southern Utah's move to Western Athletic Conference after this season, making the conference a 12-team football league beginning in 2022.
 
The future 2022-24 schedules will still feature eight league games that include two annual opponents, some of whom have changed since the last time, and six rotating opponents. This format was selected in part based on feedback from the league membership about wanting to make sure teams did not go a long time during the three-year slate without playing a fellow conference opponent.
 
Eastern Washington's two annual opponents are Idaho and Montana State.
 
League schools also had increased input into the scheduling process, with each institution allowed to request their preferred annual opponents (every school got at least one of their requests) and one week per season during which they would like to be home or not at home (either away or open). The nine non-California-based teams will play one game each season at either Cal Poly, Sacramento State, or UC Davis, and will host one of those three every year as well.
 
This announcement comes ahead of the Big Sky Football Kickoff this weekend in Spokane, Wash. Monday (July 26) will feature more than five hours of live coverage from the Davenport Grand Hotel beginning at 9 a.m. PT on ESPN+, with the Big Sky's Mariluz Cook set to interview two student-athletes and the head coach from all 13 football teams as well as Commissioner Tom Wistrcill. The broadcast will be the first for the Big Sky on ESPN+.
 
Head Eastern Washington football coach Aaron Best along with senior quarterback, Eric Barriere, and senior linebacker, Jack Sendelbach will be featured a 2 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
 
Future Eastern Washington Football Big Sky Conference Schedules:
 
2022 Season
 
9/24/22 – Montana State
10/1/22 – Open
10/8/22 – at Weber State
10/15/22 – Sacramento State
10/22/22 – at Cal Poly
10/29/22 – Portland State
11/5/22 – at Idaho
11/12/22 – at Montana
11/19/22 – Northern Colorado
 
2023 Season
 
9/23/23 – at UC Davis
9/30/23 – Idaho
10/7/23 – Open
10/14/23 – at Idaho State
10/21/23 – Weber State
10/28/23 – at Portland State
11/4/23 – Cal Poly
11/11/23 – at Montana State
11/18/23 – Northern Arizona
 
2024 Season
 
9/28/24 – Montana
10/5/24 – Open
10/12/24 – at Sacramento State
10/19/24 – UC Davis
10/26/24 – at Idaho
11/2/24 – Montana State
11/9/24 – Northern Colorado
11/16/24 – Idaho State
11/23/24 – Northern Arizona