Arizona football scheduled a future home-and-home series with a former Pac-12 conference opponent.
The Wildcats will face the Washington State Cougars in back-to-back seasons in 2026 and ’27, the UA announced on Friday.
The first matchup between Arizona and WSU will be at Gesa Field in Pullman in 2026. Arizona is hosting the ’27 game in Tucson.
Arizona’s nonconference series with Washington State will replace the BYU home-and-home series, which was also scheduled for the ’26 and ’27 seasons. The Wildcats and BYU will instead face each other in Big 12 play.
Arizona’s other nonconference opponents in 2026 are Northern Illinois and Northern Arizona. The Wildcats’ 2027 nonconference opponents are Colorado State and NAU.
Washington State was one of two teams to stay in the Pac-12 in 2024 despite conference realignment, along with the Oregon State Beavers. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah bolted for the Big 12, while USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon joined the Big Ten. Cal and Stanford left the “Conference of Champions” to compete in the ACC.
Arizona is 28-19 all-time against Washington State since the first contest in 1963.
The Wildcats won the previous contest, a 44-6 drubbing in Pullman, which kickstarted Arizona’s seven-game winning streak to end the 2023 season.