But most everyone associates tailgating with football. The NFL hasn’t even held their annual draft yet so that leaves college football to fill the tailgating void. Welcome spring football practices and the annual spring scrimmages. Most major football programs have a spring game or at the very least a controlled scrimmage to end spring practice. The majority of those games are open to the public and many fans starved for some football treat them like a real game complete with a full day of tailgating.
In the interest of promoting tailgating and the tailgate party lifestyle, here is a complete list of schools and their scheduled dates for the Spring Game. Keep in mind some schools opened up spring practice early and have already held their annual spring game. (Army held theirs on March 9th…) The school’s and their spring game are listed by conference. Dust off the grill and go tailgate some college football in the next few weeks.
ACC
Boston College – March 31
Clemson – April 14
Duke – March 31
Florida State – April 14
Georgia Tech – April 21
Maryland – April 21
Miami – April 14
North Carolina – April 14
N.C. State – April 21
Virginia – April 14
Virginia Tech – April 21
Wake Forest – April 14
Big East
Cincinnati – April 14
Connecticut – April 21
Louisville– April 14
Pittsburgh – April 14
Rutgers – April 28
South Florida – April 21
Syracuse – April 21
Big 10
LEGENDS DIVISION
Iowa – April 14
Michigan – April 14
Michigan State – April 28
Minnesota – April 21
Nebraska – April 14
Northwestern – April 14
LEADERS DIVISION
Illinois – April 14
Indiana – April 14
Ohio State – April 21
Penn State – April 21
Purdue – April 14
Wisconsin – April 28
Big XII
Baylor – April 14
Iowa State – April 14
Kansas – April 28
Kansas State – April 28
Oklahoma – April 14
Oklahoma State – April 21
TCU – March 31
Texas – April 1
Texas Tech – March 24
West Virginia – April 21
Conference USA
Central Florida — April 14
East Carolina — April 14
Houston — April 13
Marshall — April 28
Memphis — March 31
Rice — March 30
SMU – no spring game
Southern Miss — April 14
Tulane — March 24
Tulsa — April 7
UAB — April 21
UTEP — April 6
Independents
Army — March 9
BYU — March 30
Navy — April 14
Notre Dame — April 21
MAC
Akron — April 21
Ball State — April 21
Bowling Green — April 13
Buffalo — April 14
Central Michigan — April 14
Eastern Michigan — April 15
Kent State — April 21
Miami — April 28
Northern Illinois — April 21
Ohio — April 21
Temple — April 14
Toledo — April 13
UMass — April 28
Western Michigan — April 14
Mountain West
Air Force – no spring game
Boise State — April 14
Colorado State — April 21
Fresno State — March 25
Hawaii — April 28
Nevada — April 21
New Mexico – TBD
San Diego State — March 18
UNLV — April 20
Wyoming — April 21
Pac 12
Arizona – April 14
Arizona State – April 21
Cal – (no spring game)
Colorado – April 14
Oregon – April 28
Oregon State – April 28
Stanford – April 14
UCLA – May 5
USC – April 14
Utah – April 21
Washington – April 21
Washington State – April 21
SEC
Alabama – April 14
Arkansas – April 21
Auburn – April 14
Florida – April 7
Georgia – April 14
Kentucky – April 21
LSU – March 31
Mississippi – April 21
Mississippi State– April 21
Missouri – April 21
South Carolina – April 14
Tennessee – April 21
Texas A&M – April 28
Vanderbilt – April 14
Sun Belt
Arkansas State — April 14
FAU — April 14
FIU — TBD
Louisiana-Lafayette — March 30 or 31
Louisiana-Monroe — March 24
Middle Tennessee State — April 14
North Texas — April 21
South Alabama — March 24
Troy — March 31
Western Kentucky — April 14
WAC
Idaho — April 20
Louisiana Tech — April 14
New Mexico State — April 28
San Jose State — April 13
Texas State — March 31
UT-San Antonio — April 15
Utah State — April 28