Utah will bring a Southeastern Conference football opponent to Rice-Eccles Stadium for the first time in September 2026, having agreed to a home-and-home series with Arkansas, Ute athletic director Mark Harlan announced Wednesday.
The Utes will visit Arkansas in 2028. The series gives Utah another set of games against a Power Five opponent in the upcoming decade, along with a 2023-24 series vs. Baylor.
Utah played Texas A&M in Salt Lake City 2004, when the Aggies were Big 12 members, but never has hosted a team that belonged to the SEC at the time.
"We will continue to look at the premier programs in the country as we build out our future schedules to bring value to our football program and to our fan base,” Harlan said in a school news release.