Baylor Adds SMU to Schedule for 2025, 2026

As previously stated, SMU joins the ACC this season so they will play eight conference games and in 2025 the Mustangs will play at least 10 Power Four games. Along with the Baylor game, SMU travels to Fort Worth for their annual tilt with rival TCU. That series, unfortunately, ends with the 2025 game.

SMU’s conference opponents in 2025 are Boston College, California, Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest.

The 2026 Mustangs only have Baylor so far for their out-of-conference schedule so there is room for more Power Four opponents. There is also the possibility that the ACC will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026. If that happens SMU would again play at least 10 Power Four games.

Baylor holds a 39-36-7 record against SMU, the last game having been played in 2016. That game, a 40-13 Baylor victory, extended Baylor’s current win streak in the series to 13 games.

Baylor safety Orion Stewart was the MVP of the 2016 game as he finished with 8 total tackles and 2 interceptions with one being returned for a touchdown.

The longest win streak for SMU in the series is eight games. Both SMU and Baylor played annually as members of the Southwest Conference. However, the SWC folded in 1995 when Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech all left to join the Big 8 Conference to form the Big 12.