Big Sky football enters Week 6 with a scheduled Top 15 matchup in Flagstaff, where No. 2 Montana is set to visit No. 13 Northern Arizona. This game headlines a five-game weekend of conference action.
The Idaho State football program was named the Big Sky Conference Commissioner’s Team of the Month for September after achieving a 4-0 start. According to a notice from the conference, this marks the first time the program has started a season with four consecutive wins since 1995.
Other recent conference developments include Northern Arizona University winning the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup for the 2025-26 athletic calendar, marking the sixth time the school has received the honor. Additionally, Northern Colorado was awarded the Big Sky Conference SAAC Cup for the 2025-26 athletic season.
The Big Sky Conference has expanded its full-time membership to 11 universities for the 2026-27 academic year and beyond, following the official addition of Southern Utah University and Utah Tech University. Earlier in the year, the league announced that five regular-season football conference games were selected for national linear distribution by ESPN's family of networks.
The Big Sky Conference preseason honors, including the 38-member Preseason All-Conference Team and Most Valuable Player awards, were announced in July. Defending national champion Montana State was named the league favorite in both the preseason coaches' and media polls heading into the 2026 football season.
