Daily Blog •February 11, 2014

When people talk about a college football off-season, I tend to roll my eyes as I am constantly working on college football 365 days a year. I myself have three different seasons including the college football regular season and magazine season where I put many 100-hour work weeks in during that time and then my summers are filled with me doing 8-10 radio shows a day promoting my college football preview which is now only 97 days away from being sent to the press and only 126 days away from hitting the newsstands!

If you’re a diehard college football fan like I am, is there really a time anymore where there is not something going on in the college football world? For example, the National Championship game took place on January 6, but then even after that game you had four weeks of constant recruiting coverage leading up to Signing Day which was on February 5. Then just two days later on February 7, Tulane and Duke were the first teams to start their spring practices and Tulane has their spring game on February 28!

Naturally, after a couple months of reading up on spring practice, most of the spring games conclude on April 12-April 26, then you really only have a month until the major college football magazines hit the newsstands and then it’s a couple months of digesting all the information you need to become an expert before the teams open up fall camp in early August!   

Today I thought I would give you a football fix and an easy guide to see when your favorite team starts spring practice and has their annual spring game. If you see any dates that may be wrong or if you know of a team’s practice dates please feel free to email brandon@philsteele.com and we will continue to update this page!

2014 Spring Practice Dates

American Athletic
School Start Finish
Cincinnati Fri., Feb. 28 Sat, April 5
Connecticut Mon., March 10 Sat., April 12
East Carolina Fri., March 21 Sat., April 12
Houston Mon., March 3 Fri., April 11
Memphis Sun., March 2 Fri., April 11
SMU Tue., March 4 Sat, April 5
Temple Mon., March 24 Sat., April 26
Tulane Fri., Feb. 7 Fri., Feb. 28
Tulsa Tue., March 11 Sat., April 19
UCF Wed., March 12 Sat., April 12
USF Wed., Feb. 26 Sat., March 29
ACC
Atlantic Start Finish
Boston College    
Clemson Wed., March 5 Sat., April 12
Florida St Wed., March 19 Sat., April 12
Louisville Tue., March 18 Fri., April 11
NC State Tue., March 4 Sat., April 12
Syracuse Tue., March 18 Sat., April 12
Wake Forest Tue., March 25 Sat., April 26
Coastal Start Finish
Duke Fri., Feb. 7 Wed., March 5
Georgia Tech Mon., March 24 Fri., April 18
Miami, Fl Sat., March 1 Sat., April 12
North Carolina Wed., March 5 Sat., April 12
Pittsburgh    
Virginia    
Virginia Tech Thu., March 27 Sat., April 26
Big Ten
East Start Finish
Indiana    
Maryland    
Michigan Tue., Feb. 25 Sat., April 5
Michigan St Tue., March 25 Sat., April 26
Ohio St Tue., March 4 Sat., April 12
Penn St   Sat., April 12
Rutgers Tue., March 25 Sat., April 26
West Start Finish
Illinois Wed., March 5 Sat., April 12
Iowa Mon., March 24 Sat., April 26
Minnesota    
Nebraska Sat., March 8 Sat., April 12
Northwestern    
Purdue Thu., March 6 Sat., April 12
Wisconsin Fri., March 7 Sat., April 12
Big 12
School Start Finish
Baylor Fri., Feb. 28 Sat, April 5
Iowa St Mon., March 10 Mon., April 14
Kansas Tue., March 4 Sat., April 12
Kansas St Wed., April 2 Sat., April 26
Oklahoma Sat., March 8 Sat., April 12
Oklahoma St    
Texas Tue., March 18 Sat., April 19
TCU Sat., March 1 Sat., April 5
Texas Tech Wed., March 5 Sat., April 12
West Virginia Sun., March 2 Sat., April 12
CUSA
East Start Finish
Florida Atlantic Wed., March 12 Sat., April 5
FIU   Sat., April 12
Marshall    
Middle Tennessee Sat., March 22 Sat., April 12
Old Dominion   Sat., April 12
UAB    
WKU Tue., March 25 Sat., April 19
West Start Finish
Louisiana Tech Fri., March 14 Sat., April 12
North Texas Tue., March 4 Sat., April 12
Rice Tue., March 11 Fri., April 11
Southern Miss Mon., March 17 Sat., April 19
UTEP Mon., March 3 Fri., April 11
UTSA Wed., March 26 Sat., April 26
MAC
East Start Finish
Akron Mon., March 17 Sat., April 19
Bowling Green Thu., Feb. 27 Sat, April 5
Buffalo    
Kent St    
Massachusetts    
Miami, Oh Mon., March 31 Sat., May 3
Ohio Mon., March 10 Sat., April 12
West Start Finish
Ball St Tue., March 25 Sat., April 19
Central Michigan    
Eastern Michigan Tue., March 11 Sat., April 12
Northern Illinois Tue., March 18 Sat., April 19
Toledo Wed., March 12 Sat., April 12
Western Michigan   Sat., April 19
Mountain West
Mountain Start Finish
Air Force Wed., Feb. 19 Wed., March 19
Boise St Mon., March 10 Sat., April 12
Colorado St Tue., March 25 Sat., April 19
New Mexico Tue., March 25 Sat., April 19
Utah State Mon., March 3 Sat., April 12
Wyoming    
West Start Finish
Fresno St Mon., March 10 Sat., April 5
Hawaii Tue., April 1 Sat., April 26
Nevada    
San Diego St    
San Jose St Fri., Feb. 21 Sat., March 22
UNLV Mon., March 3 Fri., April 11
Pac-12
North Start Finish
California Mon., Feb. 24 Sat., April 26
Oregon Tue., April 1 Sat., May 3
Oregon St   Sat., May 3
Stanford Mon., Feb. 24 Sat., April 12
Washington Tue., March 4 Sat., April 19
Washington St Thu., March 27 Tue., April 29
South Start Finish
Arizona Mon., March 3 Sat., April 12
Arizona St Tue., March 18 Sat., April 19
Colorado Sat., March 7 Sat., April 12
UCLA   Sat., April 26
USC Tue., March 11 Sat., April 19
Utah Tue., March 18 Sat., April 19
SEC
East Start Finish
Florida Wed., March 19 Sat., April 12
Georgia Tue., March 18 Sat., April 12
Kentucky Fri., March 28 Sat., April 26
Missouri Tue., March 11 Sat., April 19
South Carolina Tue., March 4 Sat., April 12
Tennessee Fri., March 7 Sat., April 12
Vanderbilt Sat., March 15 Sun., April 13
West Start Finish
Alabama Sat., March 15 Sat., April 19
Arkansas Sun., March 16 Sat., April 26
Auburn Tue., March 18 Sat., April 19
LSU Fri., March 7 Sat., April 5
Ole Miss Wed., March 5 Sat., April 5
Mississippi St Tue., March 18 Sat., April 12
Texas A&M Fri., Feb. 28 Sat, April 5
Sun Belt
School Start Finish
Appalachian St    
Arkansas St Mon., March 17 Fri., April 18
Georgia Southern Tue., March 25 Fri., April 18
Georgia St Mon., March 10 Sat., April 12
Idaho    
Louisiana    
ULM Mon., March 17 Sat., April 12
New Mexico St    
South Alabama Mon., March 10 Sat., April 6
Texas St    
Troy Mon., Feb. 24 Sat., March 29
Independents
School Start Finish
Army Tue., March 25 Sat., April 19
BYU Mon., March 3 Fri., April 4
Navy    
Notre Dame Mon., March 3 Sat., April 12