The Utah Tech Trailblazers football team, formerly known as the Dixie State Trailblazers, represent Utah Tech University in the sport of American football. The Trailblazers compete as a member of the Big Sky Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Originally a junior college program, the school joined the NCAA at the Division II level in 2006 and played in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference from 2008 through 2016 and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons. In July 2020, they began the transition to NCAA Division I status by moving to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in all sports except football.
In July 2021, the WAC reinstated football as a sponsored sport, playing at the FCS level. This coincided with the arrival of four new members that play FCS football; with Southern Utah University set to join in 2022. After the 2022 season, the WAC fully merged its football league with that of the ASUN Conference, creating what eventually became the United Athletic Conference, and Utah Tech accordingly moved its football team to the new league. season. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Utah Tech was ineligible for the FCS playoffs from 2020 to 2024. However, Utah Tech is now eligible for FCS Playoff competition as of the 2024 season.
Future non-conference opponents Announced schedules as of October 28, 2025.
at BYU at Fresno State at Utah at San Jose State at Utah at Montana Northern Arizona
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