FAA Ground Stop Threatens to Disrupt Week 12 College Football Schedule

Nick Pedone|published: 11/13/2026, 6:18pm EST

Nov 7, 2026; Waco, Texas, USA; Baylor quarterback DJ Lagway (2) scores on a 54 yard touchdown run against the Iowa State Cyclones during the first half at McLane Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images

It sounds like college football will be disrupted by the FAA grounding all flights on Friday afternoon.

According to college football insider Pete Thamel, several high profile programs haven’t traveled to their destinations for Week 12 as of Friday night.

All ACC teams have successfully arrived at their Saturday destinations. Nebraska, Northwestern, Florida, Missouri, Texas Tech, Duke, Wake Forest, Boston College, South Carolina, Louisville, Kansas and James Madison all completed their travels successfully.

USC is in the air.

Here are all the games impacted by travel as of Friday night.

Baylor @ No. 10 BYU

Baylor has not made their trip to BYU as of Friday night.

Kansas State @ TCU

Kansas State has not made their trip to TCU as of Friday night.

No. 2 Utah @ No. 23 Arizona

Utah has not made their trip to Arizona as of Friday night.

Arizona State @ UCF

Arizona State has not made their trip to UCF as of Friday night.

No. 19 Ole Miss @ Oklahoma

Ole Miss has not made their trip to Oklahoma as of Friday night.

No. 8 Tennessee @ Texas A&M

Tennessee has not made their trip to Texas A&M as of Friday night.

No. 6 Texas @ No. 21 LSU

Texas has not made their trip to LSU as of Friday night.

Minnesota @ Penn State

Minnesota has not made their trip to Penn State as of Friday night.

Purdue @ No. 15 Iowa

Purdue has not made their trip to Iowa as of Friday night, but they will be transporting via bus.

Washington @ Michigan State

Washington has not made their trip to Michigan State as of Friday night.

Oregon State @ No. 24 Boise State

Oregon State has not made their trip to Boise State as of Friday night.

Wyoming @ UTEP

Wyoming has not made their trip to UTEP as of Friday night.

North Texas @ UTSA

North Texas has not made their trip to UTSA as of Friday night, but they will be transporting via bus.

As all of this unfolds, teams will be scrambling for buses or other transportation. It feels wildly unlikely that some of these games will be able to happen as scheduled. The FAA nationwide ground stop doesn’t have any concrete updates or any expected time of resuming operations.

Even when flights are able to resume, it’s going to be a logistical nightmare getting these planes off the ground. It’s very likely that the NFL’s Week 10 could be impacted by this FAA nationwide ground stop, also.