Every New College Football Uniform for 2024

PublishedAugust 19, 2024/byClint Richardson/0 Comments

You have waited long enough. College football returns this week!

While you waited and read practice reports, the Auburn Uniform Database was busy collecting all the new uniforms for the season to compile into this list. And it’s not just uniforms! Here, you’ll find a full breakdown of new conferences, anniversary patches, newly redesigned logos, turf field replacements, and so much more.

Before we dive into the individual conferences and teams, there are some overarching items to cover:

Last year, Nike rolled out the new Vapor FUSE template. This year, many teams have made the transition to the new template style. Likewise, Under Armour has a new template. You can see a detailed breakdown here.
Adidas is also running out a new template, but with select teams right now. The new jersey has a few interesting details, including a mesh collar section and a “zipper” mesh seam down the center of the front and back that extends to the side of the torso. The most unique element is the half shoulder cap seam which terminates at the top of the shoulder. This can lead to an odd floating stripe effect.
The NCAA has approved a few new rules that could impact the aesthetics of college football:
- Helmet communications are now allowed, similar to the NFL. The NFL indicates which helmets are radio-equipped with a green dot on the back. While it’s unclear how most teams and conferences will indicate the helmets, Auburn will utilize a green “C2P” (Coach 2 Player Communication) dot decal. Expect to see this throughout the SEC and likely beyond.
- Teams are now permitted to sell advertisement space on the football fields. While this was approved in early June, only Tennessee has announced a partnership at the time of writing. With this announcement likely setting off dominos that result in numerous schools following suit soon enough, we will not be including them in this overview.
- Likewise, schools are looking into the financials of adding jersey sponsorships. It likely won’t impact college football this season but may crop up later in the year or in time for next season.

Alright, that’s enough up front. Let’s dive into every conference and team!

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ACC

Cal

The Golden Bears move to the ACC (what?) this season, with the team’s jerseys and turf field reflecting the change. Cal will also be sporting new uniforms in their inaugural ACC season, mothballing the Sather Stripe design produced by Nike last year and Under Armour previously. The new uniforms evoke a throwback design, harkening to the 1970s and Joe Roth throwbacks worn for years now.

The new design features triple stripes on the jersey shoulders and pants legs. The jerseys come in white and navy (for now) while the pants are available in white, navy, and yellow options. There is also a yellow helmet to be worn as a Roth throwback, complete with stripes and the block C logo.

Duke

The Blue Devils have added a new secondary mark: a Bull City “Horns” Devil logo. It’s supposed to represent Durham being the “Bull City.” In 2021, Duke added the hand signal to the helmet front bumpers. This new logo isn’t expected to appear on the uniforms, however.

Florida State

FSU has been showcasing a new turquoise uniform for recruit photoshoots and other insider features. It was also worn as the non-contact jersey for the team’s spring game. The color is related to the Native American tribes and has been the basis for Nike’s N7 program for years. Seminole basketball teams have worn the alternate color in games previously. It’s yet to be announced whether these will be worn in an official game for the football team, though fans are pushing for it to happen.

Louisville

Not the be left out of the Adidas alternate uniform trend this year, the Cardinals will sport gold-numbered and lettered jerseys. Unfortunately, that’s all we know at the time of publishing.

The 2024 Adidas alternate uniforms include faux-mesh patterns on the numbers, stripes, and helmet decals. (image via Miami Athletics)

Miami

The Hurricanes move to the latest Adidas template. While the base design with sleeve stripes returns, the numbers once again change to a traditional block font. In 2021, Miami switched from the block font to the unique Dade Bold font. A new black alternate uniform was also revealed. This seemingly fits the new Adidas alternate design motif of the season, including faux mesh patterns in the numbers and stripes – even the helmet stripe matches. Unlike some recent black designs, this Miami look lacks green beyond the U logo.

SMU

SMU is one of the new ACC members this season, so the field and jersey now carry a new logo. Head coach Rhett Lashlee has also teased a new uniform design coming this year, though it hasn’t been revealed at the time of writing.

Stanford

The Cardinal are another of the new ACC members for 2024, with their jerseys matching the change.

Syracuse

Nike FUSE template for Syracuse this season.

Virginia

The Cavaliers have upgraded to Nike’s newest FUSE template and took the opportunity to tweak their uniforms ever so slightly. Despite sporting a throwback-esque look for a few years now, the new uniforms will feature just two stripes rather than three. The space between the two stripes has been removed on the jerseys, pants, and helmets.

The Michael Vick-era uniforms return to Blacksburg. (image via Virginia Tech Athletics)

Virginia Tech

VT is dumping the over-the-shoulder stripes for a throwback-inspired Michael Vick-era look. The new Hokies uniforms include no stripes (a rarity for this year’s uniforms), contrasting colored TV numbers on the shoulders, and the Hokie Stone pattern inside the numerals. The stone pattern is much more prevalent on this design than in years past. The white helmets also feature a new striping pattern to better match the VT logo.

Wake Forest

Another team upgrading to the Nike FUSE, Wake will retain the same black and gold uniform design this season with the WF logo on the shoulders. The only noticeable change comes with the collar, which swaps the Deacon head logo with the Walkin’ Deacon logo.

American

Army

Army is joining a conference for the first time since 2004, which means a new jersey patch. That new patch will don a Nike FUSE template for the Black Knights this season.

Details of the 49ers’ new Gold Rush uniforms. (image via Charlotte Football)

Charlotte

The 49ers have revealed a new Gold Rush uniform to be worn opening weekend against James Madison. The jersey matches the other uniforms with white UCLA stripes on the shoulders. The chest now features a small “Charlotte” wordmark that, along with the numbers, is outlined in green. These are paired with a new gold helmet that includes a single white stripe, white player numbers on the left and the primary C logo on the right. The pants are white with two gold stripes.

The shade of gold feels too light to be paired directly with white without the green being used as trim. The jerseys using this method and the pants and helmets not make this an odd design choice.

East Carolina

The ECU Pirates have added striped purple pants to the rotation to match the throwback purple tops added a few years ago. They previously paired this look with striped white and yellow pants.

Navy

The Midshipmen are wearing the new Under Armour template, placing the anchor logo on the collar.

North Texas

The Mean Green will look clean. (image via North Texas Athletics)

UNT has had a few different looks over the years, swinging between the traditional and the not-so-much. The new Mean Green uniforms are a bit of a middle ground. The throwback design sticks with the striped jerseys and simple numerals while the winged helmet returns. North Texas has shown off the white helmets with green and white jerseys and pants. A new kelly green helmet is also going to be worn this season.

Rice

The Owls have new Adidas uniforms with shoulder stripes and a large wordmark on the chest. Rice will have white, grey, and blue pants to mix and match with the white and navy tops and silver and navy helmets. It’s unfortunate the pants don’t have stripes to match the rest of the look.

The Owls will also be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Rice Stadium. The team has created a logo for the anniversary.

Tulsa

Sleeve stripes return for the Golden Hurricanes. The blue jersey features gold/blue/gold stripes as the white tops have blue/gold/blue stripes. Gold and white helmets return as new gold and white stripeless pants are available to mix and match with.

UAB

The UAB Blazers have new uniforms – again. A year after sporting new threads, they’ve been replaced with some tweaks. This new set includes five jersey and pant colorways, each consisting of contrasting collarbone and pants stripes, with the latter including “Blazers” down the leg. The five colors include green, white, black, grey with white numbers, and grey with neon green numbers. There are three new helmet designs on two shells: matte green with white decals, white green decals, and white with neon green and black decals.

Like last year’s uniforms, these come with unique roles. The green and white uniforms will be the home and away sets, respectively. The black threads are for Smile-A-Mile, an organization that helps provide hope for childhood cancer. The first grey uniform includes neon green details and marks the ninth season of the Children’s Harbor uniform partnership. These look to replace the name on the pants stripe with the truncated grey and white stripes worn in past years. Both of these designs will feature a child’s name on the jersey nameplate and be given to the family following the game. The remaining grey set is named the “Birmingham Series,” despite not having the city name displayed like with other sports on campus.

Finally, UAB has refreshed logos for 2024. The academic and athletic logos get a slight makeover with colors being standardized across the board. The dragon head that appears on the helmets has been simplified and a few alternate marks have been created.

Big 10

The Illini revealed the most ambitious uniform of the offseason. (image via Illinois Athletics)

Illinois

Illinois is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium by sporting three different throwback helmet styles this season. The Illini will also sport a unique throwback uniform honoring Red Grange as they rededicate the stadium. A hand-painted faux leather helmet is paired with a blue jersey and tan-colored pants. The jersey had tanned “friction stripes,” mimicking the design worn in 1924. The 100 years of Memorial Stadium logo is worn as a patch on the right shoulder and as a helmet decal.

Indiana

The Hoosiers have retired the black-trimmed and faux-mesh detailed uniforms for a simpler, sans-black look.

Iowa

Simple change for the Hawkeyes, who will now have black bumpers on their helmets rather than the stock white. Iowa will also be sporting the new Nike FUSE template.

Maryland

The Terps have moved over to Under Armour’s new template for 2024 and are adding the M logo to the center of the collar. Maryland has also released their home uniform schedule for the season – a rarity in college football. Finally, Maryland has re-signed with Under Armour, locking the two together through 2036.

The Gophers look good again, despite the Row the Boat decals remaining. (image via Minnesota Athletics)

Minnesota

Minnesota has upgraded to Nike’s FUSE template and introduced stripes into the design. The new white, gold, and maroon jerseys come with Northwestern Stripes on the sleeves while the three pants colorways have a triple stripe. PJ Fleck couldn’t be stopped as the Row the Boat oar stripes are still in place on the helmets.

Northwestern

The Wildcats have jumped on the trend of Under Armour’s new template. The N logo is placed on the collar.

Ohio State

Ohio State has announced that the all-grey uniforms will be worn against Iowa. The scarlet pants are likely to be worn against Nebraska.

Oregon

Oregon joins the Big 10 this season. The 30th anniversary of Oregon’s O logo coincides with a “Generation O” uniform set. Oregon released a new uniform every few weeks during the summer, beginning with a new black uniform. These combine a few eras of Ducks uniforms, including the original diamond-plate design.

The perfect Oregon uniform? It’s possible! (image via Oregon Athletics)

The second uniform may be my favorite OU uniform, including an apple green base, yellow O helmet decals and trim across the jersey, and Puddles (!) returning to the shoulders. Next was a white colorway of the Puddles uniform, which also look incredible.

A white colorway of the black diamond-plate and wing design was leaked but has not been officially announced yet.

Purdue

Purdue has officially retired Nike’s Mach Speed template, being the last of the Power 5 holdouts. The new FUSE designs feature a beautiful set of stripes on the shoulders and pants with a matching decal on the helmets. It’s a new striping pattern for the Boilermakers and it works really well. The team showed off black and white jerseys, black and gold helmets, and black, gold, and white pants.

UCLA

The Bruins have added the Big 10 patch to their jerseys to reflect the new conference home.

USC

New year, new conference, new jersey patch.

Washington

Oh, look, another new Big 10 member! Here’s the B1G patch on the Washington jersey. And how it looks on the Huskies’ turf field.

While not officially announced just yet, an alternate black uniform that matches the 2024 Adidas trend with perforated numbers appears to be on the way. The uniform was leaked through a retail jersey listing.

Wisconsin

The Badgers are also sporting the new Under Armour template. Much like their conference counterparts, Wisconsin has the primary logo on the collar with the new threads.

Big 12

Arizona State

ASU has joined the Big 12 this season with a new jersey patch to boot. The Sun Devils will also be sporting a new gold uniform this season, complete with gold pants and gold chrome jersey patches. This fits the Adidas alternate trend this season with the perforated numbers, but it doesn’t appear to infest the helmet decals, though we don’t have great photos of the lids.

Script helmet decals are popular and this may be one of the best. (image via Arizona Athletics)

Arizona

A year after introducing new uniforms, Arizona has adjusted the uniforms to fix the sleeve striping. The Wildcats will also have a new helmet design available this season, complete with the beautiful red script Cats mark on the sides. As a new member of the Big 12 conference, the jersey patch and turf field have been updated.

Baylor

Baylor is the epitome of creating a good-looking uniform that somehow misses the team’s mark. The Bears’ new uniforms come in green, yellow, and white with matching stripes on the shoulders and pants. The helmets remain stripeless with the BU logo on the sides.

Baylor also revealed an anthracite grey uniform that feels more in line with a Baylor uniform. The jersey features yellow decals, numbers, and a large “Baylor” chestmark. The shoulders include a sublimated bear claw, reminiscent of past Baylor uniforms.

BYU

BYU paid attention to the details with their new 1996 throwbacks. (image via BYU Athletics)

2024 marks the 100th season of BYU Football. The team has unveiled a commemorative logo for the anniversary that will appear in the endzones. The field also swaps the midfield logo colors, now with a white Y on a blue oval. The Cougars will also sport 1996 throwback uniforms, featuring black stripes and drop-shadow numbers, with the Y logo placed on the shoulders.

BYU has also released the entire uniform schedule for every game this year.

Cincinnati

After utilizing last year as a gap year, Cincy is officially signed with Nike rather than BSN as a middleman. The Bearcats will sport the new FUSE template in 2024 after sporting the cheaper “catalog” version of the template last year. This season also marks the 100th anniversary of Nippert Stadium, complete with its own commemorative logo design.

Colorado

The Buffalos returned to the Big 12 in 2024 and swapped out the Pac-12 patch on the jerseys. Colorado is also expected to reveal new uniforms this season, but they hadn’t been shown before publishing this piece. A mockup did leak, however, showing gold mountains on the sleeves. This comes from CTESPN, Antonio Brown’s network, which has been accurate with NFL uniform leaks this summer.

Houston

Despite receiving a cease and desist letter from the NFL last year for their Houston Oilers-esque design, the Houston Cougars have announced they will ignore the NFL’s letter and continue to wear the uniforms.

Iowa State

Stripes are in for 2024, and Iowa State wouldn’t let the trend pass them by. The Cyclones’ new uniforms come in all red, white, black, and a second white set. The red top has white and yellow stripes, the white jersey has red and yellow stripes, and the black jersey features white stripes. The other white uniform is simply white with black details. It’s another instance of Iowa State weirdly abandoning their school colors, but now on two uniforms. Each jersey includes the Jack Trice patch on the left chest.

2024 also marks the 50th anniversary of Jack Trice Stadium, which now has an anniversary logo.

Kansas

Rock Chalk Jayhawk has never been more true than with these new red uniforms for Kansas. Red isn’t anything new for KU, but the interesting details here come on the shoulders. The pair of blue/white/blue stripes is interrupted by the school’s battle cry.

I think it’s easy to dismiss these as another weird uniform, but the shoulder text reminds me of the old-school rivalry uniforms like Iowa State and other teams wore once upon a time. I also think they could have done something unique with the pants to match the jerseys.

TCU

The Nike FUSE template limits some capabilities that past templates had, which unfortunately results in TCU losing their unique Black Panther-esque collar design. The Horned Frogs’ new uniforms, available in purple, black, and white, take a much simpler approach. This design does, though, mark the return of chrome helmets – both purple and silver– with other designs expected throughout the season. The back of the collar includes a “Carter Boys” tag, a nod to the team’s stadium.

Texas Tech

Tech’s first set with Adidas is a solid, traditional look. (image via Texas Tech Athletics)

Texas Tech has changed from Under Armour to Adidas thanks to the help of Patrick Mahomes. That means new uniforms on the latest Adidas template. The new throwback-inspired threads come in black, white, and red, with black and white helmets available. The design is similar across the board, with matching stripes on the helmets, shoulders, and pants. The white and black jerseys have “Texas Tech” across the chest while “Red Raiders” don the red tops.

The new Adidas template doesn’t have a front seam for the shoulder caps, which creates an odd floating stripe effect. Texas Tech takes it to a new level with the outline wrapping around the center stripe, a design element you don’t see often. The outline is only showcased on the front end of the stripe but not the back.

Utah

The Utes leave the dying Pac-12 behind to jump ship for the Big 12 and the team jerseys reflect the change.

West Virginia

For the first time in a long time, West Virginia finally looks like West Virginia again. Placed on blue, gold, and white helmets, jerseys, and pants, the new WVU uniforms feature a contrasting USC-like shoulder stripe and triple stripes on the pants. The flying WV logo is placed on the helmets and shoulders while a large “Mountaineers” wordmark is placed on the chest. The only detractor from this set is the custom number font, though it’s still lightyears better than the old pickax font previously worn.

The new set wouldn’t be complete without a black alternate design. To “honor the state’s mining history,” these uniforms feature a coal-based pattern on the helmet stripe, pants stripe, and shoulder caps. White stripes are placed on the shoulders and pants to resemble reflective safety wear.

The Mountaineers, in all sports, will also wear #44 logos for the late Jerry West.

Welcome back to a decent uniform, Mountaineers. We’ve missed you. (image via West Virginia Athletics)

CUSA

Jacksonville State

The best part of Jacksonville State’s new uniforms is the vintage walking gamecock logo. (image via JSU Athletics)

Jax State, as they’ve been branding themselves, will sport three new uniforms this season. Coming in red, white, and black, the new sets each feature triple stripes on the shoulders and double stripes on the pants. In typical Adidas fashion, both stripes are smaller than the available real estate. All three jerseys have “Jax State” on the chest with block numbers below. The black and red pants have the school name on the right hip while the white britches have a gorgeous vintage-inspired logo design.

Three helmets were showcased with the new uniforms. The red helmet returns with three stripes (opposite of the red jerseys) and the stacked Jax State wordmark on the sides. The white shell is shown with two decals set, both including a single stripe and a large vintage Gamecock logo. Both sets of decals come in all red or all black, depending on the uniform selection.

The Gamecocks have also replaced their turf field and have placed the vintage logo design at midfield. The endzones also change from black to red with the new Jax State wordmark placed on both ends.

Kennesaw State

The Owls are one of the newest FBS-level teams and are joining the C-USA this season. With the move comes a new jersey patch.

Liberty knocked it out of the park this summer. (image via Liberty Athletics)

Liberty

The Flames have some of the best new uniforms of the season. Starting from the top, red and white helmets were showcased with the script Flames wordmark. The jerseys include a script wordmark on the chest – Liberty on the white, Flames on the red – with a vintage eagle logo placed on the collar. The same eagle design gets added to the pants on the right hip.

Liberty has teased additional helmet designs to be used throughout the year. They also likely still have the navy blue colorway available.

And finally, the Flames will have a new powder blue uniform. These match the other new uniforms revealed with a script chestmark and the vintage eagle on the collar and pants. These were shown paired with a white helmet, featuring a white Flames script with a blue drop shadow.

Louisiana Tech

LaTech has revealed a new white helmet for 2024. The new white helmets will include a powder blue script Tech mark on the sides with powder blue and red Northwestern stripes down the center. It’ll be the first time the Tech mark has been worn and only the second time the Louisiana-T logo hasn’t been featured since 1970.

Middle Tennessee

The Blue Raiders have transitioned to the Nike FUSE template and brought a new set of stripes with them. Coming in blue and white, the jerseys include grey collars, grey sleeve cuffs, and stripes on the shoulders. A small, stacked “Middle Tennessee” is on the chest between the number and the collar, which houses the MT-Pegasus logo.

Sam Houston

The Bearkats have revealed a new secondary logo which is a modernization of a vintage team logo.

Western Kentucky

The Hilltoppers will have a new red helmet option available this season. The team showed off the new shells with two different decal sets – one featuring a gorgeous script Tops wordmark and another with a classic, stacking WKU design. They will also be playing on a new turf field this season, complete with Big Red’s beautiful self-portrait being placed on the 25-yard lines.

MAC

Akron

The Zips have seemingly adopted a “master stripe” with their new uniforms this season. On both the white and blue colorways, the sleeves and pants will feature a gold/blue/white/blue/gold stripe. It appears as a traditional Northwestern stripe on the white set while looking like a mirrored set of stripes on the blue uniforms.

Bowling Green

New brown, white, and orange uniforms are on tap for BG this season. The new tops feature stripes on the sleeves that the school touted as being throwback-inspired. Orange jerseys are the big story here as they haven’t been part of the rotation for a few years.

The Falcons will be wearing special helmet decals against Northern Illinois. After hosting a kids logo design contest, two winners were selected. The offense will wear Ida’s design on one side of their helmets while the defense will sport Tegan’s rendering.

Sometimes the children are better designers than the professionals! (image via BG Athletics)

Eastern Michigan

Las Vegas Raiders star defensive lineman Maxx Crosby and his wife Racehl donated $1 million to Eastern Michigan athletics. After completing stadium renovations which included removing the track around the football field and a new turf field, the field itself was named Crosby Field. The turf retains the same grey field design that EMU has become known for.

Miami (OH)

The Redhawks have new white uniforms for 2024. The jerseys include two thin red stripes on the shoulders, a red number with a black dropshadow effect, and the script Miami wordmark on the chest. The pants include a red/black/red stripe. Miami will run multiple helmet designs again this year as you see in the reveal photos.

Drop-shadows, stripes, script, and multiple helmet designs for the Red Hawks. (image via Miami Athletics)

Northern Illinois

The NIU Huskies have a new turf field at their home stadium. The primary husky-head logo gets placed at midfield while the endzones only feature the school nickname. The old design had the state shape at midfield and the primary logo placed in the endzones.

Mountain West

Air Force

Air Force’s annual Air Power Legacy Series uniforms are set to honor the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) for the 2024 edition. The left shoulder will feature one of three badge designs while a tonal USA flag is placed on the right shoulder. The pants have a dagger stripe on the left side with “First There,” the AFSOC motto, sitting on the right leg. Some players will have a scarlet beret flanking the dagger stripe. The big star here is the helmet which is adorned with the winged dagger insignia.

Boise State

Classic stripe placements for the Broncos. (image via Boise State Athletics)

A small tweak out of the Broncos this season, who have taken the 45* angle shoulder stripes and straightened them out. The stripes were adjusted on the blue, white, and black uniforms, while the orange set remains unchanged from previous years. The black set includes anthracite stripes, going for a tone-on-tone approach.

While Boise’s angled stripe design quickly became a Nike catalog option that many other teams jumped on, it was still a unique look that I think worked for Boise.

UNLV

The stripe-a-thon continues this season. UNLV will sport new red and white jerseys, each consisting of Northwestern stripes on the shoulders. The old uniforms had TV numbers on the side of the shoulders.

Utah State

Will the cow helmets actually be a thing this year? (image via USU Athletics)

The Aggies have adjusted the helmet bumpers this year. The full-body bull logo sits on the front bumper as “Aggies” moves to the back, replacing the school name.

The team’s April Fool’s prank this season included a cow-spotted helmet design. The joke helmet, however, became popular among fans on social media. There have been hints that the design may be worn for a real game this year, though nothing has been officially announced.

Wyoming

The Cowboys have a new gold jersey for 2024. The shoulders include a mountain design with the primary cowboy logo sitting on top. Wyoming will also be adding player names to the back of all of the jerseys.

Pac 12

Oregon State

The Beavers have updated their uniforms for 2024, sticking with the shoulder yoke stripe motif. The new set features a “master stripe” so that the colorway is consistent across each jersey. The pants carry a matching stripe design.

This uniform comes in orange, white, black, and a dark grey “anthracite” version. The anthracite set is close to the black design but features a black outline on the numbers rather than orange.

It’s lonely in the Pac-12 this year, especially as the only team on this list. (image via Beavers Athletics)

SEC

Arkansas

Count the Razorbacks as another team jumping to the Nike FUSE template. The road white jerseys also saw the shoulder logo change to a full-color razorback. It was previously the red and white colorway that has been deemed not to fit the branding guides.

Auburn will sport the new Under Armour template for just one year before moving to Nike in 2025. (image via Auburn Athletics)

Auburn

Auburn is among the teams moving to Under Armour’s newest template design. It will only be worn for a single season as the Tigers will move to Nike for the 2025 season.

LSU

LSU is celebrating the 100th season of Tiger Stadium this year with a commemorative logo. The Tigers painted it on the field for the spring game. While it hasn’t been announced yet, I would expect to see the anniversary logo on the field this fall and a helmet decal. The October 12th game against Ole Miss is the Tiger Stadium Celebration game, which would be fitting to see a patch or alternate uniform appear here.

Mississippi State

The Bulldogs will join their Adidas brethren and sport an alternate uniform featuring faux perforations in the numbers, stripes, and helmet decals. Unlike the other designs, this uniform is all white. It’s a similar look to State’s usual white uniforms, with a single maroon stripe on the helmets and double stripes on the shoulders. Thanks to the new Adidas template that doesn’t have full shoulder caps, the sleeve stripes protrude forward a little more and are given this leading-edge look.

It’s admittedly a busy look for an unnecessary uniform. The fake mesh pattern hasn’t even appeared on the field yet and already feels overdone.

Oklahoma

Looking forward to seeing the 1950s throwbacks make their appearance this season. (image via Sooners Athletics)

The Sooners join the SEC and, of course, have added their new conference home to the jerseys. Oklahoma will also be sporting 1950s-era throwback uniforms for the week two matchup against Houston. The white shells only include a single crimson stripe, while the crimson jerseys have white Northwestern Stripes on the sleeves. The number font changes to mimic the period’s design. The throwbacks are part of Oklahoma’s 100th season of Memorial Stadium, which, naturally, has a commemorative logo.

Ole Miss

Ole Miss has revealed a new white jersey with powder blue details, a long-awaited addition to the rotation.

South Carolina

The Gamecocks are jumping to Under Armour’s newest template. The shoulder stripes appear to be a bit wider. Unfortunately, the collar stripes terminate awkwardly before the mesh base or the collar.

South Carolina will also sport throwback uniforms for their September 21st game against Akron. The star-studded throwback design has a garnett jersey with white collars, sleeve cuffs, a large “Carolina” on the chest, and numerals on the sleeves. The helmets include garnett stars on the front flanking the three stripes that are reminiscent of the 1975-1981 design. The star is also added to the hip of the pants.

Tennessee

Tennessee has nailed it with this year’s Smokey Grey alternate. (image via Vols Athletics)

The best news of all from Knoxville is that Tennessee has FINALLY fixed the SEC patch placement after years of an embarrassing layout.

The Volunteers have also revealed the latest edition of their Smokey Grey uniform series, and it’s a genuine banger. The entire design is based on the Tennessee state flag, with the tri-star logo on the shoulders and a thick orange, thin white stripe placed on the helmet and pants. “Tennessee” is placed on the chest, which makes this the first home uniform to wear the team name in this placement.

Texas

As a new member of the SEC, Texas has swapped out the Big 12 logos on their jerseys and field turf. 2024 also marks the 100th season of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, which comes with a commemorative logo.

Texas A&M

The Aggies will sport a new black alternate this season, joining some of the other Adidas teams. The black jersey includes white numbers with a chrome silver outline. The numbers retain the faux-mesh pattern that other Adidas alternates have this season. The Adidas logo and SEC patch are also rendered in a chrome-like finish.

The team hasn’t shown off the entire look just yet. They did tease what appears to be a black pair of pants with a maroon stripe, but no visuals of the helmet have been released yet.

Vanderbilt

Vandy will be sporting the new Nike FUSE template this season. The Commodores will also have a new white uniform that includes gold numbers. It’s the first time since 1985 that this jersey/number color combo has been worn.

Sun Belt

Appalachian State

The Mountaineers have revealed a new set of Nike FUSE uniforms that are similar to a few recent designs. The new threads have two yellow stripes on black shoulders, for both the black and white jerseys. The 2016-2019 threads had the same set of stripes but with the A logo on top. This looks to be the first App State uniform to not include the A logo on the shoulders since 2012.

Arkansas State

The boys from Jonesboro will be rocking new UCLA-striped uniforms this season. With black and white helmets available, the Red Wolves will have red, black, and white jerseys and pants with stripes on the tops and bottoms. The helmets will carry matching stripes.

Arkansas State did show off an additional helmet design with a running Red Wolve mascot decal. Fingers crossed that makes it on the field this season.

Lots of mix-and-match options for the Red Wolves. (image via Arkansas State Athletics)

Georgia Southern

GSU looks to have changed their grey facemasks out for white. This will mark the first time the Eagles have worn white masks with the navy helmets after sporting white masks and white shells a few times previously. The shells also look to have changed to a beautiful satin blue finish. With the white masks, this helmet will really pop on the field this year.

Louisiana

Bold new helmets for the Ragin Cajuns that work really well. (image via Louisiana Athletics)

New helmet decals are on tap this year for the Ragin’ Cajuns. The wordmark logo will now be joined by the Louisiana state outline on the white and black helmets, with a USA version also available.

Louisiana-Monroe

ULM has revealed a new version of their P-40 Warhawk helmets. The same “face” previously worn returns on the shell, but all the decals include a lighter maroon and gold metallic finish. It appears to be a mix of the modern school branding with some of the historic design elements. These helmets will reportedly be worn as the new primary shell this year.

Marshall

Marshall has tweaked their helmets this season, moving to chrome decals. It’s a small change that can have a big impact with the additional sheen. The new-look decals appear on the white and black helmets.

Texas State

Texas State’s UFCU Stadium is undergoing construction to add a new Football Performance Center beyond the south endzone. A new turf field is also part of the renovations. The design looks to be similar to the previous field, albeit with the “Bobcats” added to one endzone and the UFCU logo added to the 25-yard lines.

Independent

The Irish will be going all-in on the gold for this year’s Shamrock Series game. (image via Notre Dame Athletics)

Notre Dame

The Irish will sport the new Under Armour template this season. Notre Dame looks to be the only team using the template that has the Under Armour logo on the collar. With no conference patch to balance the jersey, it was the right choice. The ND logo on the shoulders change from white to a metallic gold on the navy tops. Expect to see a similar change with the white jerseys.

Notre Dame will also sport a new Shamrock Series uniform this season. The entire set is based on a 1924 article about Notre Dame football in which they were nicknamed the “Four Horsemen.” That’s where the “blue-gray sky” base color comes from and the newspaper-inspired Gothic font for the numerals. The gold details across the uniform – the numbers, UA logo, and ND logos – feature a beveling effect.

The Irish have also announced that the annual green jersey game will be on September 28th against Louisville. The green tops have also transitioned to the new Under Armour template, per retail jerseys.

UMass

New black alternate uniforms for the Minutemen this season. Both the jerseys and pants feature a red/white/red striping pattern.

FCS

Central Arkansas has three new uniforms and three uniquely different helmet options (image via UCA Athletics)

Central Arkansas

Three new uniforms are on tap for the Central Arkansas Bears this year. The jerseys and pants come in purple, white, and black. The primary tops have TV numbers on the shoulders as the black jerseys include a few diagonal stripes.

The creativity comes with the three helmet designs showcased in the reveal. Paired with the purple uniform is a white shell with mostly-white bear head decals on the side and a purple center stripe consisting of some topographical pattern and what looks like a cloudy radar scan. The white uniform showed a helmet with purple and black bear heads on the side and a great black and purple center stripe. Both include some carbon-fiber-like pattern overlayed. Finally, the black uniforms have a white helmet with a single black stripe and script “Bears” mark on the sides.

Cornell

The Big Red are tweaking the helmet design again. The new lids remove black from the logo and stripes that have been used since 2019. The logo gets a double outline for the first time as the stripes revert to the 2009 look.

Davidson

The Wildcats have three new uniforms for 2024. The primary set includes a red jersey black collars and sleeve cuffs, white jersey with red collars and cuffs, and a black set with grey trim. An interlocking DC logo is placed on the chest and pants. The same DC logo dons what appears to be a new black helmet. The previous set was similar, albeit with shoulder stripes and a chestmark.

Grambling State

The Bulldogs have joined the Adidas alternate uniform game this season with a new red jersey. The numbers and sleeve stripes will have the perforation marks. The TV numbers will be red with black outlines on the red jersey. Unfortunately, the team has only showed off the new design with retail jerseys at the time of publishing.

Lehigh

The Mountain Hawks have traded in their dual-striped jerseys for a wonderful set of Northwestern Striped, UCLA stripe jerseys. The new threads also include a new number font and a large chestmark.

Two spectacular helmets this year for the Lions. (images via Lindenwood Athletics)

Lindenwood

New black helmets this season for the Lions. The center stripe is a gold Titans-like double stripe and the sides feature the primary lion head logo. Additionally, a beautiful white helmet with black and gold script Lions is set to debut this year.

Marist

Marist has tweaked its white helmet design for this season. The diamond-patterned center stripe and fox head decals are replaced with a black/red/white/red/black stripe and the Marist wordmark with the fox on the sides. The facemask also changes from red to black.

Love the shamrock stripes and script combination here. (image via Mercyhurst Athletics)

Mercyhurst

After spending thirty years playing at the Division II level, the Mercyhurst Lakers have jumped up to FCS and are joining the Northeast Conference. The team will also sport a new grey set of uniforms this year, complete with a clover on the shoulder stripes.

Mississippi Valley State

Mississippi Valley State has revealed a few new logos for this season. The primary mark depicts a cleaner Devil and text compared to the haphazardly drawn old logo. Some additional marks were also released in this rollout.

Missouri State

The Bears have a new white uniform for 2024. The collar and collar-bone striped set of years past has been replaced with a cleaner look. The new white tops feature a single “bear claw”-looking stripe on the sleeves. “Mo State” replaces the full school name on the chest. White helmets have returned for the first time since 2019. Missouri State has also accepted a bid to join FBS and Conference USA next year.

North Carolina Central

The Eagles will be playing on a new turf field this year. The new design adds maroon endzones and a new endzone font, matching on both sides. The old carpet didn’t have the colored endzones and felt much more lacking.

That’s a bold green uniform for UND! (image via North Dakota Athletics)

North Dakota

After wearing some outdated-looking green uniforms previously, the Fighting Hawks have a new set of all-green threads. The primary ND-Hawk logo sits on the shoulders.

Northern Arizona

Probably the biggest downgrade of the year for me, Northern Arizona has replaced their unique uniforms with a new set with simple stripes. Compared to the old design with the striped collar and mountain-esque “heartbeat” pants stripe, these feel uninspired. Stripes make almost any uniform look better, and these are a solid look, but they have big shoes to fill from the previous look.

Portland State

Green uniforms return to Portland State for, I think, the first time since 2019. The new design has black shoulder caps with green and white stripes, black collars, and black numerals with a white outline.

South Dakota

Lots of news out of Vermillion, South Dakota this season. Let’s start with the new alternate logo. The internal graphic design team created the new coyote head logo to replace the head-on crouching coyote.

How will South Dakato decal their new black helmets? (image via South Dakota Athletics)

Turning to the football team, the playing surface has been replaced with a new turf field. The new design features the primary SD logo at midfield with a state shape behind it. The endzones feature the Coyotes wordmark in white with no outline. The previous design had black outlines on the endzone text and the old crouching coyote logo at midfield.

South Dakota revealed black helmet shells with red candy flake in the paint. The initial images didn’t include decals. We must wait to see how these are decorated for game time at a later date, though I wouldn’t be surprised to see the new alternate logo appear.

Finally, the team’s April Fool’s joke teased really bad, outdated black jerseys. While the mockups were confirmed to be the joke, the story on the team site did indicate new black jerseys would be revealed on August 27th for the season-opening game against Northern State.

Southern Illinois

SIU has new maroon jerseys that include black and white Northwestern Stripes on the sleeves. The cherry on top of this design is the inclusion of the Saluki logo on the center stripe.

Stephen F Austin

After departing the Southland Conference in 2021 to join the WAC, the Lumberjacks are returning to the SLC for 2024.

Towson

Towson’s white jerseys, at least, will be on a new Under Armour template. The Tigers will also be adding player names to the back of the jerseys this year.

West Georgia

The Wolves have joined the United Athletic Conference for their first season at the FCS level. Unfortunately, WGU hasn’t shown off the new patch on their jerseys just yet.

Division II

Bloomsburg

While most teams have revealed quality uniform designs this offseason, one team missed the mark. The Bloomsburg Huskies have announced an all-black alternate uniform that will kick off the season on September 5th. The jerseys have a camo pattern with “greyed out logos” and white numbers with gold outlines. The pants are black with silver stripes. The team site’s article states a matte black helmet with silver logos will be paired with the look, though no photos of the lids were shown.

Carson-Newman

The Eagles have a new turf field this season. The new carpet features alternating light- and dark-green stripes on the field and new endzone lettering.

Clarion

The Golden Eagles of Clarion, Pennsylvania have replaced their turf football field. The previous design was pretty bare, with the endzones empty and the school name placed on the outer boundaries. The new carpet has navy endzones with the team name in white, alternating shades of green every five yards, and the PSAC conference logo at the 25-yard lines.

Clark Atlanta

The Panthers will be playing on a new red turf field this season.

Edinboro

The best turf field award hands-down goes to the Edinboro Fighting Scots who have added a tartan pattern to the endzones. It goes perfectly well with their beautiful tartan helmets too!

(I love putting together this piece each year to discover schools I’ve never heard of like Edinboro and falling in love with their aesthetic.)

A tartan-designed football field should never be forgotten. (image via Edinboro Athletics)

Ferris State

The Bulldogs are trading in the yellow and red striped white jerseys for a new set trimmed in black. The new tops have black collars and shoulder caps with the bulldog logo on the shoulders. Ferris State has four pairs of pants to mix and match with – black, white, red, and grey.

Florida Tech

The Florida Tech Panthers have made a much-needed improvement to their logo. It comes with a full suite of new designs as well.

Fort Hays State

After wearing Adidas uniforms previously, the Fort Hays State Tigers have reportedly signed with Nike via BSN. No uniforms have been showcased at the time of writing.

Frostburg State

The Bobcats appear to have added new red jerseys and white helmets to the arsenal this season. The black and white jerseys are held over from last year. Frostburg State also wore black helmets previously, which are presumably still available in 2024.

Grand Valley State

Grand Valley State Lakers fans broke the school’s season ticket record, therefore, the team gets rewarded with new powder blue uniforms. Black numbers have a chrome outline while the chestmark is reversed. The shoulders include black/chrome/black stripes. The helmet is black with a light blue and chrome stripe and the anchor GVSU logo on one side.

The Lakers will also be playing their home games this year on a new turf field. The new design has black endzones with white lettering and a black border around the entire field. Previously, the endzones were unpainted with white and black italic letters.

Kentucky State

A new-ish logo for the Kentucky State Thorobreds. After initially launching in 2019, the new logo design has officially been designated as the new primary logo.

Lenoir-Rhyne

The Bears are now sporting UCLA-striped Under Armour uniforms and have added a new white helmet to the rotation. Previously, the team wore jerseys with contrasting shoulder caps and a really nice satin red helmet that is presumably still available.

Mississippi College

The Choctows are switching things up a bit this year. After previously being a yellow-primary team, Mississippi College is going to navy blue. The new uniforms have large chestmarks with powder blue trim on the collar and around the numbers. The helmet gets a large feather stripe with the MC logo being white trimmed in powder blue.

Missouri S&T

After previously wearing Nike uniforms, the Miners have jumped to Under Armour. The new UA threads include a massive school logo on the chest with gold and green stripes on the sleeves.

Nebraska-Kearney

Are the Lopers changing helmet designs this season? (image via X/Twitter)

It appears that the Lopers have a new helmet design available this season, as shared by the head coach. It’s a solid look and will compliment the Loper head design worn in previous seasons.

Newberry College

A lot of new items this year for the Wolves. First, a new white helmet featuring a wolf head logo and a single red stripe. New red and white jerseys with sleeve stripes are available to pair with white and red pants. The red jersey has “The Berry” on the chest as the road tops use the school name.

The team will have two alternate looks as well. A pink-trimmed red jersey will be used for a breast cancer awareness promotion as a red-and-white camo top looks to be a military appreciation design.

Previously, the Wolves have worn silver helmets with the school’s primary logo, pretty simple jerseys, and silver pants.

North Greenville

North Greenville has retired the Crusaders nickname in favor of Trailblazers. The new logo features a red fox, which is native to the South Carolina area. It appears as though the football team will continue to use the interlocking NG logo on their helmets, though.

Northern Michigan

The Superior Dome, home of the Panthers, has a fresh new roll of carpet for 2024. The new turf has a larger midfield logo, white and gold outlined “NMU” in the endzone, and the conference logos at the 25-yard lines. The previous turf field had checkerboard endzones.

Pitt State

The Gorillas (yes, really) have revealed their new look for the season opener against Ferris State. Black jerseys feature crimson numbers with gold outlines and triple stripes on the shoulders. They are paired with white helmets and pants. The helmets feature a full-body gorilla silhouette.

Harambe would be proud.

Southern Nazarene

After wearing Nike uniforms last year, The Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm will now be sporting Under Armour uniforms. The new white uniforms are all that have been shown off thus far and feature Northwestern stripes on the helmet, jersey sleeves, and pants.

Texas–Permian Basin

The UTPB Falcons will sport new Adidas uniforms this year. Both sets feature triple stripes on the shoulders with the center silver stripe on the white tops having a carbon-fiber texture. The pants are available in black, white, and orange and include “UTPB” on the right leg and “The Basin” on the left side. The outgoing uniforms had no jersey stripes and unique pants designs, including a wing stripe on the orange colorway.

Western Oregon

For the first time in a few years, the Western Oregon Wolves will have a new black uniform. Two red stripes don the jerseys and pants with red numbers. The black helmet shells are stripeless but include a red and grey W logo on the sides.

Division III

Berry College

Berry College has an incredible new Viking helmet logo for 2024. This comes after the academic and athletic sides of the school used the same B-Shield logo following the retirement of the old Viking logo.

Central College

The Iowa-based Central College Dutch have a new playing surface for 2024. The modern primary C logo sits at midfield rather than the wishbone C, and the endzone wordmarks have been updated from the previous carpet.

Conference of New England

The former Commonwealth Coast Conference has changed its name to the Conference of New England and has released its new logo.

Franklin College

Franklin College has retired the FC-Bear logo for a new, cleaner grizzly bear head design.

Grinnell College

A new asymmetric helmet design is going to be worn this season. (Grinnell Athletics)

The Pioneers have a new helmet design for 2024. The right side of the helmet features an arching wordmark with the player number placed underneath. The left side is empty except for the Davis Cooper memorial decal. Cooper was a freshman linebacker for Grinnell when he was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler walking along Interstate 80 in Iowa.

The “Honor G” logo that previously donned Grinnell’s helmets has been under scrutiny lately. The design has been used by the school since 1892, but leadership is looking to distance themselves from a very similar design used by Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Macalester College

The Macalester Scots have selected a new mascot – the Highland Cow. The cow has a history with the school, with legend indicating it was used in a prank early in its history. A new logo depicting Heiland Coo has been introduced, though it’s unclear if it replaces the shield logo as the primary.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

The Buccaneers are replacing the cartoony pirate logo with a flat, face-on design.

You just can’t go wrong with a script logo. (image via Pomona-Pitzer Athletics)

Pomona-Pitzer

The Sagehens have a new turf multi-purpose field with a wonderful script mark at midfield.

Roanoke College

It’s been 82 years since Roanoke last fielded a football team in 1942. The Maroons will return to the gridiron this year as a club sport before jumping to Division III next year. They will play just five games, all on Sundays, at the local high school’s stadium.

With the rebirth of the program comes a new set of uniforms. The new threads feature white helmets, white pants, and white and maroon jerseys, each with double stripes. The Maroons’ bird head logo will don both sides of the helmet shells.

St. Olaf College

Talk about an upgrade. After previously sporting some of the simplest uniforms possible, the St. Olaf Oles have added three sets of beautifully striped uniforms to the rotation. The new sets are available in black, white, and gold, with black and white helmets available. The jerseys feature a nice double-stripe design. The black pants feature a white/gold/white stripe while the gold and white britches are stripeless.

SUNY Morrisville

SUNY Morrisville has supposedly retired the “Morrisville State” name and since updated the primary logo. The logo removes the school name banner and updates the Mustang’s lightning bolt eye to a lime green.

Thiel College

The Pennsylvania-based Tomcats have a new turf field this year. The new design adds light blue trim around the entire field. The soccer and lacrosse field markings also appear more subtle than the previous carpet.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh

The Titans will look sharp this season with their new uniforms, which include Northwestern stripes on the sleeves and a similar stripe on the pants. Their previous look was a typical Under Armour design, with the double stripe on a black background on the shoulders and on the pants around the kneecaps. The white set differed, too, with a diagonal shoulder stripe that was carried over onto a traditional pant stripe location.

Football season is just days away! Tune in this weekend for Week 0 and next week for the rest of the country. Keep this list close by so you can be the one to point out all the new uniforms, helmets, and logos!

Thanks as always to all the teams and equipment managers for sharing the images of their respective new uniforms. Thanks also to Uni-Watch, SportsLogos.net, and College Sports Logos for helping showcase all the new details.

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