The University of South Dakota football team will open next season against New Mexico.

USD competes in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, while New Mexico is in the upper-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Coyotes will travel to Albuquerque on Sept. 3 for the game against the Lobos at University Stadium on New Mexico’s campus, which averaged 23,500 fans this past season.

The game time will be announced later.