Big 12 Releases 2025-26 Schedules; Championship Set

The Big 12 on Tuesday released the 2025-26 men’s and women’s basketball schedules, reverting to an 18-game format (nine home, nine road) that runs from early January into early March and culminates with the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship March 10–14 at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center; tip times and television designations will be announced later. Kansas opens Big 12 play Jan. 3 at UCF, plays home-and-home series with Kansas State, Iowa State and Arizona, and is scheduled for three ESPN Big Monday appearances in February (Feb. 2 at Texas Tech, Feb. 9 vs. Arizona and Feb. 23 vs. Houston), with freshman guard Darryn Peterson among notable roster additions. K-State opens Jan. 3 at BYU and highlights weekend home dates vs. BYU, Kansas, Iowa State and TCU; Baylor opens Jan. 3 at TCU and has home-and-homes with TCU, Iowa State and Houston. Other confirmed slates include Texas Tech opening Jan. 3 at home vs. Oklahoma State, Colorado beginning Jan. 3 at Arizona State, and Iowa State’s challenging schedule with Big Monday showings and several nonconference tournaments. The Big 12 also released an 18-game women’s schedule highlighted by BYU’s first Big 12 season under coach Lee Cummard, beginning Dec. 20 at UCF and including early-January home games against Arizona State and Baylor.