June 12th, 2025 / KU Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Big 12 has announced its 18-game men’s basketball league opponent matrix for the upcoming 2025-26 schedule. Each school has a home-and-home with three other Conference opponents, and faces the other 12 opponents once, with six at home and six on the road for an 18-game Big 12 schedule.
Kansas will host Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, and Utah inside historic Allen Fieldhouse. KU will travel to Arizona State, UCF, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. Kansas will have a home-and-home series with Arizona, Iowa State, and Kansas State.
Opponents were selected based to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. A full Big 12 schedule will be released at a later date.
Last year’s 20-game conference schedule was the largest in Kansas basketball history. As members of the Missouri Valley Conference (1908-28), the number of league games varied with the most being 18 played in 1920, 1921, 1926 and 1928. As members of the Big Six Conference (1929-47), the league played 10 conference games. The Big Seven (1948-58) played a 12-game league schedule and the Big Eight (1959-96) a 14-game conference slate. The Big 12 had a 16-game league format from its inception in 1997 until 2011. From 2012 to 2024, there was an 18-game conference schedule before last year’s 20-game conference schedule.
To see the complete 2025-26 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Opponent Matrix, one can go to www.Big12sports.com.
Kansas Men’s Basketball 2025-26 Schedule (Home games in ALL CAPS; Times and TV to be announced later)
Oct. 24 (Fri.) – at Louisville (Exhibition)
Oct. 28 (Tue.) – FORT HAYS STATE (EXHIBITION)
Nov. 3 (Mon.) – GREEN BAY
Nov. 7 (Fri.) – at North Carolina
Nov. 11 (Tue.) – TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
Nov. 15 (Sat.) – PRINCETON
Nov. 18 (Tue.) – vs. Duke (Champions Classic, New York City)
Nov. 24-27 (Mon.-Thurs.) – at Players Era (Las Vegas)
Dec. 2 (Tue.) – CONNECTICUT
Dec. 7 (Sun.) – vs. Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.)
Dec. 13 (Sat.) – at NC State
Dec. 16 (Tue.) – TOWSON
Dec. 22 (Mon.) – DAVIDSON
Big 12 Schedule Matrix
Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Utah
Away Only: Arizona State, UCF, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Both: Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas State
March 10-14 (Tues.-Sat.) – Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.)