Oklahoma State – 2026 BIG12 Football Schedule announced

2026 Oklahoma State Football Schedule Announced

STILLWATER – Home games against 2025 College Football Playoff teams Oregon and Texas Tech and an in-state road trip to Tulsa for the Gateway First Bank Turnpike Classic highlight Oklahoma State’s 2026 football schedule.

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The Cowboys play six home games and six road games. In addition to Oregon and Texas Tech, the home schedule includes matchups against Murray State, UCF, Colorado and Kansas. There are two home games and two road games each month in September, October and November.

Half of OSU’s home games welcome first-time visitors to Stillwater as Oregon, Murray State and UCF make their inaugural trips.

Season ticket renewals are available now and due on March 6. New season ticket purchases are also available now, starting as low as $500 plus fees. Fans can take advantage of interest-free payment plans with monthly installments, and can secure tickets now by calling the ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU or by visiting www.okstate.com/renew or https://okstate.evenue.net/events/FB-SEASON.

OSU opens the season September 5 when it travels to Tulsa. It is the first time the Cowboys have opened a season at Tulsa since 2000 and the 11th time OSU has played TU in a season opener. The only team the Cowboys have faced more in season openers is Arkansas.

The Cowboys return home the following Saturday to host Oregon September 12 for the first home game of the Eric Morris era. It marks the first time in program history the Cowboys have hosted the Ducks, who are fresh off an appearance in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Non-conference play rounds out the following game as OSU hosts Murray State for the first meeting between the programs and the only stretch of back-to-back home games on the schedule. Oklahoma State is 32-0 against FCS/NCAA Division I-AA opponents since Division I split in 1978.

OSU’s first Big 12 matchup is September 26 at West Virginia, renewing a series that was played for 13 straight years from 2012-24 and marking the Cowboys’ earliest ever trip to Morgantown.

After the lone open week of the season on the weekend of October 3, the Cowboys return to Stillwater October 10 for UCF’s first visit to Boone Pickens Stadium.

An October 17 trip to Houston wraps up the first half of the regular season.

America’s Greatest Homecoming is set for October 24 as Oklahoma State hosts Colorado for the first time since 2009. The last time that Buffaloes came for Homecoming was in 2001.

Following that, the Cowboys head out for their only two-game road stretch of the season, first traveling to Iowa State for their first Halloween road game since 2015 and then heading to Kansas State November 7. It marks the 17th consecutive season OSU has faced Kansas State, which is the longest active streak for any Cowboy opponent.

OSU returns home for a November 14 matchup against 2025 Big 12 champion and CFP quarterfinalist Texas Tech.

The final road game of the season sees the Cowboys travel to Tempe, Arizona, to face Arizona State, marking the fifth time in six seasons that OSU has traveled to the Grand Canyon State.

The regular season finale is set for November 28, as Oklahoma State hosts Kansas the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Big 12 Conference Announces 2026 Football Schedule

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has released its 2026 football schedule, which features all 16 programs playing nine conference games. Big 12 members will play a total of 13 non-conference games versus Power Four opponents and Notre Dame.

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The 2026 schedule is highlighted by the Conference’s global expansion with a pair of games in Europe, beginning with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Saturday, Aug. 29 between TCU and North Carolina in Dublin, Ireland. Week Three will feature the Union Jack Classic, a Conference game between Arizona State and Kansas, at Wembley Stadium in London, England on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Marquee non-conference games versus Power Four opponents on Big 12 campuses this season begin Week One when Cincinnati hosts Boston College. Kansas hosts Missouri, Oklahoma State welcomes Oregon and Utah faces Arkansas at home in Week Two before BYU hosts Notre Dame in Week Seven.
Early Conference games begin in the second week of the season, with Arizona traveling to BYU before Houston plays at Texas Tech the following week.

Annual Big 12 rivalry games are scheduled to begin in Week Seven with the Sunflower Showdown between Kansas and K-State in Manhattan, as well as TCU at Baylor. BYU and Utah will meet in Salt Lake City during Week Seven before the Territorial Cup between Arizona and Arizona State in Tucson during Thanksgiving week.

The 2026 Big 12 Football Championship will be played Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, launching a new Friday-Saturday rotation that enhances national exposure.

Big 12 television partners ESPN, FOX Sports and TNT Sports will make their selections for the first three weeks of the season at a later date, which will be the first set of kickoff times released. Select Saturday games in the 2026 season may be moved to select Fridays, other special dates, and Black Friday, which will be announced in the coming weeks.

You can click here to view the complete 2026 Big 12 Football Schedule grid.