Big 12 Sets 18-Game 2026-27 Slate as Arizona Hosts Kansas, Doubles BYU and Houston
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Updated · Arizona Daily Star · Jun 11
Big 12 Sets 18-Game 2026-27 Slate as Arizona Hosts Kansas, Doubles BYU and Houston
3 articles · Updated · Arizona Daily Star · Jun 11
Summary
Arizona will host Kansas in 2026-27 after playing at Allen Fieldhouse in each of the previous two seasons, while drawing home-and-home series with ASU, BYU and Houston.
The 18-game Big 12 matrix keeps protected rivalries such as Arizona-ASU intact and uses other double-play pairings to maximize media-partner interest.
McKale Center will also get Utah, Colorado, TCU, Baylor and UCF, while Arizona's road-only trips include Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati and West Virginia.
Arizona could face six preseason-ranked Big 12 games—against Houston, Kansas, Iowa State and possibly BYU—on top of a nonconference slate featuring UConn, Arkansas and St. John's.
The conference is keeping 18 league games for now, but Big 12 officials are still weighing a return to 20 in 2027-28 as they chase more marquee inventory before 2030 media-rights talks.