BYU’s next Big 12 road is now mapped out, and the Cougars will get one of the league’s marquee home dates early.
The conference released its 2026-27 schedule on Wednesday, giving BYU an 18-game slate for year four in the Big 12. The Cougars again draw home-and-away matchups with Arizona, TCU and rival Utah.
Utah comes to the Marriott Center on Saturday, January 16, before BYU heads to the Huntsman Center on Saturday, February 6. The Cougars swept the season series against the Utes last year.
Arizona also makes the trip to Provo, with BYU set to host the Final Four participant in another ESPN Big Monday game. The Wildcats, who won the Big 12 last season, swept BYU in the regular season a year ago.
It will be year three for Kevin Young on the BYU sideline. In his first two seasons, he’s taken the Cougars to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and earned a pair of 6-seeds, though the routes were very different. BYU finished fourth in the Big 12 two years ago, then slipped to 10th last season.
The challenge remains steep in a league that annually sits among the toughest in college basketball. BYU will try to climb again with a roster that looks very different from the one fans saw last season.
The Cougars lost No. 1 NBA draft pick AJ Dybantsa and second-round pick Richie Saunders, but they do bring back one of the country’s top guards in Rob Wright III. He’ll be joined by Kentucky transfer Collin Chandler, five-star freshman Bruce Branch III and Michigan State transfer big Jaxon Kohler, who is eligible for a fifth season because of a Temporary Restraining Order in California.
BYU’s 2026-27 Big 12 schedule opens Saturday, January 2 at Arizona State and closes Friday, March 5 at Texas Tech. In between, the Cougars will play Cincinnati, Kansas, Arizona, Iowa State, West Virginia, Houston, Baylor, K-State, Colorado, TCU, Arizona, UCF and Oklahoma State.
BYU basketball 2026-27 Big 12 Conference schedule
Saturday, January 2 - at Arizona State
Wednesday, January 6 - Cincinnati
Saturday, January 9 - Kansas
Tuesday, January 12 - at Arizona
Saturday, January 16 Utah
Wednesday, January 20 - at Iowa State
Saturday, January 23 - West Virginia
Wednesday, January 27 - at TCU
Saturday, January 30 - at Houston
Tuesday, February 2 - Baylor
Saturday, February 6 - at Utah
Saturday, February 13 - K-State
Wednesday, February 17 - at Colorado
Saturday, February 20 - TCU
Monday, February 22 - vs. Arizona
Saturday, February 27 - at UCF
Tuesday, March 2 - Oklahoma State
Friday, March 5 - at Texas Tech
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