The Big 12 has laid out its men’s basketball schedule for all 16 teams, and Colorado now knows the path for its third season back in the league.
The Buffaloes will open conference play on the road at Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 2, then get their first Big 12 home game three days later against Iowa State on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Colorado’s 18-game league slate follows the same format as last season: three home-and-home series and single games against the other 12 opponents, split evenly between six at home and six on the road. The conference said the matchups were built to balance travel and competitiveness.
For Colorado, the home-and-home opponents are Baylor, Utah and Houston. That stretch gets especially busy late, with four of those six meetings coming in the final seven games. The two games against Utah will be played in a 14-day span to close the regular season, and that is the only home-and-home pairing from last year that carries over.
Baylor and Houston were both road-only trips for Colorado in 2025-26, and both will return to the CU Events Center this season. Houston comes to Boulder first on Saturday, Jan. 16, while Baylor visits on Saturday, Feb. 15.
The Buffaloes’ home schedule is loaded with teams that reached the postseason in 2025-26. Along with Baylor, Houston and Iowa State, Colorado will also host College Basketball Crown champion West Virginia on Saturday, Jan. 9, plus Texas Tech on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and BYU on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
On the road, Colorado gets single games at Arizona, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU and UCF. All six of those were home-only opponents for the Buffaloes last season.
Colorado will finish the regular season at home against Utah on Saturday, March 6.
Every one of Colorado’s 10 weekend conference games is set for a Saturday, with six of them in Boulder. The other eight league games fall in the middle of the week, including five Wednesdays and three Tuesdays.
Times and television designations will come later.
Mini plans go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 29, and single-game tickets for the full public go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 7.
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