Oklahoma State has locked in another power-conference nonconference series, adding Mississippi State to a future schedule that is quickly filling up.
The Cowboys announced Wednesday that they have agreed to a two-year home-and-home with the Bulldogs. Mississippi State will come to Stillwater on Sept. 7, 2030, and Oklahoma State will make the trip to Starkville on Sept. 6, 2031.
That deal gives Oklahoma State another SEC opponent on the calendar and helps keep the program lined up with the Big 12’s requirement to play a power conference team in nonconference play every season. The Cowboys now have a power-conference nonconference game contract in place every year through 2035.
Oklahoma State already wrapped up one such series earlier this year when it beat Oregon, finishing a home-and-home that began in 2025. The Cowboys also have Arkansas on the schedule next year, with that series continuing in 2032 in Stillwater and 2033 in Fayetteville.
The future slate keeps getting busier. Oklahoma State announced a home-and-home with Michigan State earlier this year, with the Spartans visiting Stillwater in 2028 and the Cowboys heading to East Lansing in 2029.
Then in 2034, OSU starts another home-and-home, this one against Nebraska, a former Big Eight Conference rival now in the Big Ten. That series opens in Lincoln in 2034 and finishes in Stillwater in 2035.
There’s still more nonconference work already on the books. The Cowboys have a series with Tulsa contracted through 2031. They also are set to host Western Illinois in 2027, Southeastern Louisiana in 2028 and Lindenwood in 2029.
Oklahoma State still does not know its Big 12 schedule for 2027, though the league’s four-year rotation that was created in 2023 is down to its final season next year. The Cowboys do know the teams they’ll face.
At home, Oklahoma State will play Arizona, BYU, Iowa State, TCU and West Virginia. On the road, the Cowboys will face Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas and Utah. Dates and kickoff times for those games will be announced later this year or early next year.
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