Oklahoma State’s first Big 12 road test of the season now has a start time, and it’s coming under the lights.
The league announced Monday that the Cowboys will open conference play at West Virginia on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. Central in Morgantown.
That gives OSU back-to-back night games, with this weekend’s matchup against Murray State also set for the same time. The Cowboys’ first two games of the year came earlier in the day, one in the afternoon and the other at 11 a.m. before a delay pushed it to the afternoon.
West Virginia is also headed into its first evening kickoff of the season this weekend, when the Mountaineers travel to Charlotte to face Virginia at Bank of America Stadium.
The Mountaineers enter that stretch at 2-0 in Rich Rodriguez’s second tenure. They opened with a 31-24 win over Coastal Carolina and followed it up by rolling past UT-Martin 52-7 last weekend.
Quarterback Michael Hawkins, an OU transfer, and running back Cam Cook, who came from Jax State, have driven the offense so far. Hawkins has completed 76% of his 21 passes for 287 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions through two games.
He’s also been West Virginia’s top runner, piling up 199 yards and three more scores. Cook has added 194 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
The teams last played in 2024, when West Virginia beat Oklahoma State 38-14 in Stillwater. But the Cowboys have had the upper hand in Morgantown, winning five straight there. West Virginia’s last home win over OSU came in 2013.
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