Rutgers women’s basketball now knows the full road ahead for 2026-27, and the Big Ten portion brings 18 conference games with nine of them set for Jersey Mike’s Arena.
The Scarlet Knights will start league play at home on Saturday, December 5, when Ohio State comes to Piscataway. That opener kicks off a schedule that stretches from early December through the regular-season finale at Maryland on Sunday, February 28.
Rutgers’ first post-holiday stretch sends the team on the road twice, with trips to Indiana on Tuesday, December 29 and Iowa on Tuesday, January 5. In between, the Scarlet Knights will return home for Illinois on Saturday, January 2 and then head to Penn State on Friday, January 8.
A difficult January run follows. Rutgers will host USC on Monday, January 11, travel to Michigan on Sunday, January 17, then welcome defending national champion UCLA to Piscataway on Thursday, January 21. The month closes with a road game at Wisconsin on Sunday, January 24.
The final weeks of January keep Rutgers at home, with three straight games at Jersey Mike’s Arena against Michigan State on Thursday, January 28, Northwestern on Sunday, January 31 and Penn State on Wednesday, February 10.
February opens with a road date at Minnesota on February 7, followed by a home game against Purdue on Sunday, February 14. Then comes a Western trip with back-to-back contests at Washington on Wednesday, February 17 and Oregon on Saturday, February 20.
The regular-season conference slate ends with two high-profile matchups: Nebraska at home on Wednesday, February 24 and a trip to Maryland on Sunday, February 28.
Rutgers’ Big Ten schedule is paired with a 14-game nonconference slate, which includes 10 home games at Jersey Mike’s Arena. Among those are in-state meetings with Monmouth on Nov.
11, Princeton on Nov. 25, Saint Peter’s on Dec. 2 and Seton Hall on Dec.
Single-game tickets for the 2026-27 season are now on sale, and start times, TV designations and promotions will be announced later.
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