The Big 12 released its football schedule for the 2025 season on Tuesday as the league enters its second season with a full 16-team roster. With a spot in the College Football Playoff on the line, all eyes will be on how the race in one of the most chaotic conferences in college football plays out.
The first week of the year is huge for the Big 12 as it attempts to establish itself as a national fixture with some key nonconference clashes. Colorado hosts a potential preseason top-25 team in Georgia Tech, while TCU hits the road to play North Carolina in the Tar Heels’ first game of the Bill Belichick era. Baylor plays at home against an Auburn team with high hopes in the SEC.
Once conference play begins, the Big 12 promises to be extremely competitive once more. Four teams finished with at least seven wins in conference play last season, and seven posted a record of at least 6-3 by year’s end. At one point, so many teams were in contention for the Big 12 Championship Game that there were 256 possible scenarios in play with just two weeks left in the regular season.
Arizona State and Iowa State will meet in a 2024 Big 12 Championship Game rematch on Nov. 1. A week before that, on Oct. 25, Iowa State hosts BYU in another contest that could go a long way towards deciding the final pecking order.
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In the end, the top two teams in the Big 12 standings will have the honor of playing for the conference championship on Saturday, Dec. 6 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. A different team has won the Big 12 each year since 2020, and parity has increased following the departure of Texas and Oklahoma. Arizona State, in its first year with the Big 12, won the 2024 title and parlayed that into an appearance in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.
Below is a look at the team-by-team breakdown of the 2025 Big 12 football schedule.
Arizona
Aug. 30 — Hawaii
Sept. 6 — Weber State
Sept. 13 — Kansas State
Sept. 27 — at Iowa State
Oct. 4 — Oklahoma State
Oct. 11 — BYU
Oct. 18 — at Houston
Nov. 1 — at Colorado
Nov. 8 — Kansas
Nov. 15 — at Cincinnati
Nov. 22 — Baylor
Nov. 29 — at Arizona State (Friday or Saturday)
Arizona State
Aug. 31 — Northern Arizona
Sept. 6 — at Mississippi State
Sept. 13 — Texas State
Sept. 20 — at Baylor
Sept. 27 — TCU
Oct. 11 — at Utah
Oct. 18 — Texas Tech
Oct. 25 — Houston
Nov. 1 — at Iowa State
Nov. 15 — West Virginia
Nov. 22 — at Colorado
Nov. 29 — Arizona (Friday or Saturday)
Baylor
Aug. 30 — Auburn
Sept. 6 — at SMU
Sept. 13 — Samford
Sept. 20 — Arizona State
Sept. 27 — at Oklahoma State
Oct. 4 — Kansas State
Oct. 18 — at TCU
Oct. 25 — at Cincinnati
Nov. 1 — UCF
Nov. 15 — Utah
Nov. 22 — at Arizona
Nov. 29 — Houston
BYU
Aug. 31 — Portland State
Sept. 6 — Stanford
Sept. 20 — at East Carolina
Sept. 27 — at Colorado
Oct. 3 — West Virginia
Oct. 11 — at Arizona
Oct. 18 — Utah
Oct. 25 — at Iowa State
Nov. 8 — at Texas Tech
Nov. 15 — TCU
Nov. 22 — at Cincinnati
Nov. 29 — UCF
UCF
Aug. 28 — Jacksonville State
Sept. 6 — North Carolina A&T
Sept. 20 — North Carolina
Sept. 27 — at Kansas State
Oct. 4 — Kansas
Oct. 11 — at Cincinnati
Oct. 18 — West Virginia
Nov. 1 — at Baylor
Nov. 8 — Houston
Nov. 15 — at Texas Tech
Nov. 22 — Oklahoma State
Nov. 29 — at BYU
Cincinnati
Aug. 28 — Nebraska (Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri)
Sept. 6 — Bowling Green
Sept. 13 — Northwestern State
Sept. 27 — at Kansas
Oct. 4 — Iowa State
Oct. 11 — ICF
Oct. 18 — at Oklahoma State
Oct. 25 — Baylor
Nov. 1 — at Utah
Nov. 15 — Arizona
Nov. 22 — BYU
Nov. 29 — at TCU
Colorado
Aug. 30 — Georgia Tech
Sept. 6 — Delaware
Sept. 13 — at Houston
Sept. 20 — Wyoming
Sept. 27 — BYU
Oct. 4 — at TCU
Oct. 11 — Iowa State
Oct. 25 — at Utah
Nov. 1 — Arizona
Nov. 8 — at West Virginia
Nov. 22 — Arizona State
Nov. 29 — at Kansas State
Houston
Aug. 30 — Stephen F. Austin
Sept. 6 — at Rice
Sept. 13 — Colorado
Sept. 27 — at Oregon State
Oct. 4 — Texas Tech
Oct. 11 — at Oklahoma State
Oct. 18 — Arizona
Oct. 25 — at Arizona State
Nov. 1 — West Virginia
Nov. 8 — at UCF
Nov. 22 — TCU
Nov. 29 — at Baylor
Iowa State
Aug. 23 — Kansas State (Dublin, Ireland)
Aug. 30 — South Dakota
Sept. 6 — Iowa
Sept. 13 — at Arkansas State
Sept. 27 — Arizona
Oct. 4 — at Cincinnati
Oct. 11 — at Colorado
Oct. 25 — BYU
Nov. 1 — Arizona State
Nov. 8 — at TCU
Nov. 22 — Kansas
Nov. 29 — at Oklahoma State
Kansas
Aug. 23 — Fresno State
Aug. 30 — Wagner
Sept. 6 — at Missouri
Sept. 20 — West Virginia
Sept. 27 — Cincinnati
Oct. 4 — at UCF
Oct. 11 — at Texas Tech
Oct. 25 — Kansas State
Nov. 1 — Oklahoma State
Nov. 8 — at Arizona
Nov. 22 — at Iowa State
Nov. 29 — Utah (Friday or Saturday)
Kansas State
Aug. 23 — Iowa State (Dublin, Ireland)
Aug. 30 — North Dakota
Sept. 6 — Army
Sept. 13 — at Arizona
Sept. 27 — UCF
Oct. 4 — at Baylor
Oct. 11 — TCU
Oct. 25 — at Kansas
Nov. 1 — Texas Tech
Nov. 15 — at Oklahoma State
Nov. 22 — at Utah
Nov. 29 — Colorado
Oklahoma State
Aug. 30 — UT-Martin
Sept. 6 — at Oregon
Sept. 20 — Tulsa
Sept. 27 — Baylor
Oct. 4 — at Arizona
Oct. 11 — Houston
Oct. 18 — Cincinnati
Oct. 25 — at Texas Tech
Nov. 1 — at Kansas
Nov. 15 — Kansas State
Nov. 22 — at UCF
Nov. 29 — Iowa State
TCU
Sept. 1 — at North Carolina
Sept. 13 — Abilene Christian
Sept. 20 — SMU
Sept. 27 — at Arizona State
Oct. 4 — Colorado
Oct. 11 — at Kansas State
Oct. 18 — Baylor
Oct. 25 — at West Virginia
Nov. 8 — Iowa State
Nov. 15 — at BYU
Nov. 22 — at Houston
Nov. 29 — Cincinnati
Texas Tech
Aug. 30 — Arkansas Pine Bluff
Sept. 6 — Kent State
Sept. 13 — Oregon State
Sept. 20 — at Utah
Oct. 4 — at Houston
Oct. 11 — Kansas
Oct. 18 — at Arizona State
Oct. 25 — Oklahoma State
Nov. 1 — at Kansas State
Nov. 8 — BYU
Nov. 15 — UCF
Nov. 29 — at West Virginia
Utah
Aug. 30 — at UCLA
Sept. 6 — Cal Poly
Sept. 13 — at Wyoming
Sept. 20 — Texas Tech
Sept. 27 — at West Virginia
Oct. 11 — Arizona State
Oct. 18 –at BYU
Oct. 25 — Colorado
Nov. 1 — Cincinnati
Nov. 15 — at Baylor
Nov. 22 — Kansas State
Nov. 29 — at Kansas (Friday or Saturday)
West Virginia
Aug. 30 — Robert Morris
Sept. 6 — at Ohio
Sept. 13 — Pittsburgh
Sept. 20 — at Kansas
Sept. 27 — Utah
Oct. 3 — at BYU
Oct. 18 — at UCF
Oct. 25 — TCU
Nov. 1 — at Houston
Nov. 8 — Colorado
Nov. 15 — at Arizona State
Nov. 29 — Texas Tech