HOUSTON – The University of Houston Men’s Basketball program learned the breakdown of its 2026-27 Big 12 Conference opponents with the release of the league’s schedule matrix on Thursday.
Under the leadership of Head Coach Kelvin Sampson, Houston will compete in an 18-game schedule during the upcoming season.
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Opponents were selected based to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. A full Big 12 schedule with game dates, times and broadcasting networks will be released at a later date.
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All Big 12 schools will play three schools in home-and-away series, six opponents at home only and six schools on the road only.
In 2026-27, Houston meets Arizona, Colorado and Texas Tech in home-and-away series.
BYU, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU and Utah will visit Fertitta Center while the Cougars hit the road to meet Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas State, UCF and West Virginia.
2026-27 BIG 12 SCHEDULE MATRIX
HOUSTON
Home & Away: Arizona, Colorado, Texas Tech
Home Only: BYU, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah
Away Only: Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas State, UCF, West Virginia
ARIZONA
Home & Away: Houston, Arizona State, BYU
Home Only: Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, TCU, UCF, Utah
Away Only: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
ARIZONA STATE
Home & Away: Arizona, Kansas State, TCU
Home Only: Houston, Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, UCF, Utah
Away Only: Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
BAYLOR
Home & Away: Colorado, Kansas, UCF
Home Only: Houston, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah
BYU
Home & Away: Arizona, TCU, Utah
Home Only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Away Only: Houston, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech, UCF
CINCINNATI
Home & Away: Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Home Only: Houston, Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, TCU, UCF
Away Only: Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Utah
COLORADO
Home & Away: Houston, Baylor, Utah
Home Only: Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away Only: Arizona, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, UCF
IOWA STATE
Home & Away: Kansas, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Home Only: Arizona, BYU, Cincinnati, Kansas State, TCU, Utah
Away Only: Houston, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Texas Tech, UCF
KANSAS
Home & Away: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State
Home Only: Arizona State, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, UCF, West Virginia
Away Only: Houston, Arizona, BYU, Cincinnati, TCU, Utah
KANSAS STATE
Home & Away: Arizona State, Cincinnati, Kansas
Home Only: Houston, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech
Away Only: Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, UCF, Utah, West Virginia
OKLAHOMA STATE
Home & Away: Iowa State, TCU, Utah
Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Colorado, Texas Tech, UCF
Away Only: Houston, Baylor, BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, West Virginia
TCU
Home & Away: Arizona State, BYU, Oklahoma State
Home Only: Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah
Away Only: Houston, Arizona, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, West Virginia
TEXAS TECH
Home & Away: Houston, Cincinnati, UCF
Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, West Virginia
Away Only: Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah
UCF
Home & Away: Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Home Only: Houston, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Utah
Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU
UTAH
Home & Away: BYU, Colorado, Oklahoma State
Home Only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Away Only: Houston, Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State, TCU, UCF
WEST VIRGINIA
Home & Away: Cincinnati, Iowa State, UCF
Home Only: Houston, Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU
Away Only: Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Texas Tech, Utah