All the game dates and opponents are locked into place for both the Utah men’s and women’s basketball teams in the upcoming season, after the Big 12 announced the league schedule for both sports this week.
The women’s schedule came out Monday, with the men’s schedule being released Tuesday.
What stands out from the Utah men’s basketball 2025-26 schedule
One of the biggest surprises on Utah’s Big 12 schedule is that the Runnin’ Utes will play BYU twice in January, just two weeks apart. Utah hosts the Cougars at the Huntsman Center on Jan. 10, then plays in Provo on Jan. 24. The Cougars and Utes split the season series last year, with each team winning at home.
BYU is the only Big 12 team that made the NCAA Tournament last season that Utah will face twice during the conference schedule. The Utes also will face Arizona State and Colorado twice.
The Utes will host national runners-up Houston on Feb. 10. Utah played the Cougars in Houston last season, where it lost by 34.
To open Big 12 play, the Utes will host Arizona on Jan. 3, before school is back in session following the Christmas break. The Wildcats made the NCAA Tournament last year.
Other Big 12 teams that made the NCAAs last season that the Utes will face include hosting Iowa State (Feb. 24), while Utah will travel to Baylor (March 7), Texas Tech (Jan. 14) and Kansas (Feb. 7).
The Utes’ game at Kansas will be their first trip to historic Allen Fieldhouse since joining the Big 12.
During nonconference play, though the Utes have an exhibition game at Oregon, they won’t leave the state during the regular season for the first six games.
Two of Utah’s toughest out-of-conference matchups will happen at the Acrisure Series in California, when the Utes face Grand Canyon, then either Ole Miss or Iowa.
Utah will hit the road twice in nonconference play to take on former Pac-12 rivals in California (Dec. 2) and Washington (Dec. 29).
Weber State is back on Utah’s schedule. The Utes host the Wildcats on Nov. 8.
Utah men’s basketball 2025-26 schedule
Nonconference play
Oct. 17 — Nevada (exhibition)
Oct. 24 — at Oregon (exhibition)
Nov. 3 — San Jose State
Nov. 8 — Weber State
Nov. 10 — Holy Cross
Nov. 15 — Sam Houston State
Nov. 18 — Purdue Fort Wayne
Nov. 20 — Cal Poly
Nov. 25 — vs. Grand Canyon (Acrisure Series, Palm Desert, California)
Nov. 26 — vs. Ole Miss or Iowa
Dec. 2 — at California
Dec. 6 — Cal Baptist
Dec. 13 — vs. Mississippi State (Delta Center)
Dec. 20 — Eastern Washington
Dec. 29 — at Washington
Big 12 schedule
Jan. 3 — Arizona
Jan. 7 — at Colorado
Jan. 10 — BYU
Jan. 14 — at Texas Tech
Jan. 17 — TCU
Jan. 20 — at Kansas State
Jan. 24 — at BYU
Jan. 31 — Oklahoma State
Feb. 4 — Arizona State
Feb. 7 — at Kansas
Feb. 10 — Houston
Feb. 15 — at Cincinnati
Feb. 18 — at West Virginia
Feb. 21 — UCF
Feb. 24 — Iowa State
Feb. 28 — at Arizona State
March 3 — Colorado
March 7 — at Baylor
March 10-14, Big 12 Tournament (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City)
What stands out from the Utah women’s basketball 2025-26 schedule
Utah will open its conference portion of its schedule at Arizona on Dec. 22, followed by the Big 12 home opener on New Year’s Eve against Arizona State.
The Utes will play at BYU on Jan. 31, then host the Cougars on Feb. 21. In last year’s game at the Huntsman Center between the two schools, Maty Wilke hit a half-court buzzer-beater to lift Utah past BYU in overtime. The Utes have won their past four games against BYU.
Utah will host defending Big 12 champion TCU on Jan. 3. The Utes lost to the Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas, last season. TCU advanced to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament.
The Utes don’t have a home-and-home with any of the other six Big 12 teams that, like Utah, made the NCAA Tournament. In addition to hosting TCU, the Utes will face Baylor, West Virginia and Iowa State from that group, while traveling to Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
The three teams Utah will face twice — both home and away — include BYU, Arizona and Arizona State.
The highlight game from the nonconference slate is against defending national champion UConn, as well as Syracuse, in the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, just before Thanksgiving.
One late addition to the nonconference schedule is that Utah will play at former Mountain West Conference foe Colorado State on Dec. 4. The game was announced by the Rams last week.
Utah women’s basketball 2025-26 schedule
Nonconference play
Oct. 27 — Western Colorado (exhibition)
Nov. 3 — San Diego State
Nov. 7 — at Utah State
Nov. 11 — Utah Valley
Nov. 15 — Washington
Nov. 21 — vs. Syracuse (Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase, Uncasville, Connecticut)
Nov. 23 — vs. UConn (Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase, Uncasville, Connecticut)
Nov. 26 — Weber State
Nov. 29 — at Montana
Dec. 4 — at Colorado State
Dec. 10 — Boise State
Dec. 14 — Northwestern
Dec. 17 — UC Riverside
Big 12 play