Big 12 football schedule release: Every game for every team

The Big 12 launched its 2023 football schedule on Tuesday, giving fans their plan for the new-look league after a bit of a delay added mystery to the reveal.The Big 12 invites in BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF to the club this year while Texas and Oklahoma are on the way out– ostensibly in 2025, however with regular rumors that their split might come a season quicker– so this may be the last time we get to see the Longhorns and Sooners in this lineup.The league schedule starts on Sept. 16, with TCU hosting Houston, the first time the 2 old Southwest Conference rivals have actually met considering that 2007.

“I wish to thank our fans for their persistence awaiting this historic schedule,” Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said. “Offered its significance, the complexities of weaving in 4 brand-new schools, adding a 3rd time zone and ensuring positioning with crucial stakeholders, we were extremely purposeful with its development.”

With the new groups, the league states it will continue to play 9 league contests with no divisions. The top two finishers by conference win portion in the regular season standings will fulfill in the Huge 12 title game on Dec. 2 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.But prior to

the brand-new conference schedule kicks in, there are some marquee nonconference games to begin the season, consisting of West Virginia traveling to Penn State in Week 1 before hosting Pitt in the renewed Backyard Brawl on Sept. 16. Texas travels to Alabama on Sept. 9, the exact same day Oregon travels to Texas Tech and Baylor hosts Utah, the back-to-back Pac-12 champs. Colorado will begin the Coach Prime period under Deion Sanders with a trip to TCU in Week 1, seeking to have the type of first-year turn-around in Stone that Sonny Dykes engineered in 2015 in Fort Worth.Here are each group’s schedules, together with some crucial questions they raise.Games we’re most looking forward to?You can’t start this list without Texas playing Oklahoma throughout the

State Fair of Texas in Dallas on Oct. 7. While there was intrigue on if the league would ever think about sticking it to the Horns and Sooners and scheduling their game at some other point, it’s a historical competition that’s a crucial possession to the league. So with that being an offered, let’s look somewhere else. The addition of Houston back to the league means every matchup versus an old state SWC competitor will be a little pettier and with a little extra heat. Texas’ journey to Houston on Oct. 21 will be one the Cougars will be circling, looking for their very first win versus Texas since 1991. Similarly, Oklahoma State will be hosting Oklahoma on Nov. 4 in what could end up being the last Bedlam matchup.On a pure football level, there is intrigue in Cincinnati’s very first Big 12 game, when the Bearcats, under brand-new coach Scott Satterfield, who changed the Wisconsin-bound Luke Fickell, host Oklahoma, which is coming off a 6-7 season in Brent Venables ‘very first year. TCU– which rode a magical season all the way to the national championship game and is looking for to establish staying power– gets a Thursday night showdown in Lubbock against Texas Tech prior to a marquee matchup with Oklahoma the Friday after Thanksgiving to end the season.The safeguarding league champs, Kansas State, will host the Horned Frogs on Oct. 21, after the two groups played 2 extraordinary games in 2022, a 38-28 TCU

win in Fort Worth and a 31-28 K-State win in the Huge 12 champion game.Who are the winners and losers?Winner: Kansas State appeared to get its regard, starting the league schedule at home for the very first time since 2017 with a game versus UCF on Sept. 23. The Wildcats will likewise host

Houston, meaning they won’t be taking a trip to any of the new teams’stadiums this season.Loser: Oklahoma begins Huge 12 play with a trip to Cincinnati, and finishes up the season with its first-ever journey to BYU on Nov. 18 before hosting TCU. The Sooners have among the most unfamiliar schedules, and wo n’t play Kansas State or Baylor this season.Winner: Baylor plays a school-record 8 house games this season, with its first four matches at McLane Arena, consisting of Texas on Sept. 23. The Bears only leave the state of Texas for roadway games at UCF, Cincinnati and Kansas

State.Loser: Iowa State has a hard closing slate, completing with a Nov. 11 trip to Provo for its first matchup against BYU since 1974, before hosting Texas on Nov. 18 and then taking a trip to Kansas State on Nov. 25. What’s at stake for fans of the brand-new teams?Houston, which was left out of the Big 12 after the SWC liquified, insinuates perhaps one swan song at Texas and Oklahoma. The Cougars play their very first seven games in Texas and change American Athletic Conference teams like Temple, Navy and East Carolina on the schedule with Baylor, Texas Tech and TCU, which will be an increase for fans.BYU, which played 2 tight games with Baylor the past two years, misses the Bears now that the teams are conference rivals. However the house game against Oklahoma will be a hot ticket in Provo. Cougars fans will likewise get the benefit of Texas Tech’s first-ever game in Utah while enjoying an amazing offense that was affected greatly by legendary BYU coach LaVell Edwards.Cincinnati faces all 3 fellow beginners, assisting to lay down the foundation for future competitions, with a home game against UCF and trip to BYU and Houston. The Sept. 23 home game against Oklahoma could be one of the most popular tickets in Nippert Stadium history.UCF appears to avoid the riskiest of the cold-weather trip, with two November house

games versus Oklahoma State and Houston in Orlando, and one roadway game against Texas Tech. The Knights do not play Texas this season, but will have hard road contests against Kansas State and Oklahoma. Sept. 2: Texas State Sept. 9: Utah Sept. 16: Long Island Sept. 23: Texas Sept. 30: at UCF Oct. 7: Texas Tech Oct. 14: Open Oct. 21: at Cincinnati Oct. 28: Iowa State Nov. 4: Houston Nov. 11: at Kansas State Nov. 18: at TCU Nov. 25: West Virginia Sept. 2: Sam Houston Sept. 9: Southern Utah Sept. 16: at Arkansas

Sept. 23: at Kansas Sept. 29: Cincinnati Oct. 7: Open Oct. 14
: at TCU
Oct. 21: Texas Tech Oct. 28: at Texas Nov. 4: at West Virginia Nov. 11: Iowa State
Nov. 18: Oklahoma Nov. 25: at Oklahoma State Sept. 2: Eastern Kentucky Sept. 9: at Pitt Sept. 16: Miami(Ohio )Sept. 23: Oklahoma Sept. 29: at BYU Oct. 7: Open Oct. 14: Iowa State Oct. 21: Baylor Oct. 28: at Oklahoma State Nov. 4: UCF Nov. 11: at Houston Nov. 18: at West Virginia Nov. 25: Kansas Sept. 2: UTSA Sept. 9: at Rice Sept. 16: TCU Sept. 23: Sam Houston Sept. 30: at Texas Tech Oct. 7: Open Oct. 12

: West Virginia Oct.
21: Texas Oct. 28: at Kansas State Nov. 4: at Baylor
Nov. 11: Cincinnati Nov. 18: Oklahoma State Nov. 25: at UCF Sept. 2: Northern Iowa Sept. 9: Iowa Sept. 16: at Ohio Sept. 23: Oklahoma State Sept. 30: at Oklahoma Oct. 7: TCU Oct. 14: at Cincinnati Oct. 21: Open Oct. 28: at Baylor Nov. 4: Kansas Nov. 11: at BYU Nov. 18: Texas Nov. 25
: at Kansas State Sept. 2: Missouri State Sept. 9: Illinois Sept.
16: at Nevada Sept. 23: BYU Sept. 30: at Texas Oct. 7: UCF Oct. 14: at Oklahoma State Oct. 21: Open Oct. 28: Oklahoma Nov. 4: at Iowa State Nov. 11: Texas Tech Nov.
18: Kansas State Nov. 25: at Cincinnati Sept. 2: Southeast Missouri Sept. 9
: Troy Sept. 16: at Missouri Sept. 23: UCF Sept. 30: Open

Oct. 6: at Oklahoma State Oct. 14: at Texas Tech Oct. 21: TCU Oct. 28
: Houston Nov. 4: at Texas
Nov. 11: Baylor Nov. 18: at Kansas Nov. 25: Iowa
State Sept. 2: Arkansas State Sept. 9: SMU Sept. 16: at Tulsa Sept. 23: at Cincinnati Sept. 30: Iowa State Oct. 7: Texas(Dallas)

Oct. 14: Open Oct. 21: UCF Oct.
28: at Kansas Nov. 4: at Oklahoma
State Nov. 11: West
Virginia Nov. 18: at BYU Nov. 25: TCU Sept. 2: Central Arkansas Sept. 9: at Arizona State Sept. 16: South Alabama Sept. 23: at Iowa State Sept. 30: Open Oct. 6: Kansas State Oct. 14: Kansas Oct. 21: at West Virginia Oct. 28
: Cincinnati Nov. 4: Oklahoma Nov. 11: at UCF Nov. 18: at Houston Nov. 25: BYU · Sept. 2: Colorado Sept. 9: Nicholls Sept. 16: at Houston Sept. 23: SMU Sept. 30: West Virginia Oct. 7: at Iowa State Oct. 14: BYU Oct. 21: at Kansas State

Oct. 28: Open Nov. 2: at Texas Tech Nov. 11: Texas Nov. 18: Baylor Nov. 24: at Oklahoma Sept. 2: Rice Sept. 9
: at Alabama Sept. 16: Wyoming Sept. 23: at Baylor Sept. 30: Kansas Oct. 7: Oklahoma(Dallas)Oct. 14: Open Oct. 21: at Houston Oct. 28: BYU Nov. 4: Kansas State Nov. 11: at TCU Nov. 18: at Iowa State Nov. 24: Texas Tech Sept. 2: at Wyoming Sept. 9: Oregon Sept. 16: Tarleton State Sept. 23: at West Virginia Sept. 30: Houston Oct. 7: at Baylor Oct. 14: Kansas State

Oct. 21: at BYU Oct. 28: Open Nov. 4: TCU Nov.
11: at Kansas
Nov. 18: UCF Nov. 24: at Texas Aug. 31: Kent State
Sept. 9: at Boise State Sept. 16: Villanova Sept. 23: at Kansas State Sept. 30: Baylor Oct. 7: at Kansas Oct. 14: Open Oct. 21: at Oklahoma Oct. 28: West Virginia

Nov. 4: at Cincinnati Nov. 11: Oklahoma State Nov. 18: at Texas Tech Nov. 25: Houston Sept. 2: at Penn State Sept. 9: Duquesne Sept. 16: Pitt Sept. 23:

Texas Tech Sept. 30: at
TCU Oct. 7: Open Oct. 12: at
Houston Oct. 21: Oklahoma State Oct. 28: at UCF Nov. 4: BYU Nov. 11: at Oklahoma Nov. 18: Cincinnati Nov. 25: at Baylor