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The Big 12 released its full schedule for the 2023 college football season on Tuesday, becoming the latest Power Five conference to finalize its dates before the upcoming campaign. The 2023 roster is the first with four new teams the conference added during the recent realignment with BYU, UCF, Houston and Cincinnati all joining the league.
Every existing member of the Big 12 will play two of the four new additions, including Oklahoma which is home to quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s former UCF team. Houston will begin Big 12 play against former Southwest Conference teammate TCU on Sept. 16. The conference will grow from 10 to 14 members in 2023 before finally settling on 12 after Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC by the 2025 season.
College Football playoff finalist TCU starts with a bang as the Horned Frogs host “Coach Prime” and the Colorado Buffaloes to open the season. Texas travels to Alabama in Week 2, as West Virginia hosts rival Pittsburgh. In conference play, Houston will host longtime rival Texas on October 21, while the final matchup in Bedlam in Stillwater between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will take place on November 4.
The 2023 Big 12 Championship Game is scheduled for December 2, 2023 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State is the defending conference champion, and the Big 12 has seen a new entrant every year since the title game returned in 2017. With the realignment, there are now four more schools with a shot at helping keep this one alive. trend.
Here are the 2023 team-by-team schedules for every Big 12 schedule.
2023 Big 12 football schedule
Baylor
- September 2 — State of Texas
- September 9 — Utah
- September 16 — Long Island
- September 23 — Texas
- Sept. 30 — at UCF
- October 7 — Teas Tech
- October 21 — in Cincinnati
- October 28 — State of Iowa
- November 4 — Houston
- November 11 – in the state of Kansas
- November 18 – at TCU
- November 25 — West Virginia
BYU
- September 2 — Sam Houston
- September 9 — Southern Utah
- September 16 — in Arkansas
- September 23 — in Kansas
- September 30 — Cincinnati
- October 14 — TCU
- October 21 — Texas Tech
- October 28 — in Texas
- November 4 – in West Virginia
- November 11 — State of Iowa
- November 18 — Oklahoma
- November 25 — at Oklahoma State
Cincinnati
- September 2 — Eastern Kentucky
- September 9 — in Pittsburgh
- September 16 — Miami (Ohio)
- September 23 — Oklahoma
- September 29 — at BYU
- October 14 — State of Iowa
- October 21 — Baylor
- October 28 — at Oklahoma State
- November 4 — UCF
- November 11 — in Houston
- November 18 — in West Virginia
- November 25 — Kansas
Houston
- September 2 — UTSA
- September 9 — at Rice
- September 16 — TCU
- September 23 — Sam Houston
- Sept. 30 – at Texas Tech
- October 12 — West Virginia
- October 21 — Texas
- October 28 — at Kansas State
- November 4 – in Baylor
- November 11 — Cincinnati
- November 18 — State of Oklahoma
- November 25 — at UCF
State of Iowa
- September 2 — Northern Iowa
- September 9 — Iowa
- September 16 — in Ohio
- September 23 — State of Oklahoma
- September 30 — in Oklahoma
- October 7 — TCU
- October 14 — in Cincinnati
- October 21 – in Baylor
- November 4 — Kansas
- November 11 — at BYU
- November 18 — Texas
- November 25 — in the State of Kansas
Kansas
- August 31 — State of Missouri
- September 9 — Illinois
- September 16 — in Nevada
- September 23 — BYU
- September 30 — in Texas
- October 7 — UCF
- October 14 — at Oklahoma State
- October 28 — Oklahoma
- November 4 – in the state of Iowa
- November 11 — Texas Tech
- November 18 — Kansas State
- November 25 — in Cincinnati
state of Kansas
- September 2 — Southeast Missouri
- September 9 — Troy
- September 16 — in Missouri
- September 23 — UCF
- October 6 – at Oklahoma State
- October 14 – at Texas Tech
- October 21 — TCU
- October 28 — Houston
- November 4 – in Texas
- November 11 — Baylor
- November 18 — in Kansas
- November 25 — State of Iowa
Oklahoma
- September 2 — State of Arkansas
- September 9 — SMU
- September 16 — in Tulsa
- September 23 — in Cincinnati
- September 30 — State of Iowa
- October 7 — Texas (in Dallas)
- October 21 — UCF
- October 28 — in Kansas
- November 4 — at Oklahoma State
- November 11 — West Virginia
- November 18 — at BYU
- November 24 — TCU
State of Oklahoma
- September 2 — Central Arkansas
- September 9 — at Arizona State
- September 16 — South Alabama
- September 23 — at Iowa State
- October 6 — State of Kansas
- October 14 — Kansas
- October 21 – West Virginia
- October 28 — Cincinnati
- November 4 — Oklahoma
- November 11 — at UCF
- November 18 — in Houston
- November 25 — BYU
TCU extension
- September 2 — Colorado
- September 9 — Nicholls
- September 16 — in Houston
- September 23 — SMU
- September 30 — West Virginia
- October 7 – in the state of Iowa
- October 14 — BYU
- October 21 – in the state of Kansas
- November 2 – at Texas Tech
- November 11 — Texas
- November 18 — Baylor
- November 24 — in Oklahoma
Texas
- September 2 — Rice
- September 9 — in Alabama
- September 16 — Wyoming
- September 23 — in Baylor
- September 30 — Kansas
- October 7 — Oklahoma (to Dallas)
- October 21 — in Houston
- October 28 — BYU
- November 4 — State of Kansas
- November 11 – at TCU
- November 18 — at Iowa Sate
- November 24 — Texas Tech
Texas technology
- September 2 – in Wyoming
- September 9 — Oregon
- September 16 — Tarleton
- September 23 — West Virginia
- September 30 — Houston
- October 7 – in Baylor
- October 14 — State of Kansas
- October 21 – at BYU
- November 2 — TCU
- November 11 — in Kansas
- November 18 — UCF
- November 24 — in Texas
UCF
- September 2 — State of Kent
- September 9 — in Boise State
- September 16 — Villanova
- September 23 — in the state of Kansas
- September 30 — Baylor
- October 7 — in Kansas
- October 21 — in Oklahoma
- October 28 — West Virginia
- November 4 — in Cincinnati
- November 11 — State of Oklahoma
- November 18 – at Texas Tech
- November 25 — Houston
West Virginia
- September 2 — at Penn State
- September 9 — Duquesne
- September 16 — Pittsburgh
- September 23 — Texas Tech
- September 30 — TCU
- October 11 — in Houston
- October 21 — State of Oklahoma
- October 28 — at UCF
- November 4 — BYU
- November 11 — in Oklahoma
- November 18 — Cincinnati
- November 25 — in Baylor
