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 ahead of the upcoming campaign. The 2023 roster is the first with four new teams added by the conference amid a recent realignment as BYU, UCF, Houston and Cincinnati joined the league.
Each existing member of the Big 12 will play two of the four new additions, including Oklahoma hosting quarterback Dylan Gabriel’s former UCF team. Houston opens Big 12 play against former Southwest Conference partner TCU on Sept. 16. The conference will grow from 10 to 14 members in 2023 before eventually settling at 12 after Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC by the 2025 season.
College Football Playoff finalist TCU starts off with a bang as the Horned Frogs host “Coach Prime” and the Colorado Buffaloes open the season. Texas travels to Alabama in Week 2 while West Virginia hosts rival Pittsburgh. In conference play, Houston will host arch-rival Texas on October 21st, while the Bedlam finale in Stillwater between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will take place on November 4th.
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 fielded a new entrant every year since the title game returned in 2017. With the realignment, there are now four additional schools with a chance to help continue that trend.
Here are the 2023 team-by-team schedules for each Big 12 program.
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 — Iowa State
- November 4 — Houston
- November 11 — at Kansas State
- Nov. 18 — at TCU
- November 25 — West Virginia
BYU
- September 2 — Sam Houston
- September 9 — Southern Utah
- September 16 — in Arkansas
- September 23 — at Kansas
- September 30 — Cincinnati
- Oct. 14 — TCU
- Oct. 21 – Texas Tech
- October 28 — in Texas
- November 4 — in West Virginia
- Nov. 11 — Iowa State
- november 18 – Oklahoma
- Nov. 25 — at Oklahoma State
Cincinnati
- September 2 — Eastern Kentucky
- September 9 — in Pittsburgh
- September 16 – Miami (Ohio)
- Sept. 23 — Oklahoma
- Sept. 29 — at BYU
- October 14 — Iowa State
- Oct. 21 — Baylor
- Oct. 28 — at Oklahoma State
- november 4 — UCF
- November 11 — in Houston
- November 18 — in West Virginia
- november 25 — Kansas
Houston
- Sept. 2 — UTSA
- September 9 — at Rice
- Sept. 16 — TCU
- September 23 — Sam Houston
- Sept. 30 — at Texas Tech
- October 12 — West Virginia
- October 21 — Texas
- Oct. 28 — at Kansas City
- Nov. 4 — at Baylor
- November 11 — Cincinnati
- November 18 — Oklahoma State
- Nov. 25 — at UCF
Iowa State
- September 2 — Northern Iowa
- September 9 — Iowa
- September 16 — in Ohio
- September 23 — Oklahoma State
- September 30 — at Oklahoma
- Oct. 7 — TCU
- October 14 — in Cincinnati
- Oct. 21 — at Baylor
- november 4 — Kansas
- Nov. 11 — at BYU
- november 18 — Texas
- Nov. 25 — at Kansas State
Kansas
- August 31 — Missouri State
- September 9 – Illinois
- September 16 — in Nevada
- Sept. 23 — BYU
- September 30 — in Texas
- Oct. 7 — UCF
- Oct. 14 — at Oklahoma State
- October 28 — Oklahoma
- November 4 — at Iowa State
- november 11 — Texas Tech
- November 18 — Kansas State
- November 25 — in Cincinnati
Kansas State
- Sept. 2 — Southeast Missouri
- September 9 — Troy
- September 16 — in Missouri
- Sept. 23 — UCF
- October 6 — at Oklahoma State
- Oct. 14 — at Texas Tech
- Oct. 21 — TCU
- October 28 — Houston
- November 4 — in Texas
- november 11 — Baylor
- November 18 — at Kansas
- Nov. 25 — Iowa State
Oklahoma
- September 2 — Arkansas State
- Sept. 9 — SMU
- September 16 — in Tulsa
- September 23 — in Cincinnati
- September 30 — Iowa State
- October 7 – Texas (at Dallas)
- Oct. 21 — UCF
- October 28 — at Kansas
- Nov. 4 — at Oklahoma State
- November 11 — West Virginia
- Nov. 18 — at BYU
- november 24 — ТЗУ
Oklahoma State
- September 2 — Central Arkansas
- September 9 — at Arizona State
- Sept. 16 — South Alabama
- September 23 — at Iowa State
- October 6 — Kansas State
- October 14 — Kansas
- October 21 — in West Virginia
- October 28 — Cincinnati
- november 4 – Oklahoma
- Nov. 11 — at UCF
- November 18 — in Houston
- november 25 — BYU
TCU
- September 2 — Colorado
- September 9 — Nichols
- September 16 — in Houston
- Sept. 23 — SMU
- September 30 — West Virginia
- October 7 — at Iowa State
- Oct. 14 — BYU
- October 21 — at Kansas State
- Nov. 2 — at Texas Tech
- november 11 — Texas
- november 18 — Baylor
- November 24 — at Oklahoma
Texas
- September 2 — Rice
- September 9 — in Alabama
- September 16 — Wyoming
- Sept. 23 — at Baylor
- Sept. 30 — Kansas
- October 7 – Oklahoma (at Dallas)
- October 21 — in Houston
- Oct. 28 — BYU
- November 4 — Kansas State
- Nov. 11 — at TCU
- Nov. 18 — at Iowa State
- november 24 — Texas Tech
Texas Tech
- September 2 — in Wyoming
- September 9 — Oregon
- September 16 — Tarleton
- September 23 — in West Virginia
- September 30 — Houston
- Oct. 7 — at Baylor
- October 14 — Kansas State
- Oct. 21 — at BYU
- november 2 — ТЗУ
- November 11 — at Kansas
- november 18 — UCF
- November 24 — in Texas
UCF
- Sept. 2 — Kent State
- Sept. 9 — at Boise State
- September 16 — Villanova
- September 23 — at Kansas State
- Sept. 30 — Baylor
- October 7 — in Kansas
- October 21 — at Oklahoma
- October 28 — West Virginia
- November 4 — in Cincinnati
- November 11 — Oklahoma State
- Nov. 18 — at Texas Tech
- November 25 — Houston
West Virginia
- Sept. 2 — at Penn State
- September 9 — Duquesne
- September 16 — Pittsburgh
- Sept. 23 – Texas Tech
- Sept. 30 — TCU
- October 11 — in Houston
- October 21 — Oklahoma State
- Oct. 28 — at UCF
- november 4 — BYU
- November 11 — in Oklahoma
- November 18 — Cincinnati
- Nov. 25 — at Baylor