Big Ten releases full 2025-26 men's basketball conference schedule

The Big Ten released its full 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule on Thursday. Conference play will get an appetizer in December before starting in full in January.

This year marks the second of the 18-team Big Ten after a groundbreaking round of conference realignment shook things up in 2024. A week of conference games will take place in the first week of December, and the full slate will get underway Jan. 2 with five games.

From there, the race is on for the conference tournament, which will now include all 18 teams. Here is the full 2025-26 Big Ten men’s basketball schedule.

Big Ten men’s basketball conference schedule

Dec. 2
Iowa at Michigan State
Purdue at Rutgers
USC at Oregon

Dec. 3
Indiana at Minnesota
UCLA at Washington
Northwestern at Wisconsin

Dec. 6
Maryland at Iowa
Ohio State at Northwestern
Rutgers at Michigan    
Oregon at UCLA
Washington at USC

Dec. 9
Penn State at Indiana
Illinois at Ohio State

Dec. 10
Wisconsin at Nebraska
Minnesota at Purdue

Dec. 13
Nebraska at Illinois
Michigan at Maryland
Michigan State at Penn State

Jan. 2
Oregon at Maryland
USC at Michigan
Michigan State at Nebraska
Ohio State at Rutgers

Jan. 3
UCLA at Iowa
Minnesota at Northwestern
Illinois at Penn State
Purdue at Wisconsin

Jan. 4
Washington at Indiana

Jan. 5
USC at Michigan State
Nebraska at Ohio State
Oregon at Rutgers

Jan. 6
Iowa at Minnesota
Michigan at Penn State
UCLA at Wisconsin

Jan. 7
Indiana at Maryland
Washington at Purdue

Jan. 8
Rutgers at Illinois
Northwestern at Michigan State
Ohio State at Oregon

Jan. 9
USC at Minnesota

Jan. 10
Nebraska at Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan
Penn State at Purdue
Maryland at UCLA

Jan. 11
Illinois at Iowa
Northwestern at Rutgers
Ohio State at Washington

Jan. 13
Indiana at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Oregon at Nebraska
Maryland at USC

Jan. 14
Illinois at Northwestern
UCLA at Penn State
Iowa at Purdue
Michigan at Washington

Jan. 17
Minnesota at Illinois
Iowa at Indiana
Nebraska at Northwestern
UCLA at Ohio State
Michigan at Oregon
Purdue at USC
Michigan State at Washington
Rutgers at Wisconsin

Jan. 18
Penn State at Maryland

Jan. 20
Rutgers at Iowa
Indiana at Michigan
Minnesota at Ohio State
Michigan State at Oregon
Purdue at UCLA

Jan. 21
Maryland at Illinois
Washington at Nebraska
Northwestern at USC

Jan. 22
Wisconsin at Penn State

Jan. 23
Ohio State at Michigan
Indiana at Rutgers

Jan. 24
Maryland at Michigan State
Nebraska at Minnesota
Illinois at Purdue
Northwestern at UCLA

Jan. 25
Oregon at Washington
USC at Wisconsin

Jan. 26
Penn State at Ohio State

Jan. 27
Purdue at Indiana
Nebraska at Michigan
Michigan State at Rutgers

Jan. 28
USC at Iowa
UCLA at Oregon
Minnesota at Wisconsin

Jan. 29
Washington at Illinois
Penn State at Northwestern

Jan. 30
Michigan at Michigan State

Jan. 31
Washington at Northwestern
Indiana at UCLA
Rutgers at USC
Ohio State at Wisconsin

Feb. 1
Purdue at Maryland
Illinois at Nebraska
Iowa at Oregon
Minnesota at Penn State

Feb. 3
Rutgers at UCLA
Indiana at USC

Feb. 4
Northwestern at Illinois
Michigan State at Minnesota
Iowa at Washington

Feb. 5
Ohio State at Maryland
Penn State at Michigan

Feb. 7
Wisconsin at Indiana
Illinois at Michigan State
Oregon at Purdue
Nebraska at Rutgers
Washington at UCLA

Feb. 8
Northwestern at Iowa
Maryland at Minnesota
Michigan at Ohio State
USC at Penn State

Feb. 9
Oregon at Indiana

Feb. 10
Wisconsin at Illinois
Purdue at Nebraska

Feb. 11
Iowa at Maryland
Michigan at Northwestern
USC at Ohio State
Penn State at Washington

Feb. 13
Michigan State at Wisconsin

Feb. 14
Purdue at Iowa
UCLA at Michigan
Northwestern at Nebraska
Penn State at Oregon
Minnesota at Washington

Feb. 15
Indiana at Illinois
Maryland at Rutgers

Feb. 17
Nebraska at Iowa
UCLA at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Ohio State
Minnesota at Oregon
Michigan at Purdue

Feb. 18
Maryland at Northwestern
Rutgers at Penn State
Illinois at USC

Feb. 20
Indiana at Purdue

Feb. 21
Washington at Maryland
Rutgers at Minnesota
Penn State at Nebraska
Illinois at UCLA
Oregon at USC

Feb. 22
Ohio State at Michigan State
Iowa at Wisconsin

Feb. 24
Northwestern at Indiana
Minnesota at Michigan
Washington at Rutgers
USC at UCLA

Feb. 25
Ohio State at Iowa
Maryland at Nebraska
Wisconsin at Oregon

Feb. 26
Michigan State at Purdue

Feb. 27
Michigan at Illinois

Feb. 28
Michigan at Penn State 
UCLA at Minnesota
Oregon at Northwestern
Iowa at Penn State
Nebraska at USC
Wisconsin at Washington

March 1
Michigan State at Indiana
Rutgers at Maryland
Purdue at Ohio State

March 3
Oregon at Illinois
Nebraska at UCLA

March 4
Minnesota at Indiana
Purdue at Northwestern
Ohio State at Penn State
USC at Washington
Maryland at Wisconsin

March 5
Michigan at Iowa
Rutgers at Michigan State

March 7
Northwestern at Minnesota
Indiana at Ohio State
Washington at Oregon
Wisconsin at Purdue
UCLA at USC

March 8
Illinois at Maryland
Michigan State at Michigan
Iowa at Nebraska
Penn State at Rutgers