OU men's basketball: Sooners release conference schedule
As of August 6, Oklahoma’s full SEC schedule for the 2025-26 season has officially been released, and it features a more manageable opening stretch compared to last year’s start.
The Sooners will open conference play at home against Ole Miss on January 3, then hit the road to face Mississippi State on either the 6th or 7th. That trip will be followed by another road test against Texas A&M on January 10. Oklahoma then returns home for a pair of games against Florida (Jan. 13 or 14) and Alabama (Jan. 17).
The road slate continues with trips to South Carolina (Jan. 20 or 21) and Missouri (Jan. 24). OU rounds out the month of January with two key home matchups against Arkansas (Jan. 27 or 28) and Texas (Jan. 31).
February begins with a high-profile road game at Rupp Arena against Kentucky on Feb. 3, followed by a trip to Vanderbilt on Feb. 7. Georgia visits Norman on Feb. 14 before Oklahoma travels to Knoxville to take on Tennessee on Feb. 17 or 18. The Sooners will then host Texas A&M (Feb. 21) and Auburn (Feb. 24 or 25), closing out the month with a road game against LSU on Feb. 28.
Oklahoma wraps up SEC play with a home game against Missouri on March 3 or 4, followed by the regular-season finale at Texas on March 7 — mirroring how the 2024-25 season ended.
Here are the confirmed matchups on Oklahoma’s non-conference slate before SEC play begins.
That includes a road game against Gonzaga on November 8 in Spokane, a neutral-site matchup in Sioux Falls against Nebraska on November 15, and a neutral-site game against Marquette in Chicago. OU will also travel to Wake Forest on December 2 for the SEC/ACC Challenge, followed by a neutral-site game against Arizona State in Phoenix on December 6.
The annual Bedlam matchup against Oklahoma State will be played in Oklahoma City on December 13. That game is part of an MTE, which will also feature a game against Kansas City on December 16.
Additional rumored or unconfirmed non-conference games include Saint Francis (Nov. 3), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11), Oral Roberts (Nov. 20), and Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29).
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