WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the single-play and home-and-away conference opponents for the 2025-26 men's basketball season.
For the eighth straight season, the league will play a 20-game league schedule with the Midwest and East Coast squads making one trip to the West Coast to face either UCLA and USC or Oregon and Washington.
In the previous seven years with the 20-game schedule (since 2018-19), Purdue owns the league's best record with an 97-42 (.698) mark, the Big Ten's best mark by nine games (Michigan State – 88-51).
Home-and-Away Series (3)
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Single-Play Home Games (7)
Illinois
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Oregon
Penn State
Washington
Single-Play Road Games (7)
Maryland
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Rutgers
UCLA
USC
Purdue's Home Games: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Purdue's Road Games: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Finalized dates, times and television assignments will come at a later date.
Last season, Purdue finished with a 24-12 overall record and reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the sixth time in the last eight tournaments. Purdue is ranked in the top three of nearly every "Way-Too-Early" Top-25 poll.
SCHEDULE NOTES
For the eighth straight season, the league will play a 20-game league schedule with the Midwest and East Coast squads making one trip to the West Coast to face either UCLA and USC or Oregon and Washington.
In the previous seven years with the 20-game schedule (since 2018-19), Purdue owns the league's best record with an 97-42 (.698) mark, the Big Ten's best mark by nine games (Michigan State – 88-51).
Home-and-Away Series (3)
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Single-Play Home Games (7)
Illinois
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Oregon
Penn State
Washington
Single-Play Road Games (7)
Maryland
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Rutgers
UCLA
USC
Purdue's Home Games: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Purdue's Road Games: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Finalized dates, times and television assignments will come at a later date.
Last season, Purdue finished with a 24-12 overall record and reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the sixth time in the last eight tournaments. Purdue is ranked in the top three of nearly every "Way-Too-Early" Top-25 poll.
SCHEDULE NOTES
- Purdue will be looking for its third Big Ten title in the last four years and its fifth regular-season title in the last 10 years.
- Purdue will be making its first trip to UCLA's Pauley Pavilion since Dec. 30, 1999, a 55-53 Bruins victory. Purdue has never played a game in USC's Galen Center.
- Meanwhile, Washington will be making its first trip to Mackey Arena in school history. Oregon will be making its first trip to Mackey Arena since an 88-62 Boilermakers' victory on Dec. 5, 1987.
- Purdue and Wisconsin will play a home-and-home series for the fifth time in the last nine seasons.
- Purdue and Iowa will play a home-and-home series for the fourth time in the last seven seasons.
- There will be four new head coaches making their debuts in the Big Ten Conference this season (Iowa's Ben McCollum, Indiana's Darian DeVries, Maryland's Buzz Williams, Minnesota's Niko Medved)