UCF’s men’s basketball team will open its 2026-27 Big 12 schedule at home for the second straight season.

The Knights will host Utah at Addition Financial Arena on Jan. 2 before traveling to Arizona for back-to-back games against the Wildcats (Jan. 6) and Arizona State (Jan. 9). The team returns home to host Baylor (Jan. 13) before traveling to Kansas (Jan. 16).

UCF has back-to-back home games against Colorado (Jan. 19) and Iowa State (Jan. 23) before heading to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech (Jan. 30).

February features four home games against West Virginia (Feb. 3), Houston (Feb. 10), Texas Tech (Feb. 20) and BYU (Feb. 27). The road contests are against Baylor (Feb. 6), Cincinnati (Feb. 13), West Virginia (Feb. 16) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 24).

The regular season schedule wraps with a home game against Kansas State (March 3) and a road contest at TCU (March 6).

The 18-game conference schedule includes five games against top-25 opponents.

UCF is coming off its best season since joining the Big 12 in 2023, winning a program-best nine conference games. The Knights celebrated signature wins over No. 17 Kansas, No. 11 Texas Tech and No. 19 BYU, finishing the season with a 21-12 overall record and earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to UCLA in the first round.

This year’s schedule features games against seven teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament and four teams that earned berths in the College Basketball Crown Championship and the National Invitation Tournament.

Tip-off times and television assignments will be announced later.

UCF is coming off its best season since joining the Big 12 in 2023, winning a program-best nine conference games. The Knights celebrated signature wins over No. 17 Kansas, No. 11 Texas Tech and No. 19 BYU, finishing the season with a 21-12 overall record and earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to UCLA in the first round.

This year’s schedule features games against seven teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament and four teams that earned berths in the College Basketball Crown Championship and the National Invitation Tournament.

2026-27 SCHEDULE

Oct. 14: at LSU (Exhibition)
Oct. 28: at Kentucky (Exhibition)
Nov. 2: FGCU
Nov. 6: Yale
Nov. 10: South Alabama
Nov. 13: Georgia Southern
Nov. 17: Mississippi State
Nov. 20: at Vanderbilt
Nov. 26: vs. Boston College or Georgia*
Nov. 27: vs. Boston College or Georgia*
Dec. 1: Jacksonville University
Dec. 6: American University
Dec. 12: at Indiana University
Dec. 16: FIU
Dec. 19: vs. Virginia Tech**
Dec. 22: Towson
Jan. 2: Utah
Jan. 6: at Arizona
Jan. 9: at Arizona State
Jan. 13: Baylor
Jan. 16: at Kansas
Jan. 19: Colorado
Jan. 23: Iowa State
Jan. 30: at Texas Tech
Feb. 3: West Virginia
Feb. 6: at Baylor
Feb. 10: Houston
Feb. 13: at Cincinnati
Feb. 16: at West Virginia
Feb. 20: Texas Tech
Feb. 24: at Oklahoma State
Feb. 27: BYU
March 3: Kansas State
March 6: at TCU

*ESPN Events Invitational at ESPN Wide World of Sports

**Rick Case Arena in Fort Lauderdale

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