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2025 Big 12 Football Schedule Revealed for Deion Sanders' Colorado and Every Team

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVFebruary 4, 2025

BOULDER, CO - NOVEMBER 29: Colorado head coach Deion Sanders during the college football game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and the University of Colorado Buffaloes on November 29, 2024 at Folsom Field in Boulder, CO. (Photo by Kevin Langley/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Start marking your calendars, Big 12 fans.

The 2025 football schedule has arrived.

The Big 12 revealed the entire schedule for all of its teams Tuesday for the upcoming campaign that will start on Aug. 23 with the highly anticipated showdown between Iowa State and Kansas State in Ireland.

Here is a look at the full slate:

Week 0 (8/23)

  • Iowa State vs. Kansas State (neutral site)
  • Fresno State at Kansas

Week 1 (8/30)

  • Hawaii at Arizona
  • Northern Arizona at Arizona State
  • Auburn at Baylor
  • Portland State at BYU
  • Jacksonville State at UCF (Thursday)
  • Cincinnati vs. Nebraska (neutral site)
  • Georgia Tech at Colorado
  • Stephen F. Austin at Houston
  • South Dakota at Iowa State
  • Wagner at Kansas
  • North Dakota at Kansas State
  • UT Martin at Oklahoma State
  • TCU at North Carolina (Monday)
  • Arkansas Pine Bluff at Texas Tech
  • Utah at UCLA
  • Robert Morris at West Virginia

Week 2 (9/6)

  • Weber State at Arizona
  • Arizona State at Mississippi State
  • Baylor at SMU
  • Stanford at BYU
  • North Carolina A&T at UCF
  • Bowling Green at Cincinnati
  • Delaware at Colorado
  • Houston at Rice
  • Iowa at Iowa State
  • Kansas at Missouri
  • Army at Kansas State
  • Oklahoma State at Oregon
  • Kent State at Texas Tech
  • Cal Poly at Utah
  • West Virginia at Ohio

Week 3 (9/13)

  • Kansas State at Arizona
  • Texas State at Arizona State
  • Samford at Baylor
  • Northwestern State at Cincinnati
  • Colorado at Houston
  • Iowa State at Arkansas State
  • Abilene Christian at TCU
  • Oregon State at Texas Tech
  • Utah at Wyoming
  • Pitt at West Virginia

Week 4 (9/20)

  • Arizona State at Baylor
  • BYU at East Carolina
  • North Carolina at UCF
  • Wyoming at Colorado
  • West Virginia at Kansas 
  • Tulsa at Oklahoma State
  • SMU at TCU
  • Texas Tech at Utah

Week 5 (9/27)

  • Arizona at Iowa State
  • TCU at Arizona State
  • Baylor at Oklahoma State
  • BYU at Colorado
  • UCF at Kansas State
  • Cincinnati at Kansas
  • Houston at Oregon State
  • Utah at West Virginia

Week 6 (10/4)

  • Oklahoma State at Arizona
  • Kansas State at Baylor
  • West Virginia at BYU (Friday)
  • Kansas at UCF
  • Iowa State at Cincinnati
  • Colorado at TCU
  • Texas Tech at Houston

Week 7 (10/11)

  • BYU at Arizona
  • Arizona State at Utah
  • UCF at Cincinnati
  • Iowa State at Colorado
  • Houston at Oklahoma State
  • Kansas at Texas Tech
  • TCU at Kansas State

Week 8 (10/18)

  • Arizona at Houston
  • Texas Tech at Arizona State
  • Baylor at TCU
  • Utah at BYU
  • West Virginia at UCF
  • Cincinnati at Oklahoma State

Week 9 (10/25)

  • Houston at Arizona State
  • Baylor at Cincinnati
  • BYU at Iowa State
  • Colorado at Utah
  • Kansas State at Kansas
  • Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
  • TCU at West Virginia

Week 10 (11/1)

  • Arizona at Colorado
  • Arizona State at Iowa State
  • UCF at Baylor
  • Cincinnati at Utah
  • West Virginia at Houston
  • Oklahoma State at Kansas
  • Texas Tech at Kansas State

Week 11 (11/8)

  • Kansas at Arizona
  • BYU at Texas Tech
  • Houston at UCF
  • Colorado at West Virginia
  • Iowa State at TCU

Week 12 (11/15)

  • Arizona at Cincinnati
  • West Virginia at Arizona State
  • Utah at Baylor
  • TCU at BYU
  • UCF at Texas Tech
  • Kansas State at Oklahoma State

Week 13 (11/22)

  • Baylor at Arizona
  • Arizona State at Colorado
  • BYU at Cincinnati
  • Oklahoma State at UCF
  • TCU at Houston
  • Kansas at Iowa State
  • Kansas State at Utah

Week 14 (11/29)

  • Arizona at Arizona State (Friday)
  • Houston at Baylor
  • UCF at BYU
  • Cincinnati at TCU
  • Colorado at Kansas State
  • Iowa State at Oklahoma State
  • Utah at Kansas (Friday)
  • Texas Tech at West Virginia 

Big 12 Championship Game (12/6)


While a number of games stand out, attention naturally turns to the nonconference clashes. After all, that will be the Big 12's best chance to prove itself against other leagues across the country as teams battle for positioning in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Notably, Cincinnati will play Nebraska from the Big Ten in the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium, Baylor hosts Auburn from the SEC, Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes host Georgia Tech from the ACC and TCU travels to face Bill Belichick's North Carolina Tar Heels from the ACC all in Week 1.

The opportunities to make a national statement don't stop there, as Oklahoma State travels to Oregon, Iowa State hosts Iowa and Kansas travels to Missouri.

Perhaps the most unusual nonconference game will pit two teams from the Big 12 against each other when Kansas State and Arizona play in Week 3. That is considered a nonconference game because it was scheduled when the Wildcats were still in the Pac-12 before they joined the Big 12 during conference realignment and expansion.

The Wildcats and everyone else will be attempting to catch reigning champion Arizona State, which defeated Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship Game and then pushed powerhouse Texas to double-overtime in the College Football Playoff.

Arizona State faces a nonconference test at Mississippi State from the SEC before playing Sanders' Buffaloes, Baylor, Utah and the Cyclones in a Big 12 title game rematch all on the road.

It won't be an easy title defense, and now the Sun Devils and everyone else know what they have to navigate to reach the CFP.