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Big 12 announces weekday game selections for 2026 football season

April 10, 2026

By Big 12 Conference: The Big 12 Conference, alongside its television partners ESPN and FOX, has announced nine football games to be played on Fridays and select weekdays during the week for the 2026 season. The selections include eight Friday games and a Thanksgiving match-up on Thursday, Nov. 26. Specific network designations and kick-off times for these games will be announced at a later date.

The weekday picks begin with a marquee non-conference meeting when Kansas hosts Missouri in the Border Showdown rivalry game on Friday, Sept. 11, a week before an early Conference matchup between Houston and Texas Tech on Friday, Sept. 18.

October will see a pair of Friday games with Iowa State at BYU on October 9 and Baylor at UCF on October 30. TCU at Arizona, Houston at Colorado, Iowa State at UCF and West Virginia at Utah are scheduled for Friday kickoffs in November, which also includes TCU and Texas Tech playing on Thanksgiving.

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