The Big 12 has released the Conference schedule for the 2026 volleyball season. Teams will play 18 matches over 10 weeks with each team playing 10 teams once and four teams twice.
Conference play opens Friday, Sept. 25, marking the first night of Big 12 volleyball competition for the 2026 season with 14 of the league’s 15 members in action. Arizona will open its Conference schedule with a road trip to Colorado on Sunday, Sept. 27.
New to this year’s schedule, each program will participate in an in-season challenge, using the matches from Thursday, October 1 through Sunday, November 1. The overall records from these matches will crown the champion with an in-season trophy. Additionally, each team will play a rival opponent during “Rivalry Week”, with all of the matches being played between Oct. 15-18. The week will be highlighted by the two teams that represented the Big 12 in the NCAA Regional Semifinals as Arizona State travels to Kansas. Eight of the matches will be between teams that qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Five of those matches will be between teams that advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, including Arizona-Arizona State, Arizona State-Kansas, Baylor-TCU, Colorado-Iowa State and Kansas-Kansas State.
Conference play will conclude Friday, Nov. 27. The team that finishes the season with the highest Conference winning percentage will be crowned the Big 12 Champion.
The Big 12 concluded the regular season with seven teams in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA)/TARAFLEX Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll, tied for the most among all Conferences.
Additionally, the Conference had 10 programs selected to the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship, surpassing the Conference’s previous high of eight, and the most of any conference last season. Of those 10 teams, eight earned victories in the first round, the most in Big 12 history.
All dates are subject to change. Institutions will announce non-conference schedules and match times when available.
2026 Big 12 Volleyball Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 24
Kansas State at UCF
Friday, Sept. 25
Arizona State at West Virginia
Baylor at BYU
Houston at Kansas
Iowa State at Texas Tech
TCU at Cincinnati
Utah at Colorado
Sunday, Sept. 27
Arizona at Colorado
Arizona State at Cincinnati
Baylor at Utah
UCF at Iowa State
Houston at Kansas State
Kansas at Texas Tech
TCU at West Virginia
Thursday, Oct. 1
BYU at Kansas State
Utah at Kansas
Friday, Oct. 2
UCF at Baylor
Cincinnati at Houston
Colorado at TCU
Iowa State at Arizona
West Virginia at Texas Tech
Saturday, Oct. 3
BYU at Kansas
Utah at Kansas State
Sunday, Oct. 4
UCF at TCU
Colorado at Baylor
Houston at West Virginia
Iowa State at Arizona State
Texas Tech at Arizona
Thursday, Oct. 8
Baylor at Texas Tech
BYU at Houston
West Virginia at Utah
Friday, Oct. 9
Arizona at TCU
Cincinnati at UCF
Colorado at Arizona State
Kansas State at Iowa State
Saturday, Oct. 10
West Virginia at BYU
Sunday, Oct. 11
Arizona at Baylor
Iowa State at Cincinnati
Kansas at UCF
Kansas State at Colorado
TCU at Arizona State
Thursday, Oct. 15
Arizona at Arizona State
BYU at Utah
Colorado at Iowa State
Kansas at Kansas State
Friday, Oct. 16
UCF at Houston
Cincinnati at West Virginia
Texas Tech at TCU
Saturday, Oct. 17
BYU at Arizona
Utah at Iowa State
Sunday, Oct. 18
Arizona State at Kansas
Baylor at TCU
Texas Tech at Houston
West Virginia at UCF
Thursday, Oct. 22
Arizona State at Utah
Colorado at BYU
Kansas State at Cincinnati
Friday, Oct. 23
Arizona at West Virginia
UCF at Texas Tech
Houston at Baylor
Kansas at TCU
Saturday, Oct. 24
Arizona State at BYU
Sunday, Oct. 25
Arizona at Cincinnati
Colorado at Utah
Iowa State at Houston
Kansas at Baylor
Texas Tech at Kansas State
Thursday, Oct. 29
Cincinnati at Colorado
Friday, Oct. 30
UCF at Arizona State
Houston at Arizona
Kansas State at Kansas
TCU at Baylor
Utah at BYU
West Virginia at Iowa State
Sunday, Nov. 1
UCF at Arizona
Houston at Arizona State
Kansas at Iowa State
Kansas State at TCU
Texas Tech at Colorado
West Virginia at Cincinnati
Thursday, Nov. 5
BYU at Colorado
Iowa State at UCF
Friday, Nov. 6
Arizona State at Texas Tech
Baylor at Kansas
Cincinnati at Kansas State
TCU at Houston
Utah at Arizona
Saturday, Nov. 7
BYU at Iowa State
Sunday, Nov. 8
Arizona at Texas Tech
Baylor at Kansas State
Cincinnati at Kansas
Colorado at West Virginia
Houston at UCF
Utah at Arizona State
Thursday, Nov. 12
BYU at Baylor
Kansas at Colorado
Texas Tech at Utah
West Virginia at Houston
Friday, Nov. 13
UCF at Cincinnati
TCU at Kansas State
Saturday, Nov. 14
Texas Tech at BYU
Utah at Houston
Sunday, Nov. 15
Arizona State at Arizona
Baylor at Colorado
UCF at West Virginia
Cincinnati at Iowa State
TCU at Kansas
Thursday, Nov. 19
Arizona at BYU
Cincinnati at Utah
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Friday, Nov. 20
Arizona State at TCU
Colorada at Houston
Iowa State at Baylor
West Virginia at Kansas
Saturday, Nov. 21
Arizona at Utah
Cincinnati at BYU
Sunday, Nov. 22
Arizona State at Baylor
Colorado at UCF
Houston at Texas Tech
Iowa State at TCU
West Virginia at Kansas State
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Baylor at West Virginia
BYU at UCF
Houston at Iowa State
Kansas at Arizona
Kansas State at Arizona State
TCU at Utah
Texas Tech at Cincinnati
Friday, Nov. 27
Baylor at Cincinnati
Iowa State at Colorado
Kansas at Arizona State
Kansas State at Arizona
TCU at BYU
Texas Tech at West Virginia
Utah at UCF