2025-26 Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Opponents Announced

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the breakdown of conference opponents for all 18 schools for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season. Each member institution will play a 20-game conference schedule, playing three schools both home and away, while facing 14 teams once. Of the single-play opponents, member institutions will play seven at home and seven on the road.

The complete list of Big Ten Conference single-play and repeat opponents is below. Game dates, times, and television information will be announced at a later time.
 
ILLINOIS
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin

Away: Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern
 
INDIANA
Home: Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin

Away: Illinois, Maryland Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue 


IOWA
Home: Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC

Away: Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Purdue
 
MARYLAND
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington

Away: Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Rutgers
 
MICHIGAN
Home: Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State
 
MICHIGAN STATE
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio State, UCLA, USC

Away: Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, Wisconsin

Home/Away: Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers
 
MINNESOTA
Home: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC

Away: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Indiana, Northwestern, Wisconsin

NEBRASKA
Home: Maryland, Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, Wisconsin

Away: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Northwestern 
 
NORTHWESTERN
Home: Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington

Away: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska
 
OHIO STATE
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, UCLA, USC

Away: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin
 
OREGON

Home: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

Home/Away: UCLA, USC, Washington

PENN STATE
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin

Away: Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers

 
PURDUE
Home: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin
 
RUTGERS
Home: Indiana, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, Washington

Away: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State

UCLA

Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

Home/Away: Oregon, USC, Washington

USC

Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, Washington

WASHINGTON

Home: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, USC

WISCONSIN
Home: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Washington

Home/Away: Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue

The Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, the Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The Big Ten Conference sponsors 28 official sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, and the broad-based programs of the 18 Big Ten institutions provide direct financial support for more than 14,000 student-athletes. For more information, visit www.bigten.org.

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