Ohio State’s 2025-26 men’s basketball conference schedule was revealed by the Big Ten on Thursday.
Ohio State will play home-and-home series against Michigan — which both head coach Jake Diebler and Wolverines head man Dusty May have advocated to keep — Penn State and Wisconsin.
The Buckeyes begin their conference schedule at Northwestern on Dec. 6 before coming home to host Illinois on Dec. 9. Those are the only two games in the month of December for the Buckeyes.
In January, Ohio State will go on the road to visit Rutgers (Jan. 2) before hosting Nebraska (Jan. 5), then heading to the West Coast for games at Oregon (Jan. 8) and Washington (Jan. 11). To finish the month, the Buckeyes will host UCLA (Jan. 17) and Minnesota (Jan. 20), visit Michigan (Jan. 23), host Penn State (Jan. 26) and head to Wisconsin (Jan. 31) to finish the month.
The month of February includes six games. The Buckeyes will start the month at Maryland (Feb. 5), and host Michigan (Feb. 8), USC (Feb. 11) and Wisconsin (Feb. 17) before heading on the road to Michigan State (Feb. 22) and Iowa (Feb. 25).
To finish up the conference schedule before the new 18-team Big Ten tournament, Ohio State will play Purdue at home (March 1), at Penn State (March 4) and finishes by hosting Indiana (March 7).
The Buckeyes Big Ten schedule adds on to the nonconference slate they will begin the season with. Ohio State also plays IU Indy (Nov. 3), Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 7), Appalachian State (Nov. 11), Notre Dame (Nov. 16), Western Michigan (Nov. 20), Mount St. Mary’s (Nov. 25) and Grambling State (Dec. 23) at Value City Arena. They go on the road to play Pitt on Nov. 28, and will play West Virginia (Dec. 13), North Carolina (Dec. 20) and Virginia (Feb. 14) at neutral sites.
Tip-off times and TV networks for the schedule have not yet been determined.
