2025 Big 12 Baseball Conference Schedule and Championship Bracket Format Announced - 10/31/24 02:00 PM |
| IRVING, Texas - The Big 12 Conference has announced the 2025 baseball league schedule as well as the new bracket format for the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship. Each program will play 10 of the 13 possible opponents for a total of 30 Conference games. Conference play will begin the weekend of March 14 and wrap up on the weekend of May 16. While most series are scheduled Friday-Sunday, games involving BYU are scheduled Thursday-Saturday. In addition, teams may move the April 18-20 series to April 17-19 by mutual agreement and the final series of the regular season is set for Thursday-Saturday. The top 12 teams in the regular season standings will advance to the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 21 to Saturday, May 24. In the new format, the top four seeds will receive a bye while the No. 5-12 seeds play four single elimination games in the first round. The winners will take on the top four seeds in the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 22 with a chance to advance to the semifinals on Friday, May 23. The Championship final will be played on Saturday, May 24. All games in the tournament will be single elimination. Arlington has hosted the Big 12 Baseball Championship five times, with the event taking place at Globe Life Field each year since 2022. The venue, which is home to the 2023 World Series-champion Texas Rangers, opened in 2020 and has hosted the 2020 World Series, 2023 World Series, and 2024 MLB All-Star Game. The Big 12 remains the only Conference to crown its postseason champion in a Major League Baseball stadium, as well as in a retractable roof facility. Oklahoma State took home the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship for the fourth time in program history by defeating top-seeded Oklahoma 9-3 in 2024. The Conference sent six teams to the 2024 NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year. Kansas State and West Virginia advanced to the Super Regionals to make it six straight years the Conference has featured multiple regional champions. 2025 Big 12 Conference Baseball Schedule March 14-16 Arizona State at TCU Utah at Kansas State Texas Tech at Houston Baylor at Kansas UCF at BYU (Thu.-Sat.) Cincinnati at Arizona West Virginia at Oklahoma State March 21-23 Arizona at West Virginia BYU at Cincinnati (Thu.-Sat.) Kansas at Arizona State Kansas State at Baylor Oklahoma State at Utah TCU at Texas Tech Houston at UCF March 28-30 Arizona State at Utah Baylor at Arizona UCF at Cincinnati Oklahoma State at Kansas Texas Tech at Kansas State TCU at Houston West Virginia at BYU April 4-6 Arizona at Arizona State BYU at TCU (Thu.-Sat.) Cincinnati at Texas Tech Houston at Baylor Kansas at UCF Kansas State at Oklahoma State Utah at West Virginia April 11-13 Arizona State at Cincinnati Baylor at Texas Tech BYU at Utah (Thu.-Sat.) UCF at Kansas State Kansas at TCU Oklahoma State at Arizona West Virginia at Houston April 18-20 (Games may be played Thursday-Saturday by mutual agreement) Arizona at BYU (Thu.-Sat.) Cincinnati at West Virginia (Thu.-Sat.) Houston at Oklahoma State (Fri.-Sun.) Kansas State at Kansas (Fri.-Sun) Texas Tech at Arizona State (Thu.-Sat.) TCU at UCF (Thu.-Sat.) Utah at Baylor (Thu.-Sat.) April 25-27 Arizona at Texas Tech Baylor at TCU BYU at Arizona State (Thu.-Sat.) Houston at Kansas State Kansas at Utah Oklahoma State at Cincinnati West Virginia at UCF May 2-4 Arizona State at Baylor UCF at Oklahoma State Cincinnati at Kansas Kansas State at BYU (Thu.-Sat.) TCU at Arizona Texas Tech at West Virginia Utah at Houston May 9-11 BYU at Kansas (Thu.-Sat.) UCF at Texas Tech Cincinnati at TCU Houston at Arizona State Oklahoma State at Baylor Utah at Arizona West Virginia at Kansas State May 15-17 Arizona at Houston (Thu.-Sat.) Arizona State at Oklahoma State (Thu.-Sat.) Baylor at UCF (Thu.-Sat.) Kansas at West Virginia (Thu.-Sat.) Kansas State at Cincinnati (Thu.-Sat.) TCU at Utah (Thu.-Sat.) Texas Tech at BYU (Thu.-Sat.) |
