2026-27 Season

Big Ten announces conference matchups for 2026-27 season

The Big Ten officially announced the double plays for the 2026-27 conference season today.

The Wolverines will play two games against Michigan State, Ohio State, and Minnesota this year, facing the other 14 league teams once.

Michigan will face Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, and Washington at home only. It’ll travel to Indiana, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, and Wisconsin.

The Spartans and Buckeyes are both “protected” rivals that will face Michigan twice every season. Ohio State was added to that list last season when Dusty May and Jake Diebler agreed to play twice every season. The Wolverines swept both rivals last season.

Minnesota finished 8-12 in the league last year in Niko Medved’s first season in charge. That’s a double play that will add some spice because former Wolverines Winters Grady and Malick Kordel both transferred to Medved’s program during the offseason. Williams Arena is also the only Big Ten venue where Dusty May hasn’t won a game since he was hired as Michigan’s head coach.

The Wolverines went 19-1 in Big Ten play last season, won the conference by four games, and won the National Championship.

The full conference schedule is usually announced in September.

In non-conference play, Michigan is set to face Duke, UConn, Marquette, Villanova, and play three games at the Players Era in Las Vegas, with more dates to be announced. Keep track of all future scheduled dates on our future schedules page.

Here’s the full list of Big Ten matchups:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notable Replies

  1. telekinetic

    prediction: the game thread with ~6 minutes left in the game in minnesota is going to be a grim, grim place

  2. BurgerBoy82

    Those 2 plays for Indiana are nice if their portal haul pans out.

  3. umhoops

    Why? Worried about Minnesota tampering with Michigan’s reserves?

  4. Davis104

    The former PAC 12 double plays are diabolical. You’d think it’d be a big advantage if all these west coast teams weren’t charmin soft and crying about “time zones”

  5. GoBlueScrewOSU7

    That looks like a fairly favorable road draw for us.

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