Baylor’s 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule includes two meetings with Kansas, with the Bears visiting Lawrence on Feb. 17 before hosting the Jayhawks on March 6. The complete schedule also includes Big 12 games against 17 other opponents, with conference play beginning Jan. 2 against Kansas State in Waco.
The Bears’ schedule opens with exhibition games at Florida on Oct. 18 in Jacksonville and at Illinois on Oct. 23 in Urbana-Champaign. Baylor then begins its home schedule against Northwestern State on Nov. 2, followed by Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 6 and Yale on Nov. 10. The team will play Texas in San Antonio on Nov. 15 and host Jackson State on Nov. 18.
Baylor will compete in the Players Era Sixteen event in Las Vegas from Nov. 24 through Nov. 28. The listed opponents include Alabama on Nov. 24 and either Gonzaga or Kansas State on Nov. 26. The remaining two tournament opponents had not been identified in the schedule, with Baylor’s Nov. 28 game set for 9:30 p.m.
The nonconference schedule also includes home games against Memphis, Queens, College of Ozarks and Mississippi Valley State. Baylor will travel to Washington in Seattle on Dec. 19, while the game against College of Ozarks is scheduled for Dec. 21 in Waco.
After opening Big 12 play against Kansas State, Baylor is scheduled to face Texas Tech in Lubbock, Houston in Waco, UCF in Orlando, Oklahoma State in Waco and TCU in Fort Worth.
