The Ohio State women’s basketball complete schedule for 2025-26 is set, following the Big Ten’s announcement of dates for the league’s regular-season conference games.
The Buckeyes, who finished the 2024-25 regular season with a 13-5 record in conference play, will host both the Big Ten’s California-based teams this season. UCLA will play at Value City Arena on Dec. 28 and USC on Feb. 22.
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UCLA and USC, respectively, finished last season ranked No. 3 and No. 5 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches’ polls after reaching the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight.
While the Buckeyes and Trojans have squared off each of the last two seasons, their upcoming matchup marks the first time Ohio State is hosting USC since 2006.
USC guard JuJu Watkins drives around Ohio State guard Chance Gray during a Feb. 8 game at the Galen Center.
The Buckeyes fell to USC in both their most recent meetings, as Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Juju Watkins recorded 15-plus points in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 games. Watkins’ availability for the matchup in Columbus is questionable as she is recovering from a torn ACL she suffered in March.
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Ohio State will also host Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers and Wisconsin in conference play.
Maryland is the only team the Buckeyes will face twice this season, matching up in a home-and-away series for the second consecutive year.
The Buckeyes’ longest road trip will be when they travel to the West Coast to face Washington and Oregon on Feb. 5 and Feb. 8.
For the first time since Iowa snapped the Buckeyes’ 15-game winning streak to close the 2023-24 season, Ohio State will be at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to face the Hawkeyes.
Ohio State guard Jaloni Cambridge dribbles around Maryland’s Sarah Te-Biasu. The Buckeyes and Terps play twice in the 2025-26 regular season.
Ohio State finishes out the 2025-26 regular season on the road against Michigan State on March 1.
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Here’s Ohio State’s 2025-26 Big Ten schedule:
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Sunday, Dec. 7: at Northwestern
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Wednesday, Dec. 31: at Purdue
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Sunday, Jan. 4: vs Rutgers
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Wednesday, Jan. 7: at Illinois
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Sunday, Jan. 11: at Maryland
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Wednesday, Jan. 14: vs Penn State
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Thursday, Jan. 22: vs Indiana
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Thursday, Jan. 29: vs Wisconsin
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Sunday, Feb. 1: vs Nebraska
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Thursday, Feb. 5: at Washington
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Sunday, Feb. 8: at Oregon
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Sunday, Feb. 15: vs Maryland
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Wednesday, Feb. 18: at Minnesota
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Wednesday, Feb. 25: vs Michigan
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Sunday, March 1: at Michigan State
Here’s Ohio State’s 2025-26 nonconference schedule:
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Sunday, Nov. 9: vs Coppin State
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Thursday, Nov. 13: vs Bellarmine
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Sunday, Nov. 16: at UConn
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Wednesday, Nov. 19: at Kent State
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Monday, Nov. 24: vs Belmont (Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas)
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Wednesday, Nov. 26: TBD (Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas)
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Sunday, Nov. 30: vs Niagara
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Thursday, Dec. 11: vs Northern Kentucky
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Sunday, Dec. 14: vs Toledo
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Thursday, Dec. 18: vs Norfolk State
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Monday, Dec. 22: vs Western Michigan
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Monday, Jan 19: vs TCU (Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, N.J.)
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State women’s basketball schedule: See 2025-26 Big Ten games
