AUBURN — The Auburn basketball team will return to Birmingham for a second nonconference matchup during the 2025-26 calendar, though the stakes will look a little different than the Tigers’ last trip to The Magic City.
Auburn will square off with Big 12 foe Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. CT Oct. 15 in an exhibition at Birmingham’s Boutwell Auditorium, the school announced Wednesday. It’ll be one of three games in an exhibition slate with Alabama A&M and Samford men’s basketball. Alabama and Florida State women’s basketball also square off at Boutwell within the week.
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The last time the Tigers played in Birmingham, they took down then-No. 15 Purdue 87-69 in a 2024-25 nonconference matchup at Legacy Arena. They’ll also face Houston in a nonconference matchup this season on Nov. 16 at Legacy Arena.
“Basketball is alive and well in the state,“ Auburn associate head coach Steven Pearl said in a release. “The facility is unbelievable. We’re excited to be a part of such a great event. Excited about the matchup with Oklahoma State. They’re in a very similar position to us. They return one person from last year.”
Here’s a look at Auburn’s 2025-26 schedule following the exhibition announcement.
Auburn basketball’s 2025-26 schedule so far
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Oct. 15: vs.* Oklahoma State (exhibition)
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Nov. 19: vs. Jackson State
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Nov. 24: vs. Oregon (Players Era)
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Nov. 25: vs. Michigan (Players Era)
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Nov. 26: TBD (Players Era)
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Dec. 3: vs. North Carolina State
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Asterisks denote neutral site contests.
To this point, 11 of Auburn’s nonconference contests have been reported or officially announced, with notable matchups including Arizona, Houston, Michigan, Oregon and Purdue. Its bouts against the Ducks and Wolverines will take place in Las Vegas at the Players Era Festival, and games against Houston and Purdue will wrap up neutral site home-and-homes, with those contests played in Birmingham and Indianapolis, respectively.
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The Tigers also know their conference opponents, which were announced in June. They’ll face Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss in home-and-homes, with other home games coming against Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Their SEC road trips will include Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
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