ISU and Big 12 announce softball schedule

Irving, Texas – The Big 12 officially announced its 2025 conference schedule Tuesday afternoon. Iowa State will face eight of the other 10 Big 12 softball programs, with four series hosted at the Cyclone Softball Complex and the other four played on the road.

Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will be added in 2025, while both Oklahoma and Texas have left the league.

Big 12 action kicks off in early March when the Cyclones head to Houston to take on the Cougars in the conference opener in a three-game series (March 7-9).

After a week off from conference play, Iowa State will be back on the road starting March 20 when it heads to the Sunshine State for a Thursday-Saturday matchup. tilt with the UCF Knights. This will be the second straight meeting for the new conference foes, as the two teams battled in Ames last year.

After spending the first two weeks of the conference on the road, the Cyclones will host their Big 12 opening series against newcomer Arizona State from March 28-30. ISU will then stay in Ames and host the BYU Cougars the following weekend for a Thursday-Saturday matchup. action plan.

The Cyclones will be on the road again April 11-13 when they head south to take on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. Last season, ISU posted a top-ranked win over OSU, winning two of three against the fifth-ranked Cowgirls in Ames.

Iowa State next returns to the confines of the Cyclone Softball Complex for an April 17-19 (Thursday-Saturday) showdown with Kansas. The weekend series is played a day earlier due to the Easter holidays.

For their penultimate conference series, the Cyclones head to Salt Lake City for a first conference matchup with Utah. The Utes are one of four Big 12 foes (alongside Oklahoma State, UCF and Baylor) on Iowa State’s schedule to capture the 2024 softball championship last season.

ISU wraps up Big 12 play at home for Cyclone Nation against Baylor, with play starting May 2. It marks the third time in the past five seasons that Iowa State has closed home conference play against the Bears (’21 and ’23).

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship returns to Oklahoma City’s OGE Field at Devon Park, home of the Women’s College World Series, May 7-10. All 11 teams will compete in the conference postseason tournament.

Big 12 schedule

March 7-9 in Houston

March 20-22 at UCF ***

March 28-30, Arizona State

April 3-5 BYU ***

April 11-13 in Oklahoma State

April 17-19 Kansas ***

April 25-27 in Utah

May 2-4 Baylor

May 7-10 Big 12 Softball Championship