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FOX SPORTS UNVEILS 2025-26 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FEATURING MARQUEE MATCHUPS ACROSS FOX, FS1 & MORE
FOX COLLEGE BASKETBALL FRIDAY & FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS
Highlight Top Teams & Monumental Moments
Addition of Big 12 Men's Basketball Bolsters Robust College Hoops Slate
Coverage Concludes with the COLLEGE BASKETBALL CROWN from April 1-5
Los Angeles - Today, FOX Sports unveils its full college basketball schedule for the 2025-26 season, featuring 274 games on FOX, FS1, FS2 and FOX Sports' digital platforms. Highlighted by weekend primetime coverage on the FOX broadcast network, the network's FOX COLLEGE BASKETBALL FRIDAYS and FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS windows will feature elite matchups in highly coveted windows throughout the season. In total, FOX Sports' 2025-26 schedule features 20 of the AP preseason Top 25 teams, including the top eight teams.
Coverage tips off tonight with a FS1 doubleheader featuring preseason ranked powerhouses from the BIG EAST and Big Ten: Quinnipiac at No. 5 St. John's at 6:30 PM ET and Oakland at No. 7 Michigan at 8:30 PM ET.
PRIMETIME ON FOX
Beginning Saturday, Nov. 8, the FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS slate begins with an elite non-conference matchup between preseason No. 22 Michigan State and No. 14 Arkansas at 7:00 PM ET on FOX.
FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS will also feature notable matchups between highly anticipated preseason ranked matchups: the Amica Insurance Hall of Fame Boston with No. 8 BYU vs. No. 4 UConn, No. 17 Illinois at No. 1 Purdue, St. John's at No. 23 Creighton, UConn at Creighton, and Purdue at No. 24 Wisconsin.
FOX COLLEGE BASKETBALL FRIDAY will showcase a slate of marquee games highlighting several preseason-ranked teams including: Villanova vs. Wisconsin, Baylor at No. 19 Kansas, Ohio State at Michigan, Michigan at Michigan State, UConn at St. John's, Michigan State at Wisconsin, Indiana at Purdue, and Michigan at Illinois.
STRONG WOMEN'S SLATE
FOX Sports continues its impressive slate of women's basketball matchups, airing at least 15 games on the FOX broadcast network throughout the season including: preseason No. 1 UConn at No. 18 USC, No. 15 Notre Dame at UConn, No. 8 Tennessee at UConn, No. 21 Iowa at No. 3 UCLA, UCLA at No. 13 Michigan, Utah at No. 22 Oklahoma State and more.
FOX COLLEGE BASKETBALL FRIDAY tips off Friday, Nov. 21 with a major women's matchup, UConn taking on Michigan in the Invesco QQQ Women's Showcase at 8:00 PM ET on FOX. Women's hoops will also feature prominently on FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS, beginning with No. 2 South Carolina taking on USC in the Sprouts Farmers Market The Real SC on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 9:00 PM ET on FOX,
FOX will also highlight elite neutral site women's contests including: the Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic, a doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 20 featuring Louisville vs. Tennessee at 10:30 AM ET and Iowa vs. UConn at 1:00 PM ET, as well as the Coretta Scott King Classic on Monday, Jan. 19, a doubleheader featuring No. 17 TCU vs. Ohio State at 12:00 PM ET and No. 19 Vanderbilt vs. Michigan at 2:30 PM ET.
KEY GAME HIGHLIGHTS
FOX Sports also presents a strong slate of early season matchups, including Thanksgiving Day with the Rady Children's Invitational featuring No. 3 Florida vs. TCU at 3:00 PM ET on FS1 and the Skechers Fort Myers Tip Off with Michigan State vs. No. 25 North Carolina at 4:30 PM ET on FOX. A week later, No. 6 Duke takes on Michigan State on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 12:00 PM ET on FOX.
FS1 also features a host of major non-conference matchups: No. 15 Alabama at St. John's, Wake Forest vs. Michigan, No. 10 Texas Tech at Illinois, No. 13 Arizona at UConn, Alabama vs. Illinois and Villanova at Michigan. The network also showcases key men's rivalry games: Pitt at West Virginia, Marquette at Wisconsin, Creighton at Nebraska, Iowa at Iowa State and Missouri at Illinois. On the women's side, FS1 highlights Florida State at UConn, No. 6 Oklahoma at UCLA, and Tennessee at UCLA.
POSTSEASON COVERAGE
FOX Sports will televise the BIG EAST Men's basketball tournament, beginning Thursday, March 12 with the third and fourth quarterfinals airing at 7:00 PM ET and 9:30 PM ET on FS1. The semifinals continue Friday, March 13 airing at 5:30 PM ET on FOX and 8:00 PM ET on FS1, with the BIG EAST champion crowned Saturday, March 14 at 6:30 PM ET on FOX.
FOX Sports' 2025-25 college basketball coverage will conclude with the second annual College Basketball Crown, taking place from Wednesday, April 1 to Sunday, April 5 in Las Vegas. Wednesday and Thursday's quarterfinals will air on FS1 at 8:00 PM ET and 10:30 PM ET each day, while Saturday's semifinals take place at 1:30 PM ET and 4:00 PM ET on FOX. The 2026 College Basketball Crown championship will air at 5:30 PM ET on FOX.
All college basketball games on FOX, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed live on the FOX Sports app, FOXSports.com and FOX One. FOX Sports' complete college basketball schedule can be found here.
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