Though dates have not been announced yet, Purdue will know where it has to travel in conference play.
Purdue Men’s Basketball has announced where the Boilermakers will play against the remaining 17 Big Ten Opponents for the 2025-26 season.
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT
2025-26 Big Ten Opponents
: ILL, IU, IOWA, MINN, UM, MSU, ORE, PSU, WASH, WIS
️: IU, IOWA, MD, NEB, NW, OSU, RUT, UCLA, USC, WIS pic.twitter.com/BvMMw9F2Hq
— Purdue Men’s Basketball (@BoilerBall) April 29, 2025
The Boilermakers will play 1 home and 1 road game each against Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Purdue will play every other team in the Big Ten once. Purdue will exclusively host Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, and Washington while they exclusively travel to Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, and USC.
According to the ESPN’s Way Too Early Power Rankings after the NCAA Transfer Portal Closed, Purdue (1) will play Michigan (8), UCLA (14), Wisconsin (17), Michigan State (20), Ohio State (24), Illinois (28), Oregon (29). Of those 8 games, 3 are on the road (UCLA, Wisconsin, and Ohio State).
One other scheduling quirk is that Purdue will likely face UCLA and USC within a 3-4 day span similar to last season when the Boilermakers made a west coast trip to play Washington and Oregon back-to-back. Dates for each game will be announced later.
Purdue will also face Alabama, Auburn, Iowa State, Marquette, and Kent State (so far) in the non-conference schedule as well as multiple teams in the Baha Mar Hoops Challenge in the Bahamas for their mid-season tournament (unofficial).