IRVING, Texas – The 2024 Big 12 Conference announced the 2024 softball schedule on Thursday afternoon. Each team will play every league opponent in a three-game series and will total 27 conference games.

Iowa State will host 15 Big 12 competitions at the Cyclone Sports Complex in the spring while playing 12 league games on the road.

Conference play begins March 8, as the Cyclones open Big 12 play with the defending national champion, Oklahoma, in Norman. It’s the second straight season that the Cyclones will open league play with Oklahoma.

Following its opening weekend on the road, ISU returns to the CSC for back-to-back home series, welcoming both Houston and Texas Tech to Ames. Big 12 newcomer Houston will visit Ames for the first time on March 15, while the Red Raiders make their way north for a series starting on March 22.

Following its pair of home series, the Cyclones head to Waco for an Easter weekend meeting with the Baylor Bears. The Baylor series will begin on a Thursday and conclude on Saturday to accommodate the Easter holiday on Sunday.

The Cyclones will return from their Texas trip to host another pair of back-to-back home series. Kansas comes to town on April 5 before Oklahoma State arrives in Ames a week later on April 12.

Iowa State follows up a home stretch with back-to-back away series, beginning with a trip to Provo, Utah for its first Big 12 meeting with the BYU Cougars on April 18. The BYU series will also be a Thursday-Saturday format. After a westward trip, ISU heads to Austin to match up with the Longhorns in what could be the teams’ final meeting on April 26.

ISU wraps its Big 12 regular season schedule by hosting UCF on May 3. UCF and Iowa State will meet for the first time as conference opponents but have previously met five times, all away from Ames.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship returns to Oklahoma City’s USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium at OGE Energy Field, the home of the Women’s College World Series, from May 8-11. All ten teams will compete in the single-elimination format, with the top six finishing regular season teams receiving a first-round bye.

Big 12 Schedule

March 8-10             @ Oklahoma

March 15-17           vs. Houston

March 22-24           vs. Texas Tech

March 28-30           @ Baylor (Easter weekend, Thurs.-Sat.)

April 5-7                  vs. Kansas

April 12-14              vs. Oklahoma State
April 18-20              @ BYU (Thurs.-Sat.)
April 26-28              @ Texas

May 3-5                  vs. UCF

May 8                     Big 12 Championship Play Starts