Michigan State women's basketball 2026-2027 schedule released
Spartan fans can pencil in the 2026-27 schedule for Robyn Fralick's squad.
Michigan State women's basketball now has its full 2026-2027 schedule, as the conference revealed all 162 league matchups live on Big Ten Network Wednesday evening. The Spartans will play the standard 18-game conference slate, facing just intrastate rival Michigan both home and away while taking on the other 16 league members once apiece.
The Spartans enter their fourth season under head coach Robyn Fralick and return six players from last year's roster that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and tying for sixth in the final Big Ten standings last season. Combined with nine newcomers to this year's squad, they will look to improve on the 23-9 finish last season that included an 11-7 league record.
The full Big Ten schedule is available below:
October Games
Oct. 28 Michigan Tech (exhibition)
November Games
Nov. 3 Valparaiso
Nov. 7 at Toledo
No. 15 vs. Oakland
Nov. 15 at Harvard
Nov. 19 vs. Sacred Heart
Nov. 23 vs. Alcorn State (Emerald Coast Classic, Destin, Fl.)
Nov. 24 vs. UT Martin/Virginia Tech (Emerald Coast Classic, Destin, Fl.)
Nov. 29 vs. Eastern Michigan
December Games
Dec. 3 vs. Maine
Dec. 6 vs. Penn State
Dec. 9 vs. Milwaukee
Dec. 13 vs. DePaul
Dec. 19 vs. Gonzaga (Acrisure Classic, Palm Desert, Cali.)
Dec. 29 at Michigan
January Games
Jan. 1 vs. Iowa
Jan. 7 at Northwestern
Jan. 10 at Nebraska
Jan. 13 vs. Oregon
Jan. 17 at Illinois
Jan. 20 vs. Washington
Jan. 24 vs. Indiana
Jan. 28 at Rutgers
February Games
Feb. 1 at Maryland
Feb. 7 at Ohio State
Feb. 11 vs. Purdue
Feb. 14 vs. Minnesota
Feb. 18 at USC
Feb. 21 at UCLA
Feb. 25 vs. Wisconsin
Feb. 28 vs. Michigan
Including non-conference games, MSU will face up to 13 teams that appeared in last year's NCAA Tournament. That hinges on whether Virginia Tech ends up at the second opponent in the Emerald Coast Classic or not.
The Spartans open Big Ten play at home against Penn State on Dec. 6, part of an opening weekend that sees the league tip off Saturday, Dec. 5. After a road trip to UM to close out December, MSU returns to Breslin Center to ring in the new year against Iowa on Jan. 1.
League play then sends the Spartans out for a pair of true road games at Northwestern and Nebraska before a mid-January homestand against Oregon and Washington sandwiched around a trip to Illinois. MSU closes the month hosting Indiana before heading east to face Rutgers.
February opens on the road with a visit to Maryland, followed by a trip to Ohio State. The Spartans then settle in at home for back-to-back games against Purdue and Minnesota before a stretch of West Coast road games at USC and UCLA. The home slate wraps up with Wisconsin before MSU closes the regular season on Feb. 28 by hosting the Wolverines, once again in a Sunday finale on Senior Day.
Tipoff times and broadcast information for Big Ten games will be released at a later date. The Big Ten Tournament is set for March 3-7, 2027, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
