As previously announced in March<\/a>, the Pac-12 announced a collaborative partnership with the Big West which allows California Baptist, Cal Poly, UC Riverside and UC San Diego to compete as affiliate members in Pac-12 men\u2019s soccer beginning in the 2026-27 season, joining full members Gonzaga, Oregon State and San Diego State.\u00a0
\n\tAs part of this agreement, each Pac-12 school (including the affiliates) will have three \u201cBig West Crossover\u201d games in October against remaining Big West opponents, overlapping with Pac-12 conference play.
\n\tThese seven members have combined for eight NCAA Tournament appearances over the last five seasons with Oregon State reaching the postseason in six straight years including finishing runner up for the College Cup in 2023.
\n\tThe six-match regular season round robin play begins on Wednesday, September 30th with three conference matchups and one crossover match:
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\n\t\tCal Baptist at Gonzaga
\n\t\tCal Poly at UC San Diego
\n\t\tOregon State at San Diego State
\n\t\tCal State Fullerton at UC Riverside (Big West Crossover)
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\n\tThe regular season concludes on Saturday, October 31st with again three conference matchups and one crossover match:
\n\t
\n\t\tUC Riverside at Cal Poly
\n\t\tGonzaga at Oregon State
\n\t\tUC San Diego at San Diego State
\n\t\tUC Irvine at Cal Baptist (Big West Crossover)
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\n\tThe top 4 teams qualify for the first ever Pac-12 Championship with the semifinals occurring on Saturday, November 7th on the campuses of the highest seed in each matchup with the final happening the next weekend (Friday, November 13 or Saturday, November 14) with again the highest seed hosting.
<\/p>\n\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Cross Country<\/p>\n
\n\tThe 2026 Pac-12 Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Cross Country Championships will take place on Friday, October 30th at the Warm Springs Golf Course in Boise, Idaho.
\n\tIn this first season of the new Pac-12, seven schools will compete on the men\u2019s side (Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Texas State, Utah State and Washington State) while all nine schools will compete on the women\u2019s side.
\n\tIn the last six years, the seven schools have combined for nine team appearances at the Men\u2019s NCAA Championships.\u00a0 In that same time, the nine schools have combined for 11 team appearances at the Women\u2019s NCAA Championships.
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\nComposite 2026 Pac-12 Fall Olympic Sport Schedules<\/p>\n
The following are intraconference matchups set for the 2026 Fall season, all subject to change:<\/p>\n
Women’s Soccer<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 1
\nBoise State at San Diego State
\nColorado State at Fresno State
\nOregon State at Washington State
\nTexas State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 4
\nGonzaga at Boise State
\nUtah State at Colorado State
\nFresno State at Washington State
\nSan Diego State at Texas State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 8
\nBoise State at Fresno State
\nGonzaga at Colorado State
\nSan Diego State at Oregon State
\nWashington State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 11
\nUtah State at Boise State
\nColorado State at San Diego State
\nFresno State at Gonzaga
\nTexas State at Oregon State<\/p>\n
Friday, October 16
\nColorado State at Texas State
\nSaturday, October 17
\nOregon State at Boise State
\nFresno State at Utah State
\nWashington State at Gonzaga<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 22
\nBoise State at Colorado State
\nOregon State at Fresno State
\nGonzaga at Texas State
\nSan Diego State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 25
\nColorado State at Oregon State
\nFresno State at San Diego State
\nUtah State at Gonzaga
\nTexas State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Friday, October 30
\nBoise State at Texas State
\nUtah State at Oregon State
\nGonzaga at San Diego State<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 31
\nWashington State at Colorado State<\/p>\n
Thursday, November 5
\nWashington State at Boise State
\nTexas State at Fresno State
\nOregon State at Gonzaga
\nSan Diego State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Women’s Volleyball<\/p>\n
Thursday, September 24
\nGonzaga at Boise State
\nSan Diego State at Colorado State
\nWashington State at Fresno State
\nUtah State at Texas State<\/p>\n
Saturday, September 26
\nColorado State at Texas State
\nSan Diego State at Fresno State
\nWashington State at Oregon State
\nGonzaga at Utah State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 1
\nSan Diego State at Boise State
\nColorado State at Gonzaga
\nFresno State at Utah State
\nTexas State at Oregon State<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 3
\nTexas State at Boise State
\nColorado State at Utah State
\nFresno State at Oregon State
\nSan Diego State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 8
\nBoise State at Utah State
\nWashington State at Colorado State
\nGonzaga at Texas State
\nOregon State at San Diego State<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 10
\nBoise State at Fresno State
\nOregon State at Colorado State
\nGonzaga at San Diego State
\nWashington State at Texas State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 15
\nWashington State at Boise State
\nFresno State at Gonzaga
\nOregon State at Texas State
\nUtah State at San Diego State<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 17
\nBoise State at Gonzaga
\nFresno State at Washington State
\nTexas State at San Diego State
\nUtah State at Colorado State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 22
\nUtah State at Boise State
\nColorado State at Washington State
\nOregon State at Fresno State
\nTexas State at Gonzaga<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 24
\nColorado State at Boise State
\nSan Diego State at Gonzaga
\nUtah State at Oregon State
\nTexas State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 29
\nBoise State at San Diego State
\nColorado State at Fresno State
\nGonzaga at Oregon State
\nWashington State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 31
\nBoise State at Texas State
\nColorado State at Oregon State
\nGonzaga at Fresno State
\nWashington State at San Diego State<\/p>\n
Thursday, November 5
\nOregon State at Boise State
\nGonzaga at Colorado State
\nFresno State at San Diego State
\nTexas State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Saturday, November 7
\nBoise State at Colorado State
\nFresno State at Texas State
\nWashington State at Gonzaga
\nOregon State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Thursday, November 12
\nFresno State at Colorado State
\nOregon State at Gonzaga
\nSan Diego State at Texas State
\nUtah State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Saturday, November 14
\nFresno State at Boise State
\nColorado State at San Diego State
\nUtah State at Gonzaga
\nOregon State at Washington State<\/p>\n
Tuesday, November 17
\nBoise State at Washington State
\nTexas State at Colorado State
\nUtah State at Fresno State
\nSan Diego State at Oregon State<\/p>\n
Thursday, November 19
\nBoise State at Oregon State
\nTexas State at Fresno State
\nGonzaga at Washington State
\nSan Diego State at Utah State<\/p>\n
Men’s Soccer<\/p>\n
Wednesday, September 30
\nCal Baptist at Gonzaga
\nCal Poly at UC San Diego
\nSan Diego State at Oregon State
\nCal State Fullerton at UC Riverside (Big West Crossover)<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 3
\nUC San Diego at Gonzaga
\nUC Riverside at Oregon State
\nSan Diego State at Cal State Northridge (Big West Crossover)
\nUC San Diego at Gonzaga<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 4
\nCal Baptist at Cal Poly<\/p>\n
Wednesday, October 7
\nOregon State at Cal Baptist
\nCal Poly at San Diego State
\nGonzaga at Sacramento State (Big West Crossover)
\nUC San Diego at UC Riverside<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 10
\nUC Riverside at Cal Baptist
\nCal Poly at UC Santa Barbara (Big West Crossover)
\nGonzaga at San Diego State
\nOregon State at UC San Diego<\/p>\n
Wednesday, October 14
\nCal Baptist at Cal State Fullerton (Big West Crossover)
\nUtah Valley at Cal Poly (Big West Crossover)
\nUC Santa Barbara at Gonzaga (Big West Crossover)
\nCal State Bakersfield at Oregon State (Big West Crossover)
\nSan Diego State at UC Irvine (Big West Crossover)
\nCal State Northridge at UC Riverside (Big West Crossover)
\nUC San Diego at Sacramento State (Big West Crossover)<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 17
\nSan Diego State at Cal Baptist
\nOregon State at Cal Poly
\nGonzaga at UC Riverside
\nCal State Bakersfield at UC San Diego (Big West Crossover)<\/p>\n
Wednesday, October 21
\nCal Baptist at UC Santa Barbara (Big West Crossover)
\nCal Poly at UC Irvine (Big West Crossover)
\nCal State Fullerton at Gonzaga (Big West Crossover)
\nSacramento State at Oregon State (Big West Crossover)
\nUtah Valley at San Diego State (Big West Crossover)
\nUC Riverside at Cal State Bakersfield (Big West Crossover)
\nUC San Diego at Cal State Northridge (Big West Crossover)<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 24
\nCal Baptist at UC San Diego
\nCal Poly at Gonzaga
\nOregon State at Utah Valley (Big West Crossover)
\nSan Diego State at UC Riverside<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 31
\nUC Irvine at Cal Baptist (Big West Crossover)
\nUC Riverside at Cal Poly
\nGonzaga at Oregon State
\nUC San Diego at San Diego State
\n
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