Oklahoma State Drops Home-and-Home With Alabama, Adds Home-and-Home With Michigan State

It turns out, the Crimson Tide won’t make a trip to Boone Pickens Stadium, but a Big Ten team will.

Oklahoma State announced Thursday that a home-and-home series with Michigan State has been scheduled for 2028 (Stillwater) and 2029 (East Lansing), which has replaced the Cowboys’ scheduled nonconference games against Alabama. On3’s Brett McMurphy first reported the news.

This news comes largely because of the SEC’s move to a nine-game league season.

The Cowboys and Spartans haven’t met on the gridiron. Michigan State hired Pat Fitzgerald this offseason. After going 11-2 under Mel Tucker in 2021, the Spartans haven’t had a winning season, going 5-7 twice and 4-8 twice.

When the Spartans come to Stillwater on Sept. 16, 2028, it’ll mark the first longstanding Big Ten member to play in Boone Pickens Stadium.

Although the Cowboys haven’t played in East Lansing, they’ve played 11 games in Michigan, but only two of those have been played since 1955 — a 1992 game at Michigan and a 2015 game at Central Michigan.

Although it’s a little disappointing that we won’t get to see Alabama funnel into those tight BPS sidelines, there are still a lot of fun nonconference foes on the horizon for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys host Oregon this season, with the Ducks returning the trip from last year’s meeting in Eugene. Then OSU also has series set with Arkansas (2027, 2032 and 2033) and Nebraska (2034 and 2035).