Kick Time Announced for Oklahoma State’s Big 12 Opener at West Virginia

The Cowboys’ first taste of Big 12 competition will come at night in Morgantown.

The Big 12 on Monday announced that Oklahoma State’s Sept. 26 Big 12 opener against West Virginia will kick at 6 p.m. (Central) down the Country Roads.

It’ll be the Cowboys second consecutive night game, as the Pokes are set to tangle with Murray State at the same time this upcoming weekend. OSU’s first two games of the year came in the afternoon and at 11 a.m. (but delay until the afternoon), respectively.

The Mountaineers will also get their first evening kick of the year in this weekend when they travel to Charlotte to play Virginia at Bank of America Stadium.

WVU is 2-0 this season – their second of Rich Rodriguez’s second tenure. The Mountaineers opened with a 31-24 win against Coastal Carolina before thumping UT-Martin 52-7 this past weekend.

The Mountaineers are led by OU transfer quarterback Michael Hawkins and Jax State transfer rusher Cam Cook. Through his first two games with the Mountaineers, Hawkins has completed 76% of his 21 attempts for 287 yards, three touchdowns and no picks. He’s also WVU’s leading rusher with 199 yards and three more scores, while Cook has ran for 194 yards and three touchdowns of his own.

These teams last met in 2024, a game the Mountaineers won 38-14 in Stillwater, but WVU hasn’t beaten the Cowboys on home soil since 2013, as the Cowboys have won five in a row in Morgantown.