Big 12 announces full 2023 Oklahoma State football schedule

The full schedule for the 2023 Oklahoma State football season has been revealed, as the Big 12 announced its slate of conference games for the upcoming season Tuesday. The Cowboys will open the year against Central Arkansas on Sept. 2 at Boone Pickens Stadium

After that, OSU turns around to face Arizona State in Week 2 on Sept. 9. It will mark the second straight season the two teams will meet, as the Cowboys earned a 34-17 victory against the Sun Devils this past season in Stillwater. The 2023 matchup will come on the road in Tempe, Arizona.

Oklahoma State closes out its nonconference schedule on Sept. 16 at home against South Alabama. Then the real fun will begin as Big 12 play kicks off. The conference schedule will look different than it has in years’ past thanks to the additions of  BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF.

You can view the full 2023 Oklahoma State football schedule below.

• Week 1 (Sept. 2) – vs. Central Arkansas
• Week 2 (Sept. 9) – at Arizona State
• Week 3 (Sept. 16) – vs. South Alabama
• Week 4 –(Sept. 23) – at Iowa State State
• Week 5 – BYE
• Week 6 – (Oct. 6) – vs. Kansas State
• Week 7 – (Oct. 14) – vs. Kansas
• Week 8 – (Oct. 21) – at West Virginia
• Week 9 – (Oct. 28) – vs. Cincinnati
• Week 10 – (Nov. 4) – vs. Oklahoma
• Week 11 – (Nov. 11) – at UCF
• Week 12 – (Nov. 18) – at Houston
• Week 13 – (Nov. 25) – vs. BYU

Recap of Oklahoma State’s 2022 season, lookahead to 2023

Oklahoma State got off to a strong start in 2022 before falling apart over the second half of the season. The Cowboys began the year 6-1 and rose as high as No. 7 in the AP poll before going 1-5 over its final six games.

With quarterback Spencer Sanders playing through an injury, the OSU offense failed to score more than 20 points in any of those contests. Sanders transferred to Ole Miss this offseason after throwing for 2,642 yards, 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions, leaving the Cowboys in search of a new starting quarterback.

Sanders wasn’t the only OSU player to leave, however. Receivers John Paul Richardson, Bryson Green and Braylin Pressley all left as well, along with running back Dominic Richardson.

The Cowboys brought in Michigan quarterback Alan Bowman to replace Sanders, as well as Iowa receiver Arland Bruce and Michigan State running back Elijah Collins. Coach Mike Gundy will hope those transfer and more pan out as he tried to replace a large chunk of production and bounce back from a disappointing season.