MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State baseball and head coach Pete Hughes announced the complete 54-game schedule for the upcoming 2027 season Tuesday afternoon.
The 2027 slate, which is highlighted by 26 games at Tointon Family Stadium, features 10 2026 NCAA Tournament teams. A total of nine opponents (22 games) finished with an RPI of 45 or lower in 2026, while three were ranked in the final D1Baseball Top 25 poll.
Coming off the program’s fourth consecutive 30-win season, the Wildcats are set to return 11 players from last season’s squad. Key returners include two-way player Donte Lewis, left-hander Adam Arther, outfielders Robby Bolin, Nick English, and Cadyn Karl, and middle infielder Ty Smolinski, the 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League MVP.
The season officially gets underway on the road with a 10-game stretch across three states, starting Friday, February 19, when the Wildcats venture south to the Sunshine State for a three-game set at West Florida.
After a quick stop at Southern Miss (Feb. 23-24), the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Champion, the Cats will travel to take on Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 26-28). K-State will close out the road trip with a two-game series at Louisiana (March 2-3).
K-State will open its 26-game home slate at Tointon Family Stadium on Friday, March 5, with a four-game series against Lafayette. The series is followed by a midweek tilt at Nebraska (March 9), before returning home for a series against South Dakota State (March 12-14).The Wildcats’ non-conference schedule also includes midweek stops at Wichita State (April 30) and Grand Canyon (April 6), along with home contests against Nebraska (March 23), Omaha (April 20), Missouri State (May 4) and UConn (May 18).
The Big 12 schedule opens with a three-game road series at Oklahoma State, starting on Friday, March 19, before the Wildcats return to Tointon Family Stadium to host BYU (March 25-27) in their conference home opener.
The Cats' home Big 12 schedule also features UCF (April 9-11), Utah (April 23-25), and Arizona (April 30-May 2), while the Wildcats will travel to Arizona State (April 2-4), TCU (April 16-18), and Cincinnati (May 7-9).
The annual Dillons Sunflower Showdown at Kansas (May 14-16) will conclude the Wildcats’ road schedule, before K-State welcomes Baylor for the final weekend of Big 12 play on May 20-22.The 2027 Big 12 Baseball Tournament presented by Allstate will return to Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers, and will be held May 25-29 in Surprise, Arizona.Game times, broadcast and ticket information will be announced at a later date.