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Baseball Opening Weekend Matchups and Game Times Set
September 21, 2026 | Baseball
NORMAN — Oklahoma Baseball's opening weekend schedule for the 2027 Shriners Children's College Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, was announced Monday morning.
The Sooners look to defend their Shriners Showdown title as the team kicks off the college baseball season for the second consecutive year, playing the the first game of the tournament vs. perennial baseball power Arizona at 11 a.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 19. It will be the first meeting between the programs since the Shriners Showdown in 2022.
Day 2 in Arlington sees the Sooners match up with Clemson at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20. The game will be just the third meeting all-time against the Tigers and first since a College World Series matchup in 2010.
Oklahoma will close opening weekend with the final game of the tournament on Sunday night, Feb. 21, at 6:30 p.m. versus former Big 12 foe, TCU. A season ago, Oklahoma run-ruled the Horned Frogs, 12-2, in seven innings to cap an undefeated opening weekend and clinch the College Showdown crown.
Tickets for opening weekend are on sale via CollegeBaseballSeries.com and the weekend's action will be streamed via subscription on Flo Sports.
Season tickets for the 2027 season are available now on SoonerSports.com/tickets. Single-game tickets for the 2027 season will be available closer to the season. For more information, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office at 405-325-2424, by email at outickets@ou.edu or by visiting SoonerSports.com/tickets.
The Southeastern Conference recently announced Oklahoma Baseball's 10-series, 30-game 2027 conference schedule. The defending national champion Oklahoma's third season in the SEC includes five road series and five home series at Kimrey Family Stadium. The Sooners are slated to meet eight conference opponents that made the 2026 NCAA Tournament, including series against five Super Regional teams and a pair of College World Series participants in Georgia and Texas.
The Sooners enter 2027 with a wave of momentum coming off the program's third national title in 2026, a remarkable run that saw the team defeat nine national seeds in the NCAA tournament en route to their first national title since 1994. Oklahoma went 14-16 in conference play, winning four of 10 series before catching fire in the NCAA tournament and running to the title with an 11-2 record in postseason play.
The 2027 Sooners return 14 student-athletes from a season ago, including freshman All-American LHP Cord Rager and CWS All-Tournament team honorees Dasan Harris and Jason Walk. The team welcomes 25 newcomers, including 19 transfers, this fall as team practice has begun this month.
Fans can catch the Sooners at Kimrey Family Stadium this fall with numerous intrasquad scrimmages open to the public and announced on a weekly basis via social media. The team will play three games against outside competition throughout the fall, meeting Missouri State in Norman on Oct. 8 before a two-game set at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Oct. 24-25. The team will hold its annual Fall World Series scrimmages Oct. 30 and Nov. 1-2 at Kimrey Family Stadium.
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