Four teams are undefeated after the first weekend of conference play. Arizona, Kansas State, and Texas Tech all swept three-game series' while West Virginia won the only game they were able to play in Stillwater, with two games cancelled due to wildfires.
Texas Tech was 3-11 going into their series at Houston last weekend. They won all three games by a combined score of 28-10. The Red Raiders were the only team to sweep a series on the road. Texas Tech is 3-0 in Big 12 play for the first time since 2017.
Weekly Awards
Big 12 Players of the Week
Player: Jackson Hauge, Kansas
Pitcher: Chase Meyer, West Virginia
Newcomer: AJ Evasco, Kansas State
Weekend Matchups
BYU (11-8, 1-2) at Cincinnati (11-9, 0-3)
Houston (11-9, 0-3) at UCF (16-4, 2-1)
Arizona (16-4, 3-0) at West Virginia (18-1, 1-0)
Kansas State (13-7, 3-0) at Baylor (15-5, 1-2)
TCU (15-6, 1-2) at Texas Tech (6-11, 3-0)
Oklahoma State (10-8, 0-1) at Utah (11-8, 0-3)
Kansas (17-4, 2-1) at Arizona State (14-7, 2-1)
League Notes
Arizona
Arizona is on a 9-game win streak, which is tied for fifth longest active streak in the country. Over the span of that streak, the Arizona pitching staff has recorded a 1.25 ERA. Arizona’s pitching has been their strength in 2025, entering the game with a 3.61 ERA and just 2.72 walks per nine innings, the lowest mark in the country. Brendan Summerhill is hitting .427 and leads the nation with six triples.
Arizona State
Arizona State hitters have had four games this season in which the team struck out fewer than five times. That already matches the Sun Devils offense over the entirety of last season. The Sun Devils as a team are striking out nearly one fewer time per game from last season. Kyle Walker and Matt King are among the toughest players in the Big 12 to strikeout. On the mound, Arizona State pitching continues to excel in getting swing and miss, and leads the Big 12 with 10.9 K/9. The Sun Devils have struck out double digit batters 13 times in 21 games this season.
Baylor
Baylor erased an early five-run deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 Sunday on the road against Kansas. All nine Bears starters had at least one hit, the first time Baylor has done so this season. Baylor's 3.21 walks per nine innings ranks 12th in the nation and its 1.20 WHIP ranks 17th in the nation. The Bears bullpen has allowed just 29 earned runs over 95 1/3 innings of relief, good for a 2.74 ERA.
BYU
First baseman Cooper Vest is hitting .313 and leads the Cougars in nine offensive categories including at-bats, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging, and hit by pitch. Defensively, BYU leads the conference in double plays turned (17).
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 48-for-54 in stolen base attempts this season. Landyn Vidourek leads the Bearcats with 16 stolen bases, which leads the Big 12 and is tied for eighth in the nation. Right-hander Nathan Taylor has a 1.50 ERA to go with 35 strikeouts over 24 innings pitched with just nine walks. Taylor did not pitch against Arizona last weekend.
Houston
Houston had a streak of five straight games of scoring 10-runs or more come to an end last weekend against Texas Tech. Connor McGinnis leads the Big 12 with 11 doubles, which ranks 6th nationally. McGinnis' .417 batting average ranks 7th in the Big 12.
Kansas
Jackson Hauge was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday and NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Hitter of the Week on Tuesday. Hauge hit .421 with four home runs, four doubles, 14 RBI, seven walks, and a 1.856 OPS in five games last week. He leads the Big 12 in home runs (11), RBI (32) and total bases (64). The Jayhawks lead the Big 12 and are sixth in the nation with 46 home runs this season. Kansas also leads the Big 12 in walks with 144, runs scored with 207, runs per game at 9.9, and slugging percentage at .572.
Kansas State
Kansas State has won eight of their last 10 games, out-hitting their opponents .322 - .257 during that stretch. Twelve different Wildcats have homered this season, led by Maximus Martin with nine, which is second-most in the Big 12. Freshman AJ Evasco was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, becoming the third Wildcat this season to earn the weekly award.
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State is hitting .280 as a team and holds a .507 slugging percentage while averaging just over eight runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads the Cowboys with a .389 batting average and 26 RBI.
TCU
TCU is 6-0 on the road this season as they head to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech. Sawyer Strosnider is riding a nine-game hitting streak and is hitting .500 during the streak. Strosnider hit his first career home run in Tuesday's midweek. Chase Brunson has a career-long 15-game hitting streak. He leads TCU with 27 hits and 19 RBI. Brunson and Isaac Cadena have reached base safely in all 21 games this season for the Horned Frogs. Braeden Sloan leads the Big 12 with a 0.84 ERA which ranks 13th in the nation.
Texas Tech
The Texas Tech bullpen was outstanding in their sweep in Houston last weekend. Led by Parker Hutyra and Jack Cebert, the bullpen held the Cougars to just four hits in 12 innings pitched. Hutyra threw three perfect innings while Cebert struck out eight in 5 2/3 shutout innings. Six different Red Raiders hit over .300 last weekend and three had six hits in the weekend series. Robin Villeneuve went 6-for-11 with two home runs and seven RBI, while Logan Hughes went 6-for-13 with two home runs, a double, a triple, and six RBI. Damian Bravo also had six hits, going 6-for-14.
UCF
As a team, UCF currently holds the second-best team batting average in the nation at .351. Second baseman Edian Espinal is currently leading the nation in both batting average (.508) and on-base percentage (.623). Over 59 at-bats on the year, Espinal has 30 hits with four homers, four doubles, and 10 walks. Espinal currently leads the Knights with 11 multi-hit games and enters the weekend on an 11-game hitting streak.
Utah
Utah has yet to play at home this season until this weekend when they host Oklahoma State. In the Utes series at Kansas State last weekend, Tyler Quinn was 6-for-12 including a double and two RBI. Core Jackson and Kaden Carpenter each went 4-for-11, with Carpenter hitting a double, home run, and three RBI in the series. Jackson leads Utah with a .421 batting average to go along with two homers and 16 RBI. Utah is hitting .297 as a team and averaging 6.5 runs per game.
West Virginia
The Mountaineers are eighth in the country with a 3.14 ERA, with nine pitchers owning an ERA below three. Griffin Kirn leads the staff with 30 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings. Skylar King leads West Virginia hitters with a .444 batting average and a 1.107 OPS. Sam White, Jace Rinehart, Kyle West, and Gavin Kelly all have an OPS over 1.000 as well.
Quoted
"It's time to play a home game. We're looking forward to it, getting in front of the home crowd." - Utah head coach Gary Henderson on the Utes finally playing a home game after playing the first 19 games on the road.
"Fitz preaches get into their bullpen. Get the starter out early and see pitches. That's what kind of team we are. Wedon't swing at balls, we get our pitches and then we try and do damage with them." - Ian Francis, Kansas catcher on the teams plate approach on opening weekend of Big 12 play.
“The parity in this league is ridiculous, every weekend is going to be a dogfight.” Houston head coach Todd Whitting on Big 12 Conference play.
"We went on the road, we got a series.” - Rich Wallace, UCF head coach talking to his team after their series win at BYU.
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