WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball’s 2026 schedule features weekends at three different Triple-A stadiums plus six home series as part of a 26-game slate at Alexander Field.
Head coach Greg Goff has announced a 56-game schedule that includes a season-opening, eight-game road trip in Texas; home weekends against Oregon, Illinois, Indiana and 2025 College World Series qualifier Murray State; and a season-ending series against Iowa at the Minor League Baseball stadium in the state capital of Des Moines.
The Boilermakers will play at the Triple-A stadiums of the affiliates of the Houston Astros (Constellation Field in Sugar Land), Texas Rangers (Dell Diamond in Round Rock) and Chicago Cubs (Principal Park in Des Moines). It will mark the first time the program has played in three different MiLB stadiums since doing so in consecutive years in 2012 and 2013.
Purdue opens Big Ten play with a home series against defending conference co-champion Oregon, a program led by former Purdue head coach Mark Wasikowski (2017-19). Wasikowski originally brought Goff to West Lafayette as an assistant coach in the summer of 2017. The series (March 6-8) will mark the first-ever meetings between the Boilermakers and Ducks.
Murray State enjoyed a Cinderella run to Omaha last year, winning an NCAA Regional at Ole Miss and a Super Regional at Duke. When the Racers come to West Lafayette from May 1-3 as part of the teams’ open weekends in their Big Ten and Missouri Valley Conference schedules, MSU will join Louisville (in 2014) as visiting teams to play at Alexander Field the year after an appearance at the College World Series. Alexander debuted in the spring of 2013.
Purdue is slated to open its season with a four-game series at Constellation Field in Sugar Land for the fifth consecutive year, hosting first-time foe Portland (Feb. 13-15). With the previously announced Round Rock Classic in the Austin area set for Weekend No. 2 (Feb. 20-22), the Boilermakers have opted to remain in the Lone Star State for the week between. Goff scheduled a midweek game at seven-time College World Series qualifier Rice for Feb. 18. Purdue practiced at Rice’s Reckling Park on day one of its time in the Houston area during last year’s season-opening weekend.
The Boilermakers close the regular season (May 14-16) on the road for just the second time in the program’s Alexander Field era. Purdue makes only its third trip to Iowa since 2013 – this year’s series with the Hawkeyes being moved 115 miles west to the state capital. Principal Park in Des Moines is the home of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Following the series, the Boilers plan to make the short trip west across the Missouri River for the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha (May 19-24).
Purdue also returns to Ting Stadium in Holly Springs, N.C., for the fifth consecutive season. Marist is the opponent this year for a four-game series during weekend No. 3 (Feb. 27-March 1).
Since 2022, the Boilermakers are 14-2 at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, 22-5 at Ting Stadium in Holly Springs and 25-6 in the state of North Carolina.
The annual rivalry series with Indiana is set for May 8-10 as the final home weekend at Alexander Field. Penn State (March 20-22), Illinois (April 3-5) and Ohio State (April 17-19) join Oregon and IU as Big Ten rivals to visit West Lafayette this spring. Ohio State is now led by second-year head coach Justin Haire, who Goff hired as an assistant at Campbell and eventually succeeded Goff as the head coach in Buies Creek. When Haire left for OSU in June 2024, Campbell hired former Purdue assistant Chris Marx as head coach.
The Boilermakers visit both the East and West Coast for Big Ten play this season. They fly east to Maryland for weekend No. 2 (March 13-15) of the conference season and west to Los Angeles for a first-ever series with USC (April 24-26). Purdue has not played in California since series at Cal State Northridge and Santa Clara during the 2017 spring break trip.
The Boilermakers play home-and-home midweek dates with both Indiana State and Ball State. A St. Patrick’s Day game at Butler represents Purdue’s first game in Indianapolis since 2015. The Boilers are scheduled to play 29 of their 56 (52%) regular-season games in the state of Indiana.
A full list of gameday promotions and special dates at Alexander Field will be released in late February. Purdue has set attendance records at Alexander each of the last three years.
Goff Announces Baseball's Full Schedule
Boilermakers to play at three different Triple-A stadiums and a 26-game home slate at Alexander Field.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
• Home Games: 26 (9 in March, 10 in April, 7 in May)
• Road Games: 19 (1 in February, 8 in March, 6 in April, 4 in May)
• Neutral Site Games: 11 (10 in February, 1 in March)
• Home Weekends: 6 (March 6-8, March 20-22, April 3-5, April 17-19, May 1-3, May 8-10)
• Big Ten Home: Oregon, Penn State, Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana
• Big Ten Road: Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, USC, Iowa
• Big Ten Non-Play: Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, Washington
• Big Ten Tournament: May 19-24 – Year 2 of Revamped 12-Team Format (Charles Schwab Field – Omaha, Neb.)
• Season-Opening Series: vs. Portland for 4 games at Triple-A stadium in Sugar Land, Texas
• Home Opener & the Return of Coach Waz: March 6 vs. Oregon (March 6-8 weekend series)
• Round Rock Classic: Feb. 20-22 vs. Southern Miss, Baylor, Oregon State at Triple-A stadium near Austin, Texas
• Big Ten Series at a Triple-A Stadium: May 14-16 vs. Iowa at Principal Park in Des Moines
• Open Weekend in Big Ten Play: May 1-3 vs. Murray State at Alexander
• Return to Holly Springs: Feb. 27-March 1 for 4 games vs. Marist at Ting Stadium
• Home-and-Home Midweek Dates: Indiana State, Ball State
• Remainder of the Home Midweek Dates: Milwaukee, Valparaiso, UIC, Bradley, Miami (Ohio), Southern Indiana
• 8-Game Homestand: April 29-May 10 vs. Southern Indiana, Murray State, Ball State, Indiana
• Two Other 5-Game Homestands: March 20-25 & April 14-21
• First-Time Opponents: Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Portland, Marist
• In-State Opponents: Indiana, Indiana State, Ball State, Butler, Southern Indiana, Valparaiso
• First-Time Visitors to Alexander: Oregon, Murray State, Southern Indiana
• Likely the Earliest Home Opener Ever (March 6): Current Benchmark is March 9 in 2024 (March 10 in 2022, March 12 in 2019)
• Been a While – Not Played Since: Southern Indiana – 1976, Baylor – 2008, Bradley – 2011, Murray State – 2012, Rice – 2014
• Been a While – Indy Edition: Purdue has not played at Butler since March 2015 (also the program’s last game in Indianapolis)
• Season-Opening Road Trip in Texas: 4 games vs. Portland in Sugar Land, Midweek opener at Rice, 3 games at Round Rock Classic
• Purdue closes the regular season away from home for only the second time since Alexander opened in 2013 (won 2 of 3 at Minnesota in 2017, excluding 2020)
• Last Time at Dell Diamond in Round Rock: Season-Opening 4-game series vs. Nebraska (March 2021)
• Last Time Purdue Played at 3 MiLB Stadiums in Same Year: 2013
• Purdue’s Last Visit to California: 2017 Spring Break Trip at Cal State Northridge & Santa Clara
• At Home for Easter Weekend for First Time Since 2021: Hosting Illinois April 3-5 for Weekend No. 5 of Big Ten Play
GAMES BY STATE BREAKDOWN
• Indiana: 29
• Texas: 8
• North Carolina: 4
• California: 3
• Illinois: 3
• Iowa: 3
• Maryland: 3
• Michigan: 3