SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State softball head coach Kasey Griffith announced today the Bears' 52-game 2026 schedule, which features four tournament weekends, six non-conference midweek matchups and a 15-game home slate.
 
MoState will play its first 23 games of the season on the road with the first four weekends consisting of tournaments hosted by Georgia (Feb. 6-8), East Texas A&M (Feb. 13-15), UAB (Feb. 20-22) and Northwestern State (Feb. 27-March 1). The full non-conference tournament schedules will be available later on MissouriStateBears.com.
 
From there, the Bears will play a midweek contest at Oklahoma State on March 4, before opening their first season in Conference USA at Western Kentucky (March 6-8).
 
Missouri State opens its home slate at Killian Stadium - following a year of relocation for facility upgrades - with a marquee matchup against Arkansas (March 9), before welcoming Kennesaw State (March 13-15) to Springfield.
 
The Bears close the month of March with road conference series at Delaware (March 20-22) and at Louisiana Tech (March 27-29), then host in-state rival Missouri on March 31.
 
April kicks off with a three-game home conference series against Liberty (April 3-5) and features a midweek contest against SIUE on April 7 to close out a five-game home stand. The Bears will travel for conference series at Sam Houston (April 10-12) and UTEP (April 24-26), and play two midweeks on the road at Tulsa (April 15) and Kansas City (April 21). MoState's second home conference series in April features Jacksonville State (April 17-19).
 
Missouri State closes out the regular season at home against New Mexico State (April 30-May 2).
 
The Conference USA Tournament will be hosted by Delaware from May 5-9, 2026.