SMU to face Texas A&M Dec. 7 in Arlington

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU to face Texas A&M Dec. 7 in Arlington

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Basketball will face Texas A&M in the Hoop Hype XL matchup on Dec. 7 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The game versus the Aggies completes the non-conference schedule for the Mustangs.

Texas A&M is the fourth SEC team on SMU's non-conference schedule for 2025-26. The Mustangs visit Mississippi State Nov. 28 and then Vanderbilt in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Dec. 3. The Aggies are next on Dec. 7 followed by the Compete 4 Cause Classic versus LSU in New Orleans on Dec. 13.

The Mustangs have nine home games before ACC play, including a return game with Butler on Nov. 15. The season opens at Moody Coliseum against Tarleton State on Nov. 3. SMU will host Oklahoma State in an exhibition on Oct. 25.

SMU's 18-game ACC schedule includes home and away games with Florida State and Louisville. The Mustangs will also host Boston College, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The road-only contests are Cal, Clemson, Duke, Pitt, Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest. The Mustangs won't face Georgia Tech. The 2026 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament will take place March 10-14 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

In head coach Andy Enfield's first season on the Hilltop, the Mustangs went 24-11 overall and earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT. SMU finished 13-7 in the program's inaugural season in the ACC to tie for fourth, recording a 7-3 road record in league play. The Mustangs also won the Acrisure Holiday Invitational. SMU signed the nation's fourth-ranked high school recruiting class, which is the best in program history.

Tickets for the game versus Texas A&M go on sale Aug. 27. Tickets for the LSU game on Dec. 13 are available HERE. For season-ticket information, click HERE, contact 214-SMU-GAME or email [email protected].

SMU non-conference schedule:

Day Date — Opponent — Location
Sat. Oct. 25 — Oklahoma State (exh.) — Moody Coliseum
Mon. Nov. 3 — Tarleton State — Moody Coliseum
Thu. Nov. 6 — Texas A&M Corpus Christi — Moody Coliseum
Tue. Nov. 11 — Murray State — Moody Coliseum
Sat. Nov. 15 — Butler — Moody Coliseum
Tue. Nov. 18 — UAPB — Moody Coliseum
Fri. Nov. 21 — Arkansas State — Moody Coliseum
Mon. Nov. 24 — Radford — Moody Coliseum
Fri. Nov. 28 — at Mississippi State — Starkville, Miss.
Wed. Dec. 3 — at Vanderbilt (ACC/SEC Challenge) — Nashville, Tenn.
Hoop Hype XL (College Park Center)
Sun. Dec. 7 — vs Texas A&M (Hoop Hype XL (College Park Center) — Arlington, Texas
Sat. Dec. 13 — vs LSU — New Orleans, La.
Sun. Dec. 21 — Central Arkansas — Moody Coliseum
Sun. Dec. 28 — Cal State Fullerton — Moody Coliseum

[Charleston Pony]

Need to win all those non-conference home games in Moody because the non-conference road schedule is going to be really challenging...but will present an opportunity for some quality wins

[Dukie]

Need to win all those non-conference home games in Moody because the non-conference road schedule is going to be really challenging...but will present an opportunity for some quality wins

The non-conference home games are, frankly, garbage. They better be wins or this team isn't nearly as promising as we think. The NET rating will be harmed a great deal just by getting on the court with so many sub-200 teams.

[Charleston Pony]

Need to win all those non-conference home games in Moody because the non-conference road schedule is going to be really challenging...but will present an opportunity for some quality wins

The non-conference home games are, frankly, garbage. They better be wins or this team isn't nearly as promising as we think. The NET rating will be harmed a great deal just by getting on the court with so many sub-200 teams.

True. I think Radford and Arkansas State are the only non-conference opponents visiting Moody that even had winning records last year. Definitely a cupcake home schedule. Could be that we can't get teams to come to Moody anymore?

[Dukie]

Need to win all those non-conference home games in Moody because the non-conference road schedule is going to be really challenging...but will present an opportunity for some quality wins

The non-conference home games are, frankly, garbage. They better be wins or this team isn't nearly as promising as we think. The NET rating will be harmed a great deal just by getting on the court with so many sub-200 teams.

True. I think Radford and Arkansas State are the only non-conference opponents visiting Moody that even had winning records last year. Definitely a cupcake home schedule. Could be that we can't get teams to come to Moody anymore?

The Duke board is discussing every other ACC team's nonconference schedule and at least one poster looked back at several USC years and thinks Enfield might just like to schedule in a fairly soft way. There are actually some decent games, but most are away/neutral; the trick is finding teams that are around 75-150 NET and not 200-300.