UConn football is only two games into its 2026 season, but one piece of the 2027 puzzle is already on the board.
According to FBSchedules.com, the Huskies are still set to play North Carolina next season in Chapel Hill, even after UNC was forced to trim a non-conference game from its slate. The opponent that got bumped was Purdue.
The reason comes back to the ACC’s new scheduling setup. Starting this season, the league added another conference game to each team’s schedule, leaving schools with a 12-game slate built around nine conference games, one non-conference matchup against another Power Four team or Notre Dame, and two additional non-conference games.
That change is designed to give the ACC more chances at marquee wins and, in turn, improve the league’s standing in the College Football Playoff conversation.
For North Carolina, the result was a reshuffling of its non-conference calendar. The Tar Heels kept UConn, Central Florida and North Alabama, while Purdue was the team dropped from the schedule.
There’s an obvious read there: UNC appears more comfortable with UConn than with Purdue.
There’s also more movement to watch on UConn’s future schedule. The Huskies played Syracuse last year, have Syracuse on the schedule again this year, are slated to meet again next season, and are also scheduled to play Pitt. It remains to be seen whether the ACC’s new format will alter any of those matchups down the line.
This season, though, UConn and North Carolina are still on track to meet in Storrs on Nov. 7.
That game will bring Bill Belichick back to New England for the first time since he was fired by the New England Patriots at the end of the 2023 NFL season. Belichick won six Super Bowl titles with the Patriots and is the most decorated coach in NFL history.
Before that, UConn has business to handle this weekend. After a tough loss to Maryland last Saturday, the Huskies return to action on Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET against Southern Miss.
Both teams are 1-1. Southern Miss is coming off a 43-8 loss to Auburn, while UConn opened its season on Sept. 5 by hammering Lafayette 56-7. The Golden Eagles also won their opener, beating Alcorn State.
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