South Carolina football cancels ACC series, adds new opponent to schedule
South Carolina is losing another marquee non-conference football series.
On Friday afternoon, the Gamecocks announced that their home-and-home football series with North Carolina — with games set for 2028 and 2029 — has been canceled.
That series was the lone Power 4 home-and-home series still on South Carolina’s schedule. It would have had the Tar Heels come to Williams-Brice Stadium in 2028 and the Gamecocks make a return trip to Chapel Hill in 2029.
This comes in the wake of the SEC and ACC announcing they’re shifting to nine-game conference schedules moving forward, which has triggered South Carolina to proactively cancel a trio of future non-conference series against Power-4 schools not named Clemson: Miami (2026, 2027), Virginia Tech (2034, 2035), NC State (2030, 2031) and now North Carolina.
South Carolina also announced that it will open the 2028 season at Williams-Brice Stadium against Bowling Green State, filling out the 2028 non-conference slate. The Gamecocks still need to add another non-conference opponent for the 2029 and 2030 seasons.
SOUTH CAROLINA FUTURE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
2026
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. Kent State (Sept. 5), vs. Towson (Sept. 12), at Clemson (Nov. 28)
SEC: vs. Georgia, vs. Kentucky, vs. Mississippi State, vs. Texas A&M, vs. Tennessee // at Florida, at Alabama, at Arkansas, at Oklahoma
2027
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. Furman, vs. App State, vs. Clemson
SEC: vs. Florida, vs. LSU, vs. Missouri, vs. Texas // at Georgia, at Kentucky, at Ole Miss, at Auburn, at Vanderbilt
2028
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. Bowling Green State, vs. Wofford, at Clemson
SEC: vs. Georgia, vs. Kentucky, vs. Alabama, vs. Arkansas, vs. Oklahoma // at Florida, at Texas A&M, at Mississippi State, at Tennessee
2029
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. App State, vs. Clemson
SEC: vs. Florida, vs. Ole Miss, vs. Auburn, vs. Vanderbilt // at Georgia, at Kentucky, at LSU, at Missouri, at Texas
2030
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. East Carolina, at Clemson
2031
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. Clemson
2032
NON-CONFERENCE: at Clemson
2033
NON-CONFERENCE: at App State, vs. Clemson
2034
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. App State, at Clemson
2035
NON-CONFERENCE: vs. Clemson
This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM with the headline "South Carolina football cancels ACC series, adds new opponent to schedule."
