NC State Football’s Future Non-Conference Opponents After the Cancellation of the Georgia Series

NC State and Georgia were scheduled to play a home-and-home football series, but news broke yesterday that it had been canceled.

The ACC announced in September that it was moving from an 8-game conference slate to a 9-game conference slate, while also requiring schools to schedule one of their non-conference games against a Power 4 team. Most teams will be held to this standard in 2026, but some will still only play eight conference games next season. Certain teams that have annual rivalry games against Power 4 opponents (like FSU–Florida) will be given a year to adjust their future non-conference schedules to align with the ACC’s new 9-game format.

Since the ACC has 17 teams, one school will annually play eight conference games but still be required to play two Power 4 non-conference opponents that year.

Some schools have upcoming seasons in which they already have four non-conference games scheduled, which means they will have to cancel one of them (unless it falls during their 8-game conference year).

As a result, all 17 ACC schools will have to fully abide by the scheduling rules by 2027.

Here’s a look at NC State’s currently scheduled upcoming non-conference opponents.

2026
09/12 – Richmond
09/19 – at Vanderbilt (P4)
09/26 – Appalachian State

2027
09/11 – North Carolina A&T
09/18 – at Texas Tech (P4)
09/25 – Kansas State (P4)
10/02 – Louisiana Tech

2028
09/02 – at East Carolina
09/16 – Vanderbilt (P4)
09/23 – Campbell
09/30 – at Appalachian State

2029
09/08 – at USF
10/06 – Notre Dame (P4)

2030
09/07 – Charlotte
09/14 – at South Carolina (P4)

2031
08/30 – South Carolina (P4)
09/06 – at Charlotte
11/22 – at Notre Dame (P4)

2032
09/18 – at Kansas State (P4)

2035
11/10 – Notre Dame (P4)

2037
10/03 – at Notre Dame (P4)