The NC State Wolfpack and Florida Gators have canceled their future home-and-home football series, FBSchedules.com has learned.
NC State and Florida were previously scheduled to begin a home-and-home series at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2026. The series was set to conclude at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., six seasons later on Oct. 16, 2032.
According to a copy of the termination agreement obtained from North Carolina State University via a public records request, the two schools have mutually agreed to cancel the two-game series. Neither school will pay the other a cancellation fee, per the copy of the agreement.
NC State has already moved to replace the canceled Florida game in 2026. The Wolfpack announced in May that they had scheduled a home-and-home football series with fellow ACC member Virginia for 2025 and 2026, with both games played as non-conference contests.
The exact date of the NC State-Virginia game in 2026 will be announced at a later date. The Wolfpack’s 2026 non-conference slate also includes home games against the Richmond Spiders on Sept. 12 and the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Sept. 26. NC State will also travel to face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Sept. 19 that season.
Florida is now down to two scheduled non-conference games in 2026. The Gators are slated to host the Campbell Camels on Sept. 12 and visit the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles on Nov. 28.
The future NC State series is the second canceled for Florida this year. Back in July, it was announced that Florida’s two-game series with the California Golden Bears in 2026 and 2027 had been canceled.
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Yep, they got Florida football game against NC State cancelled.
We see a lot of SEC schools cancelling OOC games but I just don’t see the cost-cutting Mouse paying up for a 9th SEC conference game. Or for B10-SEC games.
I have zero issues with it one FCS, one G5 & one P4 is excellent enough although I like Michigan playing two G5 teams & one P4.
Dan,
I personally think 8 conference games by both the B10 and SEC + 28 total B10-SEC OOC games (1 played by UGa, UF, UK, both USCs, UCLA, UO, Washington, and Iowa, who all have annual OOC rivalry games they want to keep + the 3 east coast teams of PSU, RU, and UMD who want to play more east coast schools OOC and 2 played by everyone else) makes a lot of sense financially for the B10 and SEC.
Michigan would play 1 G5, 1 FCS, 2 SEC, and 8 conference games in this setup.
But the B10-SEC series probably won’t start until 2030 at the earliest as that is the first year the B10 is out of its current TV contract. And since the SEC won’t get out of its current TV contract until 2034, we may see the 2030-2033 B10-SEC games played on B10 campuses (with 2034-2037 B10-SEC games played on SEC campuses).2034, we may
But Amazon or Netflix (WBD?) just might pay for those Big Ten/SEC ……….
Richard J. Nerenberg please do not be concerned about future & please concentrate on College Football currently.
Richard I do not want to do this you I am satisfied with Big Ten & Big Twelve nine conference games currently I respect SEC eight conference games however I am still pulling for SEC go to nine conference games in future.
As a much I do My very best to respect your opinion I would greatly appreciate you respect My opinion & not bothered by any disagreement.
Dan,
Frankly, I don’t think it’s up to us, anyway.
Have a safe & happy day Richard.
Thanks, Dan. You too.
SEC is going to nine in time to stitch the conference together better. Need to see every other team at least every other year. Since Alabama has two locked games: UTk and AU, Auburn has UA and UGa, Texas has OU and A&M, the only way to do it is to have 7 more, not 6 more.
This cancellation could mean that NC State may get an SEC invite?
I don’t think so.
Same here