The Old Dominion Monarchs have made some adjustments to their future football series with the UConn Huskies, while also losing a future home date with the Virginia Cavaliers, FBSchedules.com has learned.
Old Dominion and UConn scheduled a home-and-home series a few years ago, which was set to begin at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026. The return game was slated for the following season at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2027.
Both of those games have been changed, according to a copy of an amendment to the contract obtained from Old Dominion University via a state Freedom of Information Act request.
The date of the first game remains the same — Nov. 21, 2026 — but the contest will now be played at UConn’s Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The return game in 2027 has been postponed one season and is now scheduled to be played on Oct. 28, 2028, at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk.
Old Dominion was previously scheduled to open the 2028 season at home against Virginia, but that game is being canceled due to the ACC moving to a nine-game football schedule, according to a copy of an email sent from the University of Virginia to ODU officials.
The 2028 Old Dominion-Virginia game was part of a three-game contract that was signed back in 2015. The first two games of the series were played in 2019 and 2022, while the scheduled game in 2028 was originally set for the 2020 season.
According to the terms of the original contract, Virginia will owe Old Dominion an $800,000 cancellation fee since the game is over 24 months away. The fee was $1 million if notice was given between 12 and 24 months, and $1.2 million if given 12 months or less.
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None of my schools are going on the road to play these G6 dregs. Never again!
Hardly ODU’s fault that the ACC has a nine game schedule now. If all of your ‘schools’ are low grade P4’s, teams like ODU are better off taking money agreed to by contract and finding more reliable opponents.
Those “G6 dregs” as you call them, beat ACC teams regularly. So maybe it’s the ACC that can’t hang
Maybe you haven’t been watching closely, Jon M Tessler, but my schools and I have been showing the SEC who’s boss. We’ve turned Sankey and Finebaum into ‘fraidy cats. And one of my schools is playing for the natty Monday night, so what’s this “can’t hang” that you speak of?
We all know UVA sucks in football and is scared to play! The championship game of the ACC was an embarrassment to the league! Boring football at UVA!
If UVA wants to be like Dr. Zachary Smith from Lost in Space, it’s their business.
Hope you do not mind my sense of humor Tim just trying to cheer you up.
Respectfully, Kevin, you are burying the lede regarding the VT-JMU and UVA-ODU cancellations. Both instances obfuscate the prime mover: The two ACC schools had other nonconference games they could have canceled but unilaterally terminated their contracts with schools that often win against ACC mates—for each, the toughest nonconference opponent for 2026 (if 2025 indices such as FPI are any guide).
The actor exercising agency should be the focus of any reported news article.
Constructive criticism aside, thanks for the work you do to curate this resource.