The Ole Miss Rebels and UConn Huskies have canceled their future home-and-home football series, it was announced Wednesday.
Ole Miss and UConn were previously scheduled to begin a home-and-home series at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 11, 2027. The series was set to conclude with UConn traveling to face Ole Miss at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss., on Nov. 18, 2028.
According to a release from UConn, the series with Ole Miss is now off, but a specific reason for the cancellation was not indicated.
UConn has already moved to replace the canceled UConn series. In the same announcement, the Huskies revealed the addition of two games to their future series against the Duke Blue Devils.
As revealed in 2023, UConn and Duke scheduled a four-game, home-and-home series. The Huskies will host the Blue Devils in East Hartford on Nov. 8, 2025 and then again on Sept. 29, 2029. Games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C., are slated for Nov. 7, 2026 and Aug. 31, 2030.
UConn-Duke games announced today are scheduled for Sept. 11, 2027 in Durham and on Oct. 14, 2028 in East Hartford.
As for Ole Miss, the cancellation leaves the Rebels with two scheduled non-conference opponents in 2027 (Charlotte and Oregon State) and two in 2028 (South Alabama and Alcorn State).
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We all know “the specific reason” 3 non-cons for SEC starting in 2026.
Kevin Kelly There were an induvial that was using My name four times & that was not me that person who did it four times was doing a parody of it.
Next time it happens I will disregard & I have now learn my lesson.
Have a safe & happy day Kevin.
I deleted a lot of comments, but you also have to stop posting that you like or approve of everything. That’s what’s causing the issues.
I will take the blame good news that I am still smiling plus not bothered at all.
Coward move by ole miss. Sec goes to 9 games like Dan wants you will get a lot more games against bad teams than good non conference games. The Big 10 doesn’t have very many good non league games as they did 10 years ago, the SEC will have a lot more crap games coming soon.
How is this coward? UConn would of lost by 50 anyways Lol not much a difference if it was Mississippi Valley State or Temple.
Wasn’t even a good non con game anyways, UConn never will have the bodies to compete against a Lane Kiffin Rebels squad.
Please stop referring to Dan. I deleted about 30 comments last night. Done with the back and forth from everyone.
I like OOC games no matter what if it’s good or bad.
I would agree with you Devin, at least until we see who the replacement games are. If Mississippi did this just to schedule Samford and “Mississippi Valley State,” that would not be so cool. I fully agree that this is not a coward move for a team that can win both games playing an all freshmen squad. If you leave Temple alone, maybe Connecticut can put together a competitive match with them or turn to a NEC meeting that would give them one click toward bowl eligibility.
Oh boy! Now Ole Miss can schedule an FCS team for 2027 and continue with the weakest OOC schedule of any SEC team (except Mizzou perhaps). Heck, they don’t even have a P4 OOC game currently scheduled until 2032. Great way for the Rebels to get wins. Ugh!
Hate to see the loss of a very random OOC home and home series. Seeing Ole Miss playing at UConn would have been as weird as seeing Mizzou play at UMass last season
It’s not their fault the Pac-12 fell apart.
Those Oregon State games, best I can tell, were added in 2019.
https://fbschedules.com/oregon-state-adds-ole-miss-new-mexico-idaho-state-future-schedules/
Lame move by Ole Miss. UCONN could do a H-H with a PAC-12 school instead?
How about Utah since ya´ll seem like you would rather be there since ya´ll hate it here so much.
There’s some behind the scenes work at play here.
Yes, Connecticut is not in the league if Ole Miss, but they did go 9-4 last year.
They are far from terrible
I had the same feeling. This is definitely Ole Miss big timing UConn.
With 9 conference games, SEC teams will have five conference games at home every other year and four at home the other years. Like the Big Ten teams, the teams will schedule one power conference team home & home to give them five power home games each year.
The other two games will be buy games – one likely a FBS opponent, the other FCS, though not always. The nine-game conference schedules decreases demand for buy games and should in time lower the cost teams pay for these buy games.
It is apparent that Ole Miss is slated to have four home games in odd-numbered years. Playing at UConn in 2027 would leave the Ole Miss with just six home games – this is not desirable.
If Ole Miss has 4 SEC home games in odd-numbered years, look for them to cancel its upcoming home & home with South Alabama in 2028-29 as well.
That would be too tough a schedule for the Rebels. They prefer this upcoming year’s 8 home games with no P4 OOC games.
An SEC not travelling outside the south, after they miss the CFP?