The Virginia Cavaliers will host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as part of their 2027 football schedule, according to an official announcement Wednesday.
Virginia will host Notre Dame at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., on a date to be announced during the 2027 season. The matchup will mark the sixth all‑time meeting between the two programs.
The Cavaliers and Fighting Irish first met in 1989 and last played in 2024 in South Bend, with Notre Dame winning all five previous contests.
The addition of Notre Dame completes Virginia’s non‑conference schedule for 2027. The Cavaliers are slated to open the season on Aug. 28 at home against Arkansas State and will also host William & Mary on Oct. 16.
The ACC has already announced each member’s conference opponents for 2027. Virginia will host Louisville, Pitt, SMU, and Virginia Tech, and will travel to Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, and Stanford.
Notre Dame, meanwhile, has finalized its 12‑game Independent slate with the inclusion of Virginia. Barring any adjustments, potential dates for the Irish to visit Charlottesville include Sept. 11, Oct. 23, or Nov. 13.
Notre Dame’s home opponents next season include Purdue (Sept. 4), Auburn (Sept. 25), Kent State (Oct. 2), Virginia Tech (Nov. 6), Navy (Nov. 20), and BYU (date TBA).
In addition to the trip to Virginia, the Irish are scheduled to visit Michigan State (Sept. 18), Wake Forest (Oct. 9 in Charlotte), Clemson (Oct. 30), Stanford (Nov. 27), and Duke (date TBA).
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I have a feeling that the 2031 game doesn’t happen given Virginia already has a P4 opponent and 4 non-conf games that season.
Some Notre Dame probably getting shifted around and this looks like it may have been moved up from 2031.
Possibly. The ACC stopped releasing ND's future opponents.
It's interesting that ND seems to have swapped out a home game (Georgia Tech) for an away game (UVA). I wonder if further changes to ND's schedule could be coming.
1. GT had to drop one game from their 2027 OOC schedule which they still have Georgia and Tennessee scheduled.
2. ND has a contract to play FIVE ACC games per season, and GT dropping the 2027 game brought it down to FOUR ACC games for ND in 2027.
3. UVA had yet to schedule a P4 OOC opponent in 2027.
So to summarize, ND scheduling UVA makes complete sense.
ND has 6 ACC opponents if you count Stanford.
Ralph, the contract calls for ND to play an average of 5 ACC schools every year. ND has not always played exactly five. For instance, ND played 6 in 2023 and 4 in 2022 and 2024. It all averages out.
Unless Notre Dame was redesignated as the home team for the Wake Forest game in Charlotte, they only have six home games currently scheduled for 2027 (Purdue, Auburn, Kent State, Virginia Tech, Navy and BYU). They are required to have seven "home" games under their NBC contract, so either they are the home team for the Wake Forest game (although it was originally a Wake Forest home game when it was scheduled on campus) or something will have to change.
The scheduling arrangement with the ACC is flexible, but their commitment to provide seven game a year to NBC is not.
I am confident that the Duke Mayo Classic will be a Notre Dame home game with a 3:30PM kickoff on NBC.
The game was moved from Wake Forest and is part of the ACC's scheduling agreement with Notre Dame. So the game should be on the ABC/ESPN networks.
Yeah, that's something that will be interesting to see play out. It's possible that in exchange for only 6 games controlled by NBC, NBC demands ND to play Sunday night both the weekend before Labor Day and Labor Day Sunday. That 7th ND game, if a body bag game, isn't worth much to NBC anyway, and NBC seems to really want to put on a sporting event every Sunday night of the year.
Richard NBC would be perfect for Notre Dame at Michigan State in primetime.