Future Schedules Signal Attempt To Get Virginia Football On More Stable Footing

The Virginia football team's future schedules feature Liberty, ODU, and others.
Bronco Mendenhall won his 100th game as a head coach while at Virginia last season. Could home-friendly future schedules add more to his list? ~ Kris Wright

The Virginia football team announced a three-game series with Liberty over the weekend, bringing into focus the Cavaliers’ schedules for the two seasons following this fall’s campaign.

Take a look at the future schedules:

2018

  • Sept. 1 vs. Richmond
  • Sept. 8 at Indiana
  • Sept. 15 vs. Ohio University
  • Nov. 10 vs. Liberty
  • TBA Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh
  • TBA at NC State, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech

2019

  • Sept. 7 vs. William & Mary
  • Sept. 21 vs. Old Dominion
  • Sept. 28 at Notre Dame
  • Nov. 23 vs. Liberty
  • TBA Florida State, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
  • TBA at Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh

When you look at those schedules stacked out like that, one goal is crystal clear. Get back on track and win more games. While no opponent guarantees a win – hello, Richmond 2016 – the set-up of these schedules is to maximize the potential for wins without question. Three non-conference home games in both seasons with solid, but not top 25 marquee opponents is designed to try to put the program on steadier ground.

Richmond and William & Mary fill the traditional FCS opponent slots. Liberty, meanwhile, will be in the first two years of the transition from FCS to FBS competition in 2018 and 2019.

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