The Georgia Bulldogs have mutually agreed to cancel two future football series against ACC opponents, the school announced Wednesday morning.
Georgia was scheduled to begin a home-and-home series with the Louisville Cardinals on Sept. 19, 2026 at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, Ky. The second and final game of the series was scheduled for Sept. 18, 2027 at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. Both contests have been scrapped.
A specific reason for the cancellation was not cited, but it’s due to the SEC moving to a nine-game conference schedule beginning next season, and the ACC is shifting to nine games as well. Per the release from UGA, the two schools will “…look to play each other in a neutral site game on a later date.”
Rumors of the Louisville series hitting the chopping block arose last summer after it was reported that Georgia had added the Tennessee State Tigers to its 2026 slate. That game, which was later confirmed as the season-opener, gave the Bulldogs one too many non-conference games for next season.
With the Louisville series now off, Georgia’s non-conference schedule next season now includes Tennessee State (Sept. 5), Western Kentucky (Sept. 12), and Georgia Tech (Nov. 28), and all three opponents will visit Sanford Stadium.
In SEC action next season, Georgia is scheduled to host Auburn, Florida (in Atlanta), Missouri, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to face Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss, and South Carolina.
Dates for the 2026 SEC football schedule will be unveiled on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8:00pm ET live on the SEC Network.
Georgia also announced the cancellation of a future football series against the NC State Wolfpack, which was set to begin on Sept. 17, 2033 in Athens before shifting to NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 16, 2034.