2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Home FSU MD NCSU Wake Duke Miami
UVa BC UVa BC GT UNC
GT UNC GT UNC UVa BC
Duke Miami Duke Miami Clemson FSU
Bowling Green (9/22) W. Carolina (8/31) Wm&Mary (8/30) Furman (9/5) W. Kentucky (9/17) ECU
TBD (prob. FCS) Pittsburgh (9/14) ECU (9/13) Akron (9/12) Wisconsin (9/10) TBD
  Marshall (9/21)   Ohio St. (9/19) W. Michigan  
       
Away Clemson FSU MD (@M&T Bank) NCSU Miami Duke
BC UVa BC UVa UNC GT
UNC GT UNC GT BC UVa
Miami Duke Miami Duke Wake Clemson
Pittsburgh (9/15) Alabama in Atlanta
(CFA Kickoff)		 Ohio St. (9/20) ECU (9/26) ECU Wisconsin (9/9)
Cincinnati (9/29)
@FedExField
TBD** TBD TBD
ACC Teams
Not Played		 Wake
MD
NCSU		 Wake
Clemson
NCSU		 Wake
Clemson
FSU		 MD
Clemson
FSU		 MD
FSU
NCSU		 TBD


** Note that games listed in TBD row may be home or away when scheduled; unable to determine which at this point. Note that at least six home games every season is assumed.

Recent Info and Updates:

  • 7/7/11: Multiple sources: 2014 Maryland road game moved to M&T Bank Stadium. Hokies to play Alabama in 2013 CFA Kickoff Game in Atlanta. Per David Teel blog, 2012 and 2013 ECU games moved to 2016 and 2017 (assumed road-home sequence). 
  • 2/14/11: Removed 2011 from the page.
  • 9/12/10:  Multiple sources: Kansas State series for 2014 and 2016 canceled.  Also, removed 2010 from the future schedules page.
  • 2/2/10: Per Redskins.com, the Boise State-VT game at FedExField will be played on Labor Day night (Sep. 6, 2010), not Oct. 2 as previously scheduled. Update: hokiesports.com future schedules page lists the Central Michigan game as Oct. 9 ... so we are, too.
  • 11/24/09: Per hokiesports.com, VT will play JMU on 9/11/10, completing the 2010 schedule.
  • 11/15/09: The 2012 Cincinnati game, originally scheduled as a road game at Cincinnati, has been moved to FedExField. The Boise State game will not be on Labor Day night, but instead will be played on Oct. 2, 2010 as originally scheduled (per Jim Weaver on Tech Talk Live). We are assuming that Central Michigan is back on the 9/4/10 date, and that ECU is still 9/18/10.
  • 10/27/09: The 2010 game against Boise State at FedExField will be played on Labor Day night (9/6/10), Jim Weaver reports on Tech Talk Live. The Hokies will play at home the following Saturday (9/11/10). (Central Michigan was previously scheduled for 9/4/10, so that is now unknown; ECU has been scheduled as 9/18/10, and that is assumed to still be correct). The remaining TBD game is assumed to be a home game.
  • 10/23/09: The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that VT has moved the 2010 Western Michigan home game out to 2016. That creates a TBD of undetermined location (home/away/neutral) for the 2010 season.
  • 7/29/09: The Virginian-Pilot reports that Arkansas State will play at VT in 2011.
  • 7/23/09: hokiesports.com announces VT will play Boise State at FedExField on Oct. 2, 2010. Other media outlets report that Syracuse is backing out of a 2010/2011 home/away series, so we have removed that, leaving an open home date in 2011.
  • 6/23/09: Extensive changes based on an update to the future schedules page on hokiesports.com. OOC opponents added for 2013 (Western Carolina), 2014 (Wm & Mary), 2015 (Furman and Akron), and numerous dates applied to OOC games through 2017.
  • 5/26/09: Removed 2009 from the future schedules page and added 2017 (showing trip to Wisconsin in 2017 -- see 4/1/08 update below).
  • 12/19/08: Multiple sources report that the Hokies will play Alabama on September 5th, 2009 in Atlanta.
  • 9/17/08: Changed the 2015 ECU game from a home game to a road game, to match the future schedules page on hokiesports.com.
  • 7/16/08: Per hokiesports.com, Virginia Tech announces that the 2009 opener at Cincinnati (scheduled for 9/5/09) has been pushed back to 2012 for a made-for-TV game against an SEC team (in negotiations with Alabama at the time of the announcement).
  • 4/1/08: Per an email from Jim Weaver to a Hokie fan, which was forwarded to us: VT and Wisconsin will play a home-and-home in 2016 and 2017.  We received another email that said according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in September, 2006, the 2016 game is in Blacksburg on Sep. 10th, and the 2017 game is in Madison on Sep. 9, 2017. The 2017 game is is currently not shown on our schedule, but will be added later.
  • 12/6/07:  Per hokiesports.com, updated date of 2008 Nebraska game from 9/20/08 to 9/27/08.
  • 12/2/07: Updated ECU game date on 2008 to August 30th, per hokiesports.com.
  • 9/24/07: Per Jim Weaver on the Hokie Hotline, the Bowling Green game for 2008 has been pushed back to 2012. The Hokies are working with the MAC and the ACC to find a new opponent for 2008.
  • 2/14/07: Per the Kansas City Star, Kansas State will play at VT in 2014, and the Hokies will return the trip in 2016.
  • 9/19/06: Per Jim Weaver on the Hokie Hotline, the ECU game in Charlotte in 2007 is moved to 2008, and the ECU home game in 2008 is moved to 2007.
  • 5/12/06: VT announces a home-and-home series with Nebraska.
  • 3/22/06: Removed Wisconsin games from the 2008 and 2009 schedules, because (according to Jim Weaver on the 9/19/05 Hokie Hotline) Wisconsin asked out of the series. ESPN tried to set up a 2006/2008 series with Wisconsin, but that fell through, so the Hokies scheduled Northeastern for the 2006 season (2008 game is still TBD at this point). Also removed Wisconsin from the 2016/2017 schedules, and deleted those years from this page.
  • 11/8/05: The Virginia Tech Athletic Department announced the following changes: the ECU 2006 home game is moved to 2014, and another ECU home game is added in 2015; Southern Miss replaces ECU in 2006 in Blacksburg; Tech will not be playing at Ohio in 2006; ESPN is working on moving the 2008 Wisconsin road game to 2006 to replace the Ohio road game. At this time, all changes are shown on this page, with the exception of the Wisconsin road game being moved from 2008 to 2006, which has not been finalized. Ohio has been replaced with a TBD in 2006 for now.
  • 6/23/05: The Virginia Tech Athletic Department releases future out of conference schedules from 2006-2011, including dates. Games from 2012 beyond are left as they were on the previous future schedules update.
  • 6/2/05: The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on 6/1/05 that Pittsburgh replaces Illinois in 2012/13 and that the Hokies will play Wisconsin in 2016/17 (no indication of home and away sequence; away assumed first).
  • 5/10/05: In April of 2005, the NCAA approved a 12th game for all seasons, beginning in 2006. While this game will more than likely be used as a revenue-generating home contest against a cupcake or D-1AA opponent, we listed the 12th game in the TBD row (meaning it could be home or away). For purposes of this future schedules page, we continue to hold to the rule that at least six home games will be played per year, but not necessarily seven.
  • 4/20/05: Per the Wisconsin Badgers web site, VT's road game with the Badgers in 2008 will be on September 20th.
  • 11/30/04: Per a hokiesports.com press release on 11/18/04, the ACC has announced football matchups through 2015. Dates not set yet.
  • 11/2/04: Per Jim Weaver on the 11/1/04 Hokie Hotline: 2005 non-conference game dates are September 17th against Marshall, September 24th against Ohio University, and at West Virginia on October 1st.
  • 10/21/04: Per Jim Weaver on the 10/11/04 Hokie Hotline: BC replaces Wake Forest on the 2005 schedule (home game).
  • 10/18/04: Syracuse added for 2010 and 2011, per hokiesports.com.
  • 9/29/04: Added the note about BC replacing Wake, MD, or NCSU in 2005.
  • 8/25/04: From the Aug 23, 2004 Hokie Huddler, VT will play Temple in 2008 and 2009. No home opponent for 2006 yet.
  • 6/7/04: From the May 31, 2004 Hokie Huddler, ECU added for 2012/13 (with dates), Central Michigan in 2010 (9/4/10). VT honoring long-standing contract with ECU with 2008 road game (no date given), and Hokies playing Bowling Green at home in 2008 (no date). Kent State, previously scheduled for 2008 at home, no longer listed as a 2008 home game (may have been a mistake on our part listing them there).
  • 5/12/04: From multiple sources, VT to play Marshall in Lane Stadium in 2009 (9/12) and 2013 (9/21), with a game in Huntington in 2011 (9/24).
  • 12/27/03: VT is slated to play USC in the 2004 BCA Classic at Fed Ex field. Yep, THE USC. (multiple sources)
  • 10/13/03: VT announces that the second half of the LSU series, a game in Baton Rouge, has been moved from 2004 to 2007. The Hokies are now searching for a home opponent for 2004 (later signed FAMU).
  • 10/1/03: The ACC announces that each league school, in 2004 and 2005, will play the same eight opponents each year. VT will not play FSU or Clemson in 2004 or 2005, but will play all other schools. The Hokies will host UVa, Duke, MD and NC State in 2004, and travel to GT, Wake Forest, UNC, and Miami. In 2005, the home/road games switch. Unknown what happens beyond that.
  • 9/30/03: It is announced that VT and WVU will play in Blacksburg in 2004 (on Oct. 2) and in Morgantown in 2005 (on Oct. 1). The linked article also mentions that VT and LSU will probably be moved from 9/4/04 to 8/28/04 and be played as the BCA Classic. (LSU road game was later moved to 2007, and USC became the BCA opponent in 2004)
  • 9/16/03: VT AD Jim Weaver announced on the Hokie Hotline that Temple had asked out of the 2004 game with VT.  Weaver mentioned San Jose State as a possible replacement. (later turned out to be FAMU)
  • 8/11/03: Extensive schedule info from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: drop Auburn (from 2010/11 -- "They canceled on us," Weaver said. "They've been told they have to have seven home games each year."). 2004 OOC games listed as @LSU, with Western Michigan and Temple at home. "Still scheduled are games against Wisconsin (2008, 2009), Illinois (2012, 2013) and Ohio State (2014, 2015). Also on future schedules are Ohio University, Marshall, Division I-AA William and Mary, Kent State and Bowling Green." Not mentioned was a previously listed road game against ECU (2008), so it's possible that ECU will no longer be the BCA opponent in 2004 (later turned out to be true), and the 2008 road game at ECU won't happen (conjecture on our part). We have dropped ECU from 2008, which sets the 2008 road schedule at 5 games.
  • 7/21/03: VT's in the ACC. That changes everything.
  • 8/9/02: The 2004 BCA game with ECU is a go. This gives VT 12 games in 2004. (later changed from ECU to USC)
  • 8/7/02: From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Tribe to come calling in 2007.
  • 9/9/01:  Per the Roanoke Times, the Kent game that was originally scheduled for 2002 will be moved to 2006, due to Temple remaining in the Big East through 2004. The article also gave the dates for all of the OOC games in 2002 and the JMU game in 2003.

Other:

  • The NCAA permits one game against a division I-AA team to count towards bowl eligibility, every year (as of April 2005).
  • Virginia Tech will not play fewer than six home games in a season.   It's economics, and it is not going to change.