Virginia Tech's Scheduling

Yesterday, I quickly touched upon Virginia Tech and their recent future scheduling.  Today I felt that they deserved a bigger shout out for their recent announcements.  But before talking about these proclamations, lets visit their current out-of-conference opponents:  Notre Dame three times in the next five years, as well as games against other eastern schools - Penn Sate, Maryland, West Virginia, and Rutgers.  There will also be games against Wisconsin and Michigan.  

As Liberty begins competing at the FBS level in 2019, the Hokies will travel to Lynchburg to take on the Flames in 2022 and again in 2030. Liberty is scheduled to play in Blacksburg again in 2027, 2028 and 2029 in addition to a 2020 date at Lane Stadium that was previously scheduled.  I believe that this is very classy of VT to help out a fellow school from Virginia.

The Hokies also added to its series (already scheduled to play 7 times in the next 9 years) with Old Dominion.  The two schools have agrred to play an additional six games spanning the 2026-2031 seasons with three additional games apiece in Blacksburg and Norfolk, Virginia. The two teams will meet for the first time at Lane Stadium on Sept. 23 this season.

Lastly, virginia Tech has added a game in 2026 against VMI.  The Hokies and Keydets last squared off in 1984, but the 79 all-time meetings against VMI are the second-most against any single opponent in Tech history behind only Virginia.

I applaud VT for this scheduling - especially agrreing to play away games at these smaller schools.  Way to go Hokies!