Just a few days after learning about a potential deal between Georgia football and Oregon. News has surfaced about scheduling conversations between Georgia and Texas.
No one can accuse Georgia football of shying away from competition. Just three days after news broke about Georgia and Oregon working on a 2022 meeting in Atlanta, 247 Sports reported that Georgia and Texas have begun talks for a home-and-home series in 2028 and 2029.
Georgia and Texas have only played four times in the past, and haven’t played at all in the 21st century. Texas won the first three games in 1949, 1957 and 1958, but the Dawgs ended the Longhorns’ National Championship hopes by defeating them in the 1984 Cotton Bowl.
If this deal, and the deal with Oregon are signed, Georgia’s early season, non-conference schedule will look stout through the next decade.. Assuming the Dawgs do come to an agreement with the schools, here’s the list of their confirmed power-five opponents through 2029, excluding Georgia Tech.
- 2019 vs. Notre Dame
- 2020 vs. Virginia (Chick-fil-A Season Kickoff)
- 2022 vs. Oregon (Chick-fil-A Season Kickoff)
- 2025 vs. UCLA
- 2026 vs. UCLA
- 2028 vs. Texas
- 2029 vs. Texas
That doesn’t include a home-and-home with Clemson that right now looks inevitable. There just aren’t dates set for those games yet. Though it seems like Georgia and Clemson will most likely play in 2021 and 2024.
With Kirby Smart’s recent statements about wanting to start seasons against power-five teams, don’t be surprised if Georgia finds another upper-tier team to play in 2027. There is a possibility of a three-game series with Clemson, with one game played in Atlanta given the long and storied relationship between the two schools. Plus, both teams have good relationships with Chick-fil-A and will never go too long without playing a kickoff game in Atlanta.
Non-conference scheduling at Georgia has truly changed. Once fans had to wait years for a high-profile non-conference game. Now we have nearly an entire decade of power-five match-ups either already scheduled, or in the finishing stages.