Miami Hurricanes and South Carolina cancel home-and-home series. The fallout
The Miami Hurricanes and South Carolina Gamecocks on Monday announced they have mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series that was set for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
The Hurricanes would have gone to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2026 and were set to host the Gamecocks in 2027.
The move comes after both the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference announced they are moving to a nine-game conference schedule, which limits teams to just three non-conference games per season.
Miami and South Carolina had played 16 total times in their history. The most recent matchup was in the 2014 Independence Bowl. The last regular-season matchup was 1987, the final of a stretch of six consecutive wins in the sereis by UM dating back to 1949. The Hurricanes are 8-6-2 all-time against the Gamecocks.
Miami’s three non-conference games scheduled for next year are home games against Florida A&M and Central Michigan plus a road game against rival Notre Dame, which the Hurricanes beat at Hard Rock Stadium in the season opener on Aug. 31.
Their 2027 schedule includes a game against Utah in Las Vegas as part of ESPN’s “2027 Vegas Kickoff Classic” and a home game against Troy. The Hurricanes now have one spot on their schedule to fill for that season.
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