It’s never too early to start looking at next season, beginning with the schedule. Here’s what we know so far.
The season begins on November 3. First, some clarification: “This season” refers to 2024-25, “next season” refers to 2025-26, and “last season” was 2023-24.
Dawn Staley has a lot of work to do with the nonconference schedule. As many as eight of the 14 games still must be scheduled
South Carolina will play three games in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving. The round-robin Players Era Championship also includes Duke, UCLA, and Texas. The event is an NIL opportunity for the players, promising “at least $1 million in NIL activities.”
About that asterisk – this game between South Carolina and Texas is expected to be a nonconference game (I only hesitate because I’ve seen crazier things happen).
South Carolina also owes USF a home game in return for this season’s game in Columbia. That brings us to six known games.
There should be an SEC-ACC Challenge game at an ACC opponent. ESPN tries to match teams with similar expectations. With Duke and South Carolina already scheduled to play, North Carolina and NC State look like logical options. (I would have included Notre Dame before almost the entire team transferred.)
