The University of Georgia announced Wednesday that the University of Massachusetts has been added to its 2018 football schedule.
UMass is the first known nonconference foe for the Bulldogs in ’18 other than Georgia Tech, their annual season-ending opponent.
“It will be a great experience for members of our football program,” UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford said in a statement, “and it will provide us increased visibility against an SEC opponent in an area of the country where Coach (Mark) Whipple and his staff are recruiting prospective student-athletes.”
UMass played Vanderbilt from 2012 to ’14, losing all three matchups to the Commodores, and will open the upcoming season at Florida. The Minutemen also host Mississippi State and travel to South Carolina later this year, and they have trips to Mississippi State and Tennessee scheduled for 2017.
Georgia’s four nonconference opponents for the upcoming season are North Carolina, Nicholls State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs will open against the Tar Heels on Sept. 3 at the Chick-fil-A Classic in Atlanta, and they will host the other three schools.