For the first time in eight years, the UConn women's basketball team had an undefeated regular season last year.
Matching that in 2026-27 could be a challenge for the Huskies, who announced their difficult nonconference schedule on Monday.
UConn will not only play South Carolina in a rematch of the 2026 Final Four, but will also face longtime rivals in Notre Dame and Tennessee and take on heavy hitters Michigan and LSU.
After playing in three preseason exhibitions throughout the month of October, the Huskies will open the 2026-27 season on Nov. 2 by hosting Cornell. Tip times, TV and home venue designations have yet to be announced.
Ten of UConn's 12 nonconference opponents played in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, including four of the Elite Eight participants (South Carolina, Duke, Notre Dame and Michigan). The Huskies will face Texas (which also reached the Elite Eight) in an exhibition on Oct. 19.
UConn will host four non-conference opponents (Cornell, Iowa, UNLV and Tennessee), play four true road games (Michigan, Ohio State, Louisville and Notre Dame) and compete in four neutral-site events. The Huskies will face the Gamecocks on Nov. 24 at Mohegan Sun Arena in the Hall of Fame Women's Showcase before playing Duke on Nov. 28 at TD Garden. In the third year of the Women's Champions Classic, UConn will face Maryland at Barclays Center in New York. And the Huskies' non-conference finale will be against LSU in the espnW Invitational in Nashville.
This will be the first time in at least the last 10 years that UConn will not face a non-conference opponent after New Year's Eve.
UConn women's basketball's 2026-27 non-onference schedule
* denotes exhibition
Monday, Oct. 12 - vs Syracuse in Hall of Fame Series at Mohegan Sun Arena*
Monday, Oct. 19 - vs Texas*
Sunday, Oct. 25 - vs Army*
Monday, Nov. 2 - vs Cornell (season-opener)
Thursday, Nov. 5 - at Michigan at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor
Sunday, Nov. 8 - vs Iowa
Thursday, Nov. 12 - at Ohio State at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio
Sunday, Nov. 15 - at Louisville at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky
Tuesday, Nov. 24 - vs South Carolina in Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena
Saturday, Nov. 28 - vs Duke at TD Garden in Boston
Wednesday, Dec. 2 - vs UNLV
Sunday, Dec. 5 - vs Maryland in Women's Champions Classic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Wednesday, Dec. 9 - at Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana
Saturday, Dec. 12 - vs Tennessee
Sunday, Dec. 20 - vs LSU in espnW Invitational at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
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