Michigan Announces Changes to 2020 and 2021 Football Schedules
3/29/2018 4:00:00 PM | Football
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced today (Thursday, March 29) changes to its future football schedules for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
The home-and-home series with Virginia Tech scheduled for the 2020 and 2021 seasons has been terminated, with potential future dates to be discussed at a later date; Michigan has agreed to pay VT a $375,000 cancellation fee. The two programs were set to meet in Ann Arbor on Sept. 19, 2020, and in Blacksburg on Sept. 11, 2021.
The game with the University of Washington will move up a week in the 2021 schedule. The Wolverines and Huskies will square off at Michigan Stadium on Sept. 11, 2021, instead of the previously announced date of Sept. 18. The two schools will open the 2020 season against each other on Sept. 5 at Huskies Stadium in Seattle.
Michigan will face Arkansas State on Sept. 19, 2020, at Michigan Stadium. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools in football.
Following are the adjusted schedules for the 2020 and 2021 football seasons:
| 2020 | Opponent |
| Sept. 5 | at Washington |
| Sept. 12 | BALL STATE |
| Sept. 19 | ARKANSAS STATE |
| Sept. 26 | WISCONSIN* |
| Oct. 3 | PENN STATE* |
| Oct. 10 | at Michigan State* |
| Oct. 17 | at Minnesota* |
| Oct. 24 | PURDUE* (HC) |
| Oct. 31 | Bye Week |
| Nov. 7 | MARYLAND* |
| Nov. 14 | at Rutgers* |
| Nov. 21 | INDIANA* |
| Nov. 28 | at Ohio State* |
| Dec. 5 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2021 | Opponent |
| Sept. 4 | TBD |
| Sept. 11 | WASHINGTON |
| Sept. 18 | TBD |
| Sept. 25 | RUTGERS* (HC) |
| Oct. 2 | at Wisconsin* |
| Oct. 9 | at Indiana* |
| Oct. 16 | MICHIGAN STATE* |
| Oct. 23 | Bye Week |
| Oct. 30 | at Nebraska* |
| Nov. 6 | NORTHWESTERN* |
| Nov. 13 | at Penn State* |
| Nov. 20 | at Maryland* |
| Nov. 27 | OHIO STATE* |
| Dec. 4 | Big Ten Championship Game |
Home games in bold CAPS
* Big Ten Conference game
(HC) Homecoming
