NC State football has two scheduled games against Cincinnati canceled

Conference realignment continues to rearrange N.C. State’s future football schedules.

NCSU confirmed Wednesday that scheduled games against Cincinnati in 2023 and 2029 have been canceled. The Bearcats were to have played at Carter-Finley Stadium next season and then have their home game in 2029.

But Cincinnati will join the Big 12 Conference next season, joining Central Florida, BYU and Houston in making the move. With the Big 12 playing nine conference games, the Bearcats had to drop a scheduled nonconference game and it proved to be N.C. State.

BYU previously had canceled two games with the Pack — in 2024 and 2030 — in preparing for its Big 12 move.

The Wolfpack announced last week that it was adding Appalachian State to future schedules, with games planned in 2025 in Boone and 2026 in Raleigh. It will be the Pack’s first trip to Boone.

No replacement for the 2023 Cincinnati game has been announced. The Wolfpack has home nonconference games planned next season against Notre Dame and VMI and a road game at UConn.

Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Jason Williams tweeted Tuesday that the Bearcats’ games against NCSU might be be canceled because of the Big 12 move. NCSU confirmed the changes Wednesday.

This story was originally published September 7, 2022 at 10:52 AM.

Chip Alexander

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.