FOREST, Va./CANTON, Ga. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) have announced a football scheduling agreement for the 2024 season. Week three of the Division III football calendar will now feature a series of crossover matchups between members from each conference.
"We are happy to partner with the SAA in this scheduling solution for the 2024 season,” said ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston. “By working together, we’ve been able to accommodate the teams available for competition in week three. I look forward to watching these matchups play out this fall.”
The ODAC-SAA agreement provides solutions to different questions for each conference entering the 2024 campaign. The previously released ODAC schedule, which includes round-robin conference play for its eight football-sponsoring members, also featured a non-conference game in week three against another league member at the reverse location from their official ODAC matchup.
The SAA was left with vacancies in its conference framework following the announced closure of Birmingham Southern College. The league worked to realign its conference schedule to move all holes created by BSC’s exit into week three, which allows for the institutions that opted into the ODAC-SAA pact to participate in the scheduling agreement.
"We are grateful to our partners at the ODAC for working together to find a positive solution that met both of our needs,” said SAA Commissioner Stacey LaDew. “This 2024 football scheduling opportunity gives us a solution to a short-term issue and provides some marquee matchups on the gridiron across both leagues. I applaud our coaches and administrators for working together to find a positive solution to some unsavory issues.”
The scheduling agreement includes the matchups posted below. Kickoff times will be determined at a later date.
- Sewanee (SAA) at Guilford College (ODAC)
- Centre College (SAA) at Hampden-Sydney College (ODAC)
- Bridgewater College (ODAC) at Millsaps College (SAA)
- Berry College (SAA) at Randolph-Macon College (ODAC)
- Rhodes College (SAA) at Shenandoah University (ODAC)
- Washington and Lee University (ODAC) at Trinity (Texas) University (SAA)
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