The Georgia Southern Athletics Department announced the addition of Southern Cal to its future football schedule as the two schools have agreed to a one-off game at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Eagles will travel to California for a game at Fresno State on Aug. 30, 2025 and will then face the Trojans a week later, on Sept. 6, 2025 in non-conference action.
The Eagles and Trojans have never met in football.
Additionally, a non-conference game against Maine on Sept. 20 of 2025 was also announced. The Eagles lead the series with Maine, 4-0, with all four games having been played in Statesboro. The two last met in 2019 at Allen E. Paulson Stadium with the Eagles downing the sixth-ranked (FBS) Black Bears 26-18. The other three meetings between the two teams came in the NCAA I-AA or FCS Playoffs.
This is how the announced future non-conference slate stacks up through 2032*:
2024
Aug. 31 - Boise State (Paulson)
Sept. 7 - at Nevada (Reno, Nev.)
Sept. 14 - South Carolina State (Paulson)
Sept. 21 - at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)
2025
Aug. 30 - at Fresno State (Fresno, Calif.)
Sept. 6 - at USC (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sept. 13 - Jacksonville State (Paulson)
Sept. 20 - Maine (Paulson)
2026
Sept. 5 - North Alabama (Paulson)
Sept. 12 - at Clemson (Clemson, S.C.)
Sept. 19 - at Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Ala.)
Sept. 26 - Houston (Paulson)
2027
Sept. 4 - Samford (Paulson)
Sept. 11 - at Kansas State (Manhattan, Kan.)
Sept. 18 - at Houston (Houston, Texas)
Sept. 25 - Eastern Michigan (Paulson)
2028
Sept. 16 - at Boise State (Boise, Idaho)
Sept. 23 - Fresno State (Paulson)
2029
Sept. 1 - at Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.)
Sept. 8 - Sam Houston (Paulson)
Sept. 15 - Charleston Southern (Paulson)
Sept. 22 - at Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
2030
Aug. 31 - Chattanooga (Paulson)
Sept. 7 - at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)
Sept. 21 - at Sam Houston (Huntsville, Texas)
Oct. 5 - Army West Point (Paulson)
2031
Sept. 20 - Middle Tennessee (Paulson)
Nov. 8 - at Army West Point (West Point, N.Y.)
2032
Sept. 25 - at Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
* - subject to change