HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The home and home series between West Virginia and Alabama is no more. The two schools have mutually agreed to cancel the series and it hasn’t taken long for the Mountaineers to find replacement games. They are both from the Sun Belt.

Replacing the Crimson Tide on WVU’s future football schedule will be Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5, 2026, and Southern Miss on Sept 4, 2027. Both games will be at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Mountaineers last played Coastal Carolina in 2010 and hold a 1-0 advantage in the series. The contest against Southern Miss will be the first meeting between the two schools.

“This scheduling philosophy has proven to be successful across college football. It aligns our football program with its competition in terms of potential postseason opportun

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