South Carolina adds future Conference USA opponent to 2023 nonconference schedule

South Carolina is making a switch to its 2023 nonconference schedule, it was announced on Wednesday.

Per reports, the Gamecocks are replacing Liberty on their 2023 slate in favor of another group of Gamecocks — Jacksonville State.

The game will be played on Nov. 4, 2023, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia — the day the Gamecocks were originally supposed to play the Flames:

South Carolina has added Jacksonville State to its 2023 schedule. #Gamecocks were previously scheduled to play #Liberty.

The two Gamecocks will face off Nov. 4, 2023 in Columbia. Jax State moving up from FCS to the CUSA.

— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) May 11, 2022

Jacksonville State spent the 2022 season in the Atlantic Sun Conference. For the 2023 season, the Gamecocks will likely be members of Conference USA.

Jacksonville State joins North Carolina, Furman and Clemson on South Carolina’s 2023 nonconference schedule, which has now been completed. We’ll see if South Carolina can avoid a nail-biter against Jacksonville State, a team that beat Ole Miss in 2010 and lost on a last-minute touchdown against Auburn in 2015.