UCLA has scheduled a home-and-home series against Cincinnati, set for the 2018 and 2019. The first game will be played at the Rose Bowl as the season opener, while the next game will be at Nippert Stadium.
Cincinnati athletic director Mike Bohn first announced those plans on Thursday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, but said then that the series was tentatively scheduled for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
The games will mark the first-ever meetings between the Bruins and the Bearcats.
This is how UCLA’s nonconference schedule is currently constructed for the next decade:
2015
Sept. 5 Virginia
Sept. 12 at UNLV
Sept. 19 BYU
2016
Sept. 3 at Texas A&M
Sept. 10 UNLV
Sept. 17 at BYU
2017
Sept. 2 Texas A&M
Sept. 9 Hawai’i
Sept. 16 at Memphis
2018
Sept. 1 Cincinnati
Sept. 8 at Oklahoma
Sept. 15 Fresno State
2019
Aug. 31 San Diego State
Sept. 7 at Cincinnati
Sept. 14 Oklahoma
2020
Sept. 5 Rutgers
Sept. 12 TBD
Sept. 19 at San Diego State
2021
Sept. 4 LSU
Sept. 11 at Rutgers
Sept. 18 TBD
2022
Sept. 3 TBD
Sept. 10 at Michigan
Sept. 17 TBD
2023
Sept. 2 Michigan
Sept. 9 TBD
Sept. 16 TBD
2024
Aug. 31 at LSU
Updated at 4:53 p.m.