CAA Football today announced its conference schedule for the 2021 Spring season, which includes a six-game slate for each institution using a unique divisional format.
The North Division will include seven teams - Albany, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Stony Brook and Villanova. There will be four teams in the South Division – Elon, James Madison, Richmond and William & Mary. Teams in the North will face each other once (three home, three away), while teams in the South will meet twice, with each team getting a home and an away game.
Villanova is scheduled to begin conference play on March 6 with a road game at Stony Brook. The Wildcats first home league game will be against Rhode Island on March 13.
Following a bye week on March 20, Villanova will host New Hampshire on March 27, before back-to-back road games at Maine (April 3) and at Albany (April 10). The regular season will conclude on April 17 when the Wildcats play host to arch rival Delaware.
The team with the best overall conference record will earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Football Championship. Should the divisional champions finish with the same conference record, a tie-breaking procedure will be used to determine the automatic qualifier.
Each institution has the option of adding up to two additional non-conference games to their schedule. Institutions are able to schedule "non-conference" games against other conference members, but those games would not count towards the conference standings and the outcome would not be used in the tiebreaking procedures.
The NCAA Football Championship will feature 16 teams with 11 automatic qualifiers and five at-large berths. The playoffs are set to begin on Saturday, April 24 with a champion being crowned in Frisco, Texas on May 14, 15 or 16.
| VILLANOVA 2021 SPRING FOOTBALL SCHEDULE |
| Date |
Opponent |
Location |
| March 6 |
at Stony Brook |
Stony Brook, N.Y. |
| March 13 |
Rhode Island |
Villanova Stadium |
| March 27 |
New Hampshire |
Villanova Stadium |
| April 3 |
at Maine |
Orono, Maine |
| April 10 |
at Albany |
Albany, N.Y. |
| April 17 |
Delaware |
Villanova Stadium |
