There's been a bunch of talk this offseason about a potential 3-5-5 ACC scheduling model, which would do away with divisions and call for more variety to the annual league slate. But what about the non-conference side of the equation?

Those games are typically scheduled years in advance and make up a third of the 12-game regular season campaign.

What better time to examine which non-conference opponents BC is set to face in the coming years.

Note: We will be using the data from FBSchedules.com to compile this list.

— Rutgers (Sept. 3)

— Maine (Sept. 17)

— at UConn (Oct. 29)

— at Notre Dame (Nov. 19)

OUTLOOK: Rutgers is no longer a pushover like it was when the Eagles blew out the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway in 2019. Greg Schiano has that program heading back in the right direction, and back-to-back top-45 recruiting classes are a significant sign. Maine, shockingly, has landed a night game at Alumni Stadium for a New England series that will continue through the 2020s and into the next decade. BC will travel to UConn to play a new-look Huskies team in the beginning of the Jim Mora era.

And, of course, the non-conference game circled on the calendar is the Eagles' showdown with Notre Dame in South Bend. It's Phil Jurkovec's return to his old home and his second and final shot at revenge against the program that never really gave him a chance.

— Northern Illinois (Sept. 2)

— Holy Cross (Sept. 9)

— at Army (Oct. 7)

— UConn (Oct. 28)

OUTLOOK: This makes for a bit of déjà vu, no? The last time BC played Northern Illinois was 2017 when Anthony Brown Jr. made his first career start. The Eagles won that game on a game-winning Colton Lichtenberg field goal. This time around, BC will host NIU, and, if everything goes according to plan, Emmett Morehead will make his first career start. In 2018, BC restored its with Holy Cross after a 32-year hiatus. What was once a great in-state rivalry has transformed into a lop-sided meeting of Power Five and FCS squads. BC smacked Holy Cross, 62-14, that year, but the game did draw more than 40,000 fans. A similar result would be a win for both programs in 2023.

BC will hit the road to play Army for the first time since 2013. The Eagles lead the all-time series, 25-13, and the programs saw each other six times in the 2000s. The Black Knights' lone victory came against BC in 2012, the final year of Frank Spaziani's brief stint as the Eagles' head coach. Then BC will host UConn at the end of October. The last time the Huskies were in Alumni Stadium was 2016 when they were shut out, 30-0. UConn has never beaten BC, although the programs tied twice in the early 1900s.

— at Missouri (Sept. 14)

— Michigan State (Sept. 21)

OUTLOOK: The Missouri game is the second leg of the home-and-home series between the Eagles and Tigers, which kicked off during the 2021 season. It actually made for quite the exciting matchup. After Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz told reporters that he'd rather have a non-conference regional rivalry game than a trip to to BC, Eagles head coach Jeff Hafley clapped back. Then, following BC's thrilling 41-34 overtime win, Hafley chimed in, "It was a great day for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." There's sure to be some animosity when the teams get back together in 2024.

BC is set to host Michigan State the next week. The Eagles haven't played the Spartans since 2007. That year, they faced MSU in the Champs Sports Bowl. Yes, that was Matt Ryan's breakout season, during which the Eagles ascended to No. 2 nationally. Except, they faltered down the stretch and lost the ACC Championship. Yet they still finished with 11 wins and a No. 10 ranking. This is the start of a home-and-home with MSU.

— Fordham (Aug. 30)

— UMass (Sept. 6)

— at Michigan State (Sept. 20)

— Notre Dame (TBA)

OUTLOOK: The last time BC began its season before the calendar flipped to September was 2019 when it hosted Virginia Tech on Aug. 31. The Eagles won that back-and-forth game, 35-28. They will host Fordham to kick off the 2025 campaign. BC hasn't played Fordham since 1954. The Eagles lead the all-time series, 14-11-2, and 11 of those wins came at home. The following week, BC will host UMass. It will be the first time the Eagles see the Minutemen in four years. Of course, in 2021, BC beat them in Amherst, 45-28, but Jurkovec suffered a season-threatening hand injury in the process.

Maybe Don Brown will have turned around the UMass program by this point. Maybe not. Time will tell. Later that month, BC will wrap up its home-and-home with MSU. And, at some point that season, the Eagles will host Notre Dame for another edition of the Holy War.

— at Cincinnati (Sept. 5)

— Rutgers (Sept. 12)

— Maine (Sept. 19)

OUTLOOK: The 2026 season marks the start of a home-and-home series with Cincinnati. The Eagles have faced the Bearcats eight times before but only once since the turn of the century. That was in the very early days of 2020 when a Rich Gunnell-coached BC team was outclassed by Cincinnati in the Birmingham Bowl, 38-6. Since, BC has rebranded with Hafley at the helm, however, the Bearcats have completed their journey to premier national relevance, becoming the first Group of Five program to make the College Football Playoff in 2021.

The next two weeks, BC will face familiar foes in Rutgers and Maine, both of which are non-conference opponents the Eagles will have already seen in the 2020s.