Tennessee announced plans Thursday for a two-game series against Connecticut beginning in 2015.

That’s football, not women’s basketball.

The Vols will travel to East Hartford on Sept. 26, 2015 and host UConn in Knoxville on Sept. 3 to open the 2016 season.

Despite UConn and Tennessee’s rivalry in women’s basketball — now discontinued in the regular season — the Vols and Huskies have never met on the football field.

“This adds another quality opponent from a BCS conference, gives our fans a great travel destination and also puts us back in the northeast, continuing our tradition of playing different regions of the country,” UT athletic director Mike Hamilton said in a statement.

The Vols, who have played regular season games against Rutgers, Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame, UCLA, California and Syracuse in recent years, will face at least one team from the other four BCS conferences between now and 2018, when the Vols host Ohio State.

UT against The BCS

With Thursday’s announcement of a two-game series against UConn, the Vols now face at least one opponent from each of the BCS conferences between now and 2019.

Year Team Conference

2009 UCLA Pac-10

2010 Oregon Pac-10

2011 at North Carolina ACC

2012 North Carolina ACC

2013 at Oregon Pac-10

2014 at Oklahoma Big 12

2015 Oklahoma Big 12

2015 at Connecticut Big East

2016 Connecticut Big East

2016 at Nebraska Big 12

2017 Nebraska Big 12

2018 Ohio State Big Ten

2019 at Ohio State Big Ten

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