A Thursday night ESPN game against Florida State at Alumni Stadium and nonconference games against Northwestern, Central Florida and Notre Dame highlight Boston College's 2011 schedule, which was released Monday afternoon. BC also again will host in-state rival UMass.
While Northwestern and Central Florida don't carry great name cache, both appeared in bowls last season. Northwestern went 6-5 and lost to Texas Tech by a touchdown in the Ticketcity Bowl. UCF finished last season ranked 21st after going 11-3 and beating Georgia in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
Here is the complete schedule.
Sept. 3, vs. Northwestern
Sept. 10, at Central Florida
Sept. 17, vs. Duke
Sept. 24, vs. UMass
Oct. 1, vs. Wake Forest
Oct. 8, at Clemson
Oct. 22, at Virginia Tech
Oct. 29, at Maryland
Nov. 3, vs. Florida State
Nov. 12, vs. N.C. State
Nov. 19, at Notre Dame
Nov. 26, at Miami
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