The 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Monarchs played their home games at the Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the East Division of Conference USA (CâÂÂUSA). They were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Wilder. The Monarchs finished the season 5âÂÂ7, 3âÂÂ5 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place.
Old Dominion announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Monarchs hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Albany from the Colonial Athletic Association and North Carolina from the Atlantic Coast Conference and traveled to Massachusetts, an independent, and Virginia Tech also from the Atlantic Coast Conference.