Rutgers is expanding its renewal of one former Big East rivalry and cancelling another at a cost.

Rutgers announced Tuesday that its non-conference home-and-home series with Boston College will be expanded from two to four games, with matchups in 2019 and 2022 added to the two in 2026 and 2027.

The two additional games essentially take the place of a home-and-home series against Miami that was originally agreed upon in 2009. The Hurricanes were supposed to visit Piscataway in 2018 and host the Scarlet Knights in 2019.

NJ Advance Media has confirmed that Rutgers must pay the $100,000 fee written into the contract with Miami for cancelling the games. The Hurricanes have an opening on their 2018 schedule.

Some of the cost of the cancellation penalty will be offset by the decreased travel expenses associated with going to Chestnut Hill, Mass. instead of Miami.

At the time of the deal, Rutgers was in the Big East and having difficulties finding other BCS conference opponents willing to visit High Point Solutions Stadium.

Since then, Rutgers filled its 2018 non-conference schedule with home games against Texas State and Buffalo and a visit to Kansas. Only one of those games (Texas State) was scheduled since coach Chris Ash's arrival.

"When we look at non-conference games," Ash told NJ Advance Media last August, "there are two things I'm looking at: How do we schedule to get wins? And also games that challenge us and prepare us for the Big Ten."

Boston College is the first non-conference opponent added to the 2019 schedule, while home-and-homes with UCLA and Temple are in place for 2020 and 2021.

Both the Boston College and Temple series seem in line with Ash's previous comments about scheduling regionally rather than making long road trips like Rutgers recently has to Fresno State, Washington State and Washington.

"Regional rivalries -- if we can find one -- would be great," Ash said in August. "The travel out to Washington isn't necessarily a preference because it's a big trip, a hard trip."

Rutgers will host Boston College in 2019 and 2027 and be on the road in 2022 and 2026. They will be the first meetings since Boston College's Big East exit in 2004.

Rutgers has not faced Miami since its Big East farewell in 2003.

Ryan Dunleavy may be reached at rdunleavy@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @rydunleavy. Find NJ.com Rutgers Football on Facebook.