Off Campus Hits Prime Video May 13: Your New Hockey Romance Obsession Is Here

Okay, so the Off Campus trailer dropped a couple of weeks ago, and I genuinely have not stopped thinking about it. I went in expecting another perfectly-fine, perfectly-forgettable book adaptation. What I got instead? Two minutes of fake dating, hockey jersey energy, and the kind of leaning-in-the-doorway smirk that’s been doing absolute numbers on TikTok ever since. Reader, I get it now. The BookTok girlies were right to be feral about this one, and the Off Campus Prime Video premiere is now just days away.

After about eighteen months of casting reveals and increasingly thirsty set photos out of Vancouver, Off Campus is finally almost here. So let’s get into the Off Campus Prime Video release date, the cast, what to expect from the plot, and why this adaptation might genuinely live up to the hype.

Off Campus Prime Video Release Date: When Do All 8 Episodes Drop?

Mark your calendars, because Off Campus premieres on Prime Video on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. All eight episodes of Season 1 drop in one go across more than 240 countries. So no weekly release schedule, and no Sunday night dread. Just the entire season handed over at once, like Prime Video genuinely trusts us not to inhale it in a single sitting. (We will. Obviously.)

And if you needed extra proof that the streamer’s betting big on this one, here’s the kicker. Prime Video renewed Off Campus for Season 2 back in February. That’s before a single episode had even aired. Renewing a show that early isn’t really a vote of faith. It’s a streamer who’s already mentally cashing the cheque.

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What Is Off Campus Actually About?

Basically, the Off Campus Prime Video adaptation is based on Elle Kennedy’s wildly popular five-book series of the same name. The franchise has been the cornerstone of “hockey romance” since 2015. If you somehow haven’t been on BookTok in the last few years, hockey romance is the subgenre currently moving more units than basically anything else in commercial fiction. We’re talking millions of copies sold. Now Temple Hill, the production company behind Twilight and The Fault in Our Stars, is shepherding the books to screen. So yeah, this isn’t a cheap cash-in. The prestige treatment is officially happening.

The show is set at the fictional Briar University. It follows the school’s elite ice hockey team, plus the women orbiting their messy, horny, emotionally tangled little world. Picture a college coming-of-age story that crashed into a sports drama and a romance novel at full speed, and you’re roughly there. Better yet, the official logline literally calls Off Campus a “college soap.” A college soap! They’re saying the thing. We love when networks say the thing.

Season 1: Meet Hannah and Garrett

Season 1 adapts The Deal, the first book in the series. It’s built around an “opposites attract” romance between two characters:

Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), a quiet music major and aspiring singer-songwriter who’s hopelessly into a guy who barely knows she exists.
Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), Briar University’s golden-boy hockey captain, who famously “doesn’t do girlfriends” (a flag so red it has its own zip code).

Here’s the actual deal (literally): Hannah agrees to tutor Garrett through a class he’s failing. In exchange, he plays her fake boyfriend just long enough to make her actual crush, Justin Kohl (Josh Heuston), finally notice her. You can already see where this is going. The trailer alone has more chemistry than most full rom-coms manage in two hours. And the “fake” part of the fake dating is doing exactly what fake dating always does. Which is to say, barely lasting five seconds before quietly becoming Real Feelings.

So if fake dating plus a hero who falls first plus a sunshine-meets-grumpy dynamic happens to be your specific brand of catnip, you’re going to be insufferable about this show. Welcome to the club.

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Off Campus Prime Video Cast: Who Plays Who at Briar U?

Smart move from the production team: the show’s leaning hard into a Bridgerton-style structure. Each season hands the spotlight to a different couple from the books. That means Hannah and Garrett are anchoring Season 1, while the rest of the Briar U hockey boys are very much already on screen. You can tell which ones the show’s quietly seeding as future leads. Here’s the full Off Campus Prime Video cast lineup:

Ella Bright (The Crown, Malory Towers) as Hannah Wells
Belmont Cameli (Until Dawn, Saved by the Bell) as Garrett Graham
Mika Abdalla (Snack Shack, Sex Appeal) as Allie Hayes, Hannah’s best friend and a future leading lady in her own right
Antonio Cipriano (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) as Logan, who leads Book 2, The Mistake
Stephen Kalyn (Gen V) as Dean Di Laurentis, the gloriously cocky lead of Book 3, The Score
Jalen Thomas Brooks (The Pitt) as Tucker, the lead of Book 4, The Goal
Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy, Heartbreak High) as Justin, Hannah’s hopeless crush
Steve Howey as Phil Graham, Garrett’s father (and trust me, the books give that storyline some real bite)
Khobe Clarke (Cruel Intentions, Firefly Lane) as Beau Maxwell, Briar’s star quarterback in a recurring role

The team behind the camera is, frankly, an embarrassment of riches. Louisa Levy created the series. She co-showruns with Gina Fattore. Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are producing. Translation: the people responsible for turning beloved YA books into screen behemoths are steering this one too. Plus, Elle Kennedy herself is on the producer credit. That usually keeps the “but the BOOK said!” Reddit meltdowns to a low simmer. Usually.

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What to Expect From the Off Campus TV Show

Look, the trailer already showed us most of the cards. We’re talking pretty people in even prettier lighting, with the kind of sexual tension you could legitimately ice skate across. Based on the Off Campus Prime Video marketing rollout so far, here’s what’s on the menu:

Fake dating shenanigans that will absolutely, definitely not stay fake for long
Locker-room banter with the rest of the Briar U boys, who are quietly setting up their own future love stories in the background
Costume parties, frat houses, late-night music sessions and frosty rink-side longing looks (the full college soap visual buffet)
Family drama. Garrett’s relationship with his father is one of the heaviest emotional beats in the source material. Casting Steve Howey suggests the show isn’t planning to soften it.
Real emotional stakes. Without spoiling anything specific, The Deal gets significantly heavier than the trailer is letting on. So no, this isn’t a fluffy beach read in disguise.

In short? Expect CW soap melodrama, romcom serotonin, and the kind of glossy production budget streamers were only handing out to prestige dramas a few years ago.

Why Off Campus Could Be Prime Video’s Next Big Hit

Quietly, Prime Video has been building one of the strongest book-to-screen pipelines in streaming. Look at the track record. The Summer I Turned Pretty became a generational franchise. We Were Liars hit harder than anyone expected. Maxton Hall turned into a global word-of-mouth obsession out of basically nowhere. So Off Campus is arriving at a perfectly primed cultural moment. There’s a good chance it’s about to do the exact same thing.

Hockey romance, after all, is the genre on BookTok right now. The Canadian queer-hockey romance series Heated Rivalry torched the charts when it landed in late 2025. And Off Campus has the source material, the casting and the marketing budget to ride that exact wave. The early Season 2 renewal makes Prime Video’s confidence pretty unmistakable. Honestly, this show is built to go viral whether it actually delivers or not. (Though all early signs suggest it will deliver.)

So if you’ve been quietly mainlining sports romance novels, or you still haven’t fully recovered from The Summer I Turned Pretty finale, or you’re just looking for your next “I’ll watch one episode” lie to tell yourself, the Off Campus Prime Video release is shaping up to be the spring obsession you didn’t know you’d signed up for.

All eight episodes hit Prime Video on May 13, 2026. Block out the night, charge your headphones, and maybe warn whoever you’re going to scream about Garrett Graham with afterwards. The Briar U boys are coming.

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