Boston College’s Oct. 3 trip to SMU now has a start time and a TV home: the Eagles and Mustangs will kick off at noon ET, with The CW Network carrying the game live.
It will be Boston College’s first road game since the season opener at Cincinnati, where the Eagles fell 34-15.
The matchup also keeps a familiar series rolling. SMU and BC will meet for the fifth time overall and for the fourth time in the last four years.
That run began with the 2023 Wasabi Fenway Bowl, when former BC coach Jeff Hafley’s team knocked off the No. 24 Mustangs 23-14.
SMU has handled the Eagles in the two meetings since then, winning 38-28 at home in 2024 and then rolling to a 45-13 victory in last season’s Red Bandanna Game in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Quarterback Kevin Jennings has been at the center of all three of those games, and he’s been highly effective against Boston College. Across his last two outings versus BC, Jennings has thrown for 624 yards and six touchdowns, with an interception in each game. He has also been sacked just once in those two matchups.
Boston College’s defense, though, looks very different this season - both in scheme and personnel - and that could give Jennings something new to sort through when the teams meet again.
The Eagles are also bringing some early-season production into the matchup. They lead the ACC with six interceptions, which is one more than they had all of 2025, and they are tied with Syracuse and Pittsburgh for third in team sacks with eight. Those numbers have come against Cincinnati, an 0-3 Rutgers team, and FCS opponent Maine.
SMU enters the week ranked No. 22 in the latest AP Top-25 Poll after a 41-31 loss to No. 16 Louisville last weekend. The Mustangs will face Missouri State at home before hosting Boston College, while the Eagles will welcome Virginia Tech for their 2026 ACC opener on Saturday at noon.
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