Syracuse’s final ACC road map just got a little clearer.
The Orange will kick off against Boston College at noon ET on Nov. 21 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., setting up a late-November game with bowl implications still hanging in the balance. Syracuse is 4-5 with three regular-season games left, and only two of those are conference matchups. The Orange are 2-5 in ACC play entering Saturday’s noon ET game against North Carolina State.
That means the Boston College game will arrive with Syracuse still chasing the six wins needed to become bowl eligible. Depending on what happens against NC State, the Orange will either go into the matchup at 4-6 with bowl hopes still alive or 5-5 with a chance to lock up a bid.
The Eagles, coached by former NFL head coach Bill O’Brien, have their own work left to do. Boston College was picked to sit near the bottom of the ACC before the season, but the Eagles have outperformed those expectations and enter the final stretch at 4-5 as well. They also have bowl eligibility in play when Syracuse comes to town.
The Nov. 21 meeting will be the 60th game in the series, which dates back to 1924 when Syracuse beat Boston College 10-0 in the first matchup. Since the Orange joined the ACC in 2014, Boston College has remained one of the old Big East opponents Syracuse has continued to see every year. Syracuse’s other former Big East rival in the league, Pittsburgh, beat the Orange 27-13 in September.
Syracuse still owns the series lead over Boston College, 34-25, though the Eagles have taken the last three meetings.
Before that late-November showdown, Boston College has a major test of its own. The Eagles face Notre Dame this Saturday, and the game time has not been announced.
Notre Dame is coming off a win over then-No. 1 Miami and moved up to No. 3 in the AP Poll.
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