Syracuse’s 2027 football opener now has a date, a city, and a little bit of history attached to it.
The Orange will kick off the season in Toronto, Canada, against Wake Forest on Saturday, August 29. Tickets are expected to go on sale today through Ticketmaster, according to Brad Humber of Sportsnet. The game also appears to be getting the “Toronto Kickoff” treatment, based on the Ticketmaster listing and this X account.
The matchup will be played at BMO Field, the same venue that serves as home for Toronto FC of MLS and the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. It’s also a new stage for college football: Syracuse and Wake Forest will be part of the first college game ever held there, after the stadium hosted World Cup matches this past summer.
There’s one odd twist to the setup. Even though Syracuse is closer to Canada than Wake Forest, the game will technically count as a home date for the Demon Deacons, since it was originally scheduled for Winston-Salem.
The ACC’s new scheduling model is part of the backdrop here. The league is moving toward a format that fully takes effect in 2027, when all but one ACC team in a given year will play nine conference games plus one Power Four non-conference opponent.
This Toronto matchup will count as a conference game for both Syracuse and Wake Forest, according to the ACC. Syracuse’s other confirmed ACC opponents for 2027 are Boston College, Pitt, NC State, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Louisville, and Virginia Tech.
On the non-conference side, Syracuse has already locked in road games at Penn State and UConn. Fordham was previously reported as another 2027 opponent.
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