The Syracuse football team will face one of the nation's most difficult schedules in 2025, facing off with four teams from the 2024 College Football Playoff — Tennessee, Clemson, SMU and Notre Dame. Five of their opponents finished in the top 20 of the final AP Poll, and the Orange face 11 bowl teams from this past season.
Syracuse finished the 2024 season 10-3, capping off Fran Brown's first season as head coach with a Holiday Bowl win over Washington State in late December.
Here is the full 2025 schedule:
- Saturday, Aug. 30: Tennessee (at Atlanta)
- Saturday, Sept. 6: UConn
- Friday, Sept. 12: Colgate
- Saturday, Sept. 20: at Clemson
- Saturday, Sept. 27: Duke
- Saturday, Oct. 4: at SMU
- Saturday, Oct. 18: Pittsburgh
- Saturday, Oct. 25: at Georgia Tech
- Friday, Oct. 31: North Carolina
- Saturday Nov. 8: at Miami
- Saturday, Nov. 22: at Notre Dame
- Saturday, Nov. 29: Boston College
