The Orange will get their first shot at a top 25 team
Each week, we’ll take a look at what other college football media sites are saying about the Syracuse Orange. Let’s see what they are saying after the win over Ohio
Player Honors
Marlowe Wax was named ACC Linebacker of the Week after recording six tackles with his 9th career forced fumble, which is 2nd all-time in Syracuse history behind Dwight Freeney’s 14.
Syracuse.Com
The local writers have Syracuse 8th this week between Pittsburgh and NC State. Georgia Tech is 4th this week.
ESPN
In this week’s SP+ rankings Syracuse drops four to the 71st spot with the offense 69th (nice) while the defense ranks 67th. The Orange are ranked between Boston College and South Florida. Georgia Tech is ranked 53rd with their offense 31st and defense 80th.
The Football Power Index has Syracuse in 62nd place between Minnesota and Duke. FPI predicts the Orange for 6.3 wins and gives them a 66.4 % chance of making a bowl game. Georgia Tech is ranked 35th.
ACC Network
Eric Mac Lain has the Orange 8th and Georgia Tech 4th this week.
1st power rankings of the season. #goacc pic.twitter.com/y2PrSs0d3t
— Eric Mac Lain (@EricMacLain) September 3, 2024
CBS Sports
In the CBS Sports power rankings Syracuse is 68th between BYU and Miami (Ohio) because CBS hasn’t done an update yet. Georgia Tech is/was 53rd.
The Athletic
The Orange drops two spots to 60th in The Athletic’s Top 131 Power Rankings placing them in between South Florida and Mississippi State. Georgia Tech ranks 26th this week.
AP and Coaches Poll
Georgia Tech is ranked 23rd in the AP Poll and just outside the Coaches Poll Top 25 with 86 points, while Syracuse received one vote in the Coaches Poll.
ACC Week One Scores
Western Carolina 21 NC State 38
North Carolina A&T 13 Wake Forest 45
North Carolina 19 Minnesota 17
Elon 3 Duke 26
TCU 34 Stanford 27
Clemson 3 Georgia 34
Kent State 24 Pitt 55
Virginia Tech 27 Vanderbilt 34
Austin Peay 0 Louisville 62
Ohio 22 Syracuse 38
Miami 41 Florida 17
UC Davis 13 California 31
Richmond 13 Virginia 34
Georgia State 12 Georgia Tech 35
HCU 7 SMU 59
Boston College 28 Florida State 13
ACC Week Two Schedule
BYU vs SMU
Duke vs Northwestern
Pitt vs Cincinnati
Georgia Tech vs Syracuse
California vs Auburn
Duquesne vs Boston College
Jacksonville St vs Louisville
Charlotte vs North Carolina
Marshall vs Virginia Tech
Florida A&M vs Miami
Virginia vs Wake Forest
Cal Poly vs Stanford
NC State vs Tennessee
App State vs Clemson