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 Orange’s bye week.
Syracuse.Com
Football reporter Javon
Edmonds keeps Syracuse at 10th between Wake Forest and Clemson. Javon has Pitt ranked 7th this week.
ESPN
In this week’s SP+ rankings Syracuse holds at 74th between UCLA and Purdue. The offense ranks 64th, the defense 87th and special teams 46th. Pitt is 33rd with their offense 31st, defense 46th and special teams 12th. SP+ predicts a 33-24 Pitt win.
The Football Power Index has Syracuse down two spots to a 71st place between Virginia Tech and San Diego St. FPI now gives the Orange a 33.5% chance to win 6 games. Pitt is ranked 45th this week.
CBS Sports
Syracuse moves down 4 spots to 69th this week landing between UConn (?) and UCLA. Pitt is 41st.
The Athletic
The Orange are up 1 to 49th in The Athletic’s Top 136 Power Rankings placing them in between Arizona and Clemson. Pitt is 30th this week.
College Football News
This week CFN has Syracuse down 16 spots to 71st between Navy and Wisconsin. Pitt is ranked 42nd this week.
AP and Coaches Poll
Pittsburgh received one vote in the Coaches Poll.
Awards
ACC Week Seven Scores
- Stanford 10 SMU 34
- Pitt 34 Florida State 31
- Virginia Tech 20 Georgia Tech 35
- NC State 7 Notre Dame 36
- Wake Forest 39 Oregon State 14
- Clemson 41 Boston College 10
ACC Week Eight Schedule
- Louisville at Miami
- North Carolina at California
- UConn at Boston College
- Georgia Tech at Duke
- SMU at Clemson
- Washington State at Virginia
- Pitt at Syracuse
- Florida State at Stanford
