The Syracuse Orange barely squeaked by the UConn Huskies after nearly blowing a 20-point lead. The once-dominant win turned close victory is reflected in this week’s rankings.
Syracuse continues with its road trip, now heading south to Charlottesville to face the Virginia Cavaliers. Here’s how the rest of the college football world feels about the Orange heading into their next ACC game.
ESPN
Syracuse jumped up six spots in ESPN’s SP+ rankings. It’s now at No. 68 overall. Syracuse is also ranked 87th on
offense, 60th on defense, and 68th on special teams, according to SP+.
Virginia fell big time, moving down 27 spots to No. 48.
Syracuse did fall three spots to No. 66 in ESPN’s College Football Power Index. FPI has the Orange between 4.6 and 7.4 wins, with a 25.5% chance of reaching at least six victories.
CBS Sports
Syracuse moved from No. 72 to No. 71 in CBS Sports’ FBS rankings. Virginia is at No. 49.
The Athletic
The Orange moved five spots, from No. 81 to No. 76, in The Athletic’s FBS rankings. Virginia fell from No. 32 to No. 39.
College Football News
Syracuse dropped nine spots in the latest College Football News rankings. It went from No. 76 to No. 85. Virginia went from No. 49 to No. 56.
Syracuse.com
Syracuse is down two spots to 14th this week between Cal and Boston College. Virginia is ranked
AP and Coaches Poll
No votes for Syracuse or Virginia in either the AP poll or coaches’ poll.
Player honors
Tylik Hill was named ACC Running Back of the Week and Umari Hatcher was named ACC Wide Receiver of the Week.
ACC Week 5 Scores
- Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33
- Miami 41, Clemson 13
- Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26
- Boston College 16, SMU 25
- Stanford 3, Wake Forest 57
- Syracuse 42, UConn 41
- California 31, UNLV 39
- Louisville 28, NC State 31
- Virginia 7, Florida State 38
ACC Week 6 Schedule
- Florida State vs. Louisville (Friday)
- North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh (Saturday)
- Wake Forest vs. NC State (Saturday)
- Stanford vs. Notre Dame (Saturday)
- Duke vs. Georgia Tech (Saturday)
- Virginia Tech vs. California (Saturday)
- Syracuse vs. Virginia (Saturday)
