Southern Methodist Mustangs @ Syracuse Orange — Oct 31, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 October 31, 2026
Southern Methodist Mustangs SMU SMU 5-1, 1-1 Away
October 31, 2026 4:00 pm
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Orange Syracuse SYR 2-4, 0-2 Home
Key Players
SMU
K. Jennings QB
1720 PASS
126 RUSH
0 REC
K. Raphael RB
0 PASS
643 RUSH
71 REC
IB
I. Barry
0 PASS
-7 RUSH
381 REC
Syracuse
U. Hatcher WR
0 PASS
28 RUSH
745 REC
S. Angeli QB
733 PASS
-8 RUSH
0 REC
M. Nelson QB
532 PASS
-14 RUSH
0 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
SMU
Syracuse
Scoring 3–0
33.2 27th
Points
68th 25.8
23.0 43rd
Opp Points
102nd 30.2
10.2 25th
Point Diff
92nd -4.4
Offense 5–1
459.0 12th
Total Yds
20th 442.5
288.8 11th
Pass Yds
12th 287.5
170.2 48th
Rush Yds
62nd 155.0
25.2 7th
1st Downs
5th 25.5
45.5 28th
3rd Down%
64th 39.2
85.2 66th
Red Zone%
108th 77.8
Kicking & Discipline 4–0
70.0 93rd
FG%
128th 53.3
1.5 97th
Turnovers
124th 1.8
7.3 96th
Penalties
137th 9.5
69.2 113th
Penalty Yds
138th 88.7
Recent Form
SMU
W vs CAL 59-20
W vs UVA 23-13
W vs BC 25-16
W vs MIZS 34-24
L @ LOU 31-41
Syracuse
W @ UNC 31-30
L vs LOU 26-34
L @ UVA 25-28
W @ CONN 42-41
L @ PITT 13-27
Form Comparison
SMU vs Syracuse
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
October 31, 2026
Time
4:00 pm