Mike Waters of Syracuse.com has a theory on who Syracuse will play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge next season, and it's a good one. Considering factors such as whom the Orange played in previous challenges along with teams who are "owed" (for lack of a better term) a home game, the potential matchups could be Penn State, Northwestern, Purdue or Maryland. Waters believes that for television ratings purposes the Orange are looking at a road game with either Purdue or Maryland:
The ACC and Big Ten try to match up teams according to their expected strength.