The No. 17 Syracuse Orange are headed to Orlando! The Orange will be playing the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Camping World Bowl on Friday December 28 at 5:15 p.m. ET on ESPN.
After a 9-3 season, Dino Babers will head to his first bowl with Syracuse, after finishing with the second-highest ranking in the ACC. In any other year, the Orange, by virtue of being the second highest ranked ACC team, would play in the Orange Bowl with Clemson in the Playoff. However, with the Orange Bowl as part of this year’s CFP, Syracuse goes through the normal ACC bowl selection procedure (which doesn’t include the Orange or Citrus this year).