Apropos of nothing, Syracuse has been in this situation before vs. Louisville.
On November 10, 2012 -- two years and 362 days prior to this Saturday -- a five-loss Syracuse Orange football team faced off with a well-regarded Louisville Cardinals team. Granted, THAT Louisville squad was undefeated and ranked 11th at the time. But the Orange were 4-5 and basically needed the victory over the Cardinals to remain in contention for a bowl game.
I'm not creating parallels between this Syracuse team and that one. That Orange team was a senior-laden group in its fourth year under Doug Marrone, and the only reason they were 4-5 going in was due to a brutal schedule to that point (thanks, DOC!