After adding the Colgate Raiders to the 2020 football schedule, the Syracuse Orange need just one more opponent to complete the non-conference slate. There’s also the question of what to do with opening weekend (which needs to be somewhere away from the Dome) since that date’s currently blank.
As of right now, there are three non-conference games: at Rutgers (September 12), Colgate (September 19) and Liberty (October 17). If the fourth opponent is at home, it’s either September 26 or October 3, with the other date potentially serving as a bye.
Playing on the road or at a potential neutral site opens up the possibility for the other non-conference game to be in week one.