On Saturday, the Syracuse Orange football team upended No. 19 SMU, beating them 30-27 inside the JMA Wireless Dome.
The win moved the Orange to 4-4 on the season and keeps them in a position to earn a possible bowl game invitation.
While Syracuse beating SMU was certainly a surprise, it wasn't that surprising to those who have been following the program closely for the last few years. Beating ranked teams at home has become a staple for the Orange.
As noted by Chris Hummer of CBS Sports, Syracuse has now won four of its last five home games against ranked teams.
Syracuse defeated SMU on Saturday, but it also beat No. 8 Miami (42-38) in 2024, No. 23 Georgia Tech (31-28) in 2024, and No. 15 North Carolina State (24-9) in 2022.
The only loss in that time was a 38-3 drubbing at the hands of Florida State in 2022.
Syracuse will get another crack at a ranked team later this year when it hosts No. 4 Notre Dame in the final regular season game of the season (Nov. 28).
That game time has not been set yet, but SU needs to get through Clemson, Boston College and North Carolina State first anyways.
About the win on Saturday
The Orange led SMU 20-10 at the half but ended up trailing 27-23 deep ...