what's going on YouTube this is sg1 sports and you're watching our college football channel we continue with our schedule preview and projected record series Syracuse is up next let's look back at their schedule from last season uh they got off to a good start winning four games in a row they beat Purdue on the road uh they played all four of their non-conference games right there at the beginning of the season and then you look at the rest of the schedule the schedule got a lot tougher after those first four games Clemson North Carolina Florida State Virginia teag three of those games on the road on the road three in a row actually on the road and then you know um we're able to split those final four games we end up having us a decent season six and six in the regular season but you look at the schedule in 2024 and here it is we'll start with the non-conference they're going to play Ohio Holy Cross at UNLV and Yukon uh yeah this is a pretty easy nonconference schedule this is this might be the easiest non-conference schedule for any group of or excuse me power four team that I mean it doesn't get much easier than that you look at the home schedule again the three non-conference games Georgia Tech Stanford Virginia Tech and Miami uh you know not too tough of a of a home schedule there in the road schedule uh NC State Pittsburgh Boston College Cal uh those are that's you know this is just not a very tough schedule I mean this is one of the easier schedules I think that we've seen so far um let's just go week by week they'll play Ohio and then they'll play Georgia Tech on September 7th at home then they get an early bye before playing Stanford on the 21st I'm wondering if Stanford also gets a byee that week and that's why Syracuse has it because Stanford going to have to travel across the country uh I didn't look at that but that's probably why they have that early bye Holy Cross on the 28th and then it's on the road at UNLV so how about this two years in a row they're going to have three Road games in a row UNLV NC State and Pittsburgh they do get a byee after NC State and that'll be a week night G or no excuse me Pittsburgh will be a week night game so they'll have have a byee after NC State and then play on a Thursday night and then have a little extra time to prepare for Virginia Tech on November 2nd so that's interesting again you do have some time in between these games but three Road games in a row and then again Virginia Tech on November 2nd they don't have any more by- weeks after that at Boston College on the 9th at Cal on the 16th Yukon on the 23rd and Miami on November 30th to close out the season but again this I mean this schedule no Florida State no Clemson no Louisville um I mean a very easy non-conference schedule this we'll do our schedule rankings and you know I haven't compiled that just yet I haven't done all the math but it's very possible that Syracuse has the easiest power for schedule it's very very possible and if I had to guess right now I'd say they probably do um so how about projection wise last year projection was uh seven and five they went six and six in the regular season projection was seven and five I actually had them at five and seven I think maybe I had them losing that game to Purdue that might have been the only thing that that would have been different there and it would have put them at 5- seven but Aon had them at s and five so they finished in between the expectations the over under was at 6 and A2 so that it was a very average season for Syracuse of course six and six is average but let's see what the projection looks like this year and again here's the scale that we use I've explained it in all the other videos so we're not going to go into that uh we will start with the easy wins I think you've got one Holy Cross that's pretty much guaranteed win I would would be shocked if they lost that game and I'm going to actually put Ohio UNLV and Yukon in the blue because these are all decent group of five teams and I don't think Syracuse is going to be a Powerhouse so I think they're favored by at least a couple of touchdowns in these games but I don't think they're guaranteed wins I mean it would be a big upset if they were to lose but they you know it again it wouldn't shock me if they did lose one of these games um not two but maybe one uh so we're not going to count those as guaranteed wins we're going to put them in the blue and then we go to games in the yellow we've got NC State and Miami both of these games where I think Syracuse will be about a touchdown Underdog maybe in that range and then the rest of the schedule it's really a bunch of 50-50 games Georgia Tech Stanford Pittsburgh Virginia Tech Boston College Cal you have three of those games at home three on the road so you know if they split those games that's three wins then if they win their four non-conference games that puts them at seven and five you still a win against NC State Miami 8 and4 yeah this this team could wind up being not as good as what their record suggests at the end of the season just because of how easy the schedule is and with this schedule you know if if things come together for Syracuse I think you have to list them as a dark horse in the ACC because there are any games here where you're going to say I I just don't see there's no way they're winning that game you know NC State Miami those will be tough for them but even if they lose those games if you go 10- two that might be good enough to get to the the ACC Championship so this is definitely a Darkhorse team because of the schedule and it's again a very favorable schedule and because of that the projection is actually seven and five so a pretty good projection for Syracuse and that's what I just said if they split the games the 50-50 games they win the games they're supposed to win they would wind up at 7 and five so that's the projection not a prediction again we're a ways away from doing predictions although it is coming pretty quick I usually do start them um after Memorial Day right around the 1st of June maybe um but a projection just with our formula for Syracuse is 7 and5 you guys agreed you disagree give me your thoughts on this team down in the comments below