Syracuse Orange

Syracuse football plays its home games at the JMA Wireless Dome, one of the few enclosed stadiums in college football, giving the Orange a controlled, deafening home-field advantage in central New York. The program has a proud history of producing standout running backs and has carved a niche as an ACC member since 2013 after decades in the Big East. Syracuse's identity is rooted in toughness and a passionate alumni base that remembers the program's glory decades. Orange football remains a point of pride for the university.'

Syracuse won its only consensus national championship in 1959, finishing 11-0 under coach Ben Schwartzwalder and capping the season with a Cotton Bowl win over Texas, powered by sophomore star Ernie Davis, who two years later became the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy. The program produced other legendary backs, including Jim Brown and Floyd Little. Syracuse joined the Big East before moving to the ACC in 2013. The 1959 title remains the cornerstone of the program's history.