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The Syracuse Orange have taken care of business so far this season with wins over Villanova and Central Michigan. That's good because it only gets tougher from here. Case in point, the latest Top 25 polls show three upcoming opponents ranked, two of which are in the top ten (1/1 FSU, 9/9 Notre Dame & 22/24 Clemson).
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (37) | Florida State (50) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (17) | Alabama (1) | Alabama |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oregon (6) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oklahoma (4) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Texas A&M (3) | Baylor | Georgia |
| 7 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Florida State |
| 8 | LSU | LSU | Michigan State |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | LSU |
| 10 | Ole Miss | UCLA | Wisconsin |
| 11 | Michigan State | Michigan State | Baylor |
| 12 | UCLA | Ole Miss | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Georgia | Arizona State | UCLA |
| 14 | South Carolina | Georgia | Kansas State |
| 15 | Arizona State | Stanford | Ole Miss |
| 16 | Stanford | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| 17 | USC | Wisconsin | Clemson |
| 18 | Missouri | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 19 | Wisconsin | Missouri | USC |
| 20 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Stanford |
| 21 | BYU | USC | Florida |
| 22 | Clemson | Nebraska | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Ohio State | BYU | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | Nebraska | Clemson | Missouri |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | North Carolina | BYU |
For a composite Top 25 college football ranking, visit SBNation.com
Other upcoming opponents that received votes include the Duke Blue Devils, Pittsburgh Panthers, Boston College Eagles and Louisville Cardinals.
Incidentally, Syracuse is currently 30th in Sagarin Ratings, ahead of Washington, Louisville and Virginia Tech. So there's that...