Making the step up in competition, the SMU Mustangs have certainly proven over the last few years that they’re ready for the ACC. While they join with Cal and Stanford, the trips to and from Dallas won’t be nearly as far as their fellow new conference mates.
Take a look at the list of opponents in conjunction with the 2024 ACC Football release on the SMU 2024 Football Schedule.
SMU 2024 Football Schedule
- vs. Houston Christian Huskies
Saturday, August 31, time TBA - vs. BYU Cougars
Friday, September 6, time TBA - vs. TCU Horned Frogs
Saturday, September 21, time TBA - vs. Florida State Seminoles
Saturday, September 28, time TBA - at Louisville Cardinals
Saturday, October 5, time TBA - at Stanford Cardinal
Saturday, October 19, time TBA - at Duke Blue Devils
Saturday, October 26, time TBA - vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
Saturday, November 2, time TBA - vs. Boston College Eagles
Saturday, November 16, time TBA - at Virginia Cavaliers
Saturday, November 23, time TBA - vs. California Golden Bears
Saturday, November 30, time TBA
It’s important to note that the Mustangs previously had their entire 2024 schedule laid out as a part of the American Athletic Conference. Eight conference games within the AAC included trips to Tulane, USF, North Texas, and Charlotte, while they were scheduled to host Rice, UAB, FAU, and ECU.
However, they were left with just three non-conference games on their schedule during the move and were originally scheduled to travel to play the SEC’s Vanderbilt and host the Big 12’s TCU in the opening stages of their schedule.
SMU will now face BYU instead of Vanderbilt and added Florida State to their ACC schedule with the 2024 release from the conference. SMU travels to Louisville, Stanford, and Duke over a four-week span with no home games in the entire month of October.
In return, they receive three home games in December with Pittsburgh, Boston College, and Cal coming to Dallas.