SMU 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 10:07 am Friday, August 9, 2024
On September 28, the SMU Mustangs will face Florida State — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is in this article.
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2024 SMU Game and TV Schedule
Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
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@ Nevada | August 24 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | CBS Sports Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Houston Christian (FCS) | August 31 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ACC Network Extra |
BYU | September 6 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
TCU | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Florida State | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Louisville | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Stanford | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Duke | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Pittsburgh | November 2 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Boston College | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Virginia | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
California | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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SMU 2024 Strength of Schedule
- The Mustangs will face the 26th-easiest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (62).
- According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (57), SMU has the 104th-ranked schedule in college football.
- The Mustangs are playing the 68th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year).
- SMU will play five games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that put up nine or more victories and four squads with less than four wins last year.
- The Mustangs will face five teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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SMU Stat Insights (2023)
- The Mustangs excelled on both offense and defense last season, ranking 16th-best in total offense (454.9 yards per game) and 12th-best in total defense (304.1 yards allowed per game).
- SMU found success on both sides of the ball last season, ranking eighth-best in scoring offense (38.7 points per game) and 11th-best in scoring defense (17.8 points allowed per game).
- The Mustangs were a tough matchup for opposing teams in the passing game last season, as they ranked top-25 in both passing offense (23rd-best with 278.4 passing yards per game) and passing defense (13th-best with 182.2 passing yards allowed per game).
- SMU ranked 40th in run offense (176.6 rushing yards per game) and 29th in run defense (121.9 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
- The Mustangs ranked 35th in third-down percentage last year (43.1%), but they excelled on the other side of the ball, ranking fourth-best in FBS with a 28.1% third-down percentage allowed.
- With 17 forced turnovers (73rd in FBS) against 14 turnovers committed (27th in FBS) last season, SMU’s +3 turnover margin ranked 42nd in college football.
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