Welcome to the kickoff of Pitt vs. Syracuse week, where we’ll highlight and break down all angles of Pitt’s Week 6 matchup with the Orange. During the 2018 season, each of the Panthers’ opponents will have a week dedicated to them and their matchup with the Panthers.

The Week 6 match-up between Pitt and Orange features two programs currently going in different directions. Syracuse has won four games this season and that's significant because that's the same amount of total games that they won during the 2016 and 2017 season.

Pitt and Syracuse were both also a part of the Big East football conference until both schools left and joined the ACC officially in July. 1, 2013. In their first five years in the ACC, Pitt has averaged almost seven wins per season and have appeared in four bowl games. Syracuse has played in only one bowl game since joining the ACC. As it stands now, it looks like Syracuse's future in the ACC is looking brighter under Dino Babers.