No. 17 SMU gets an ACC prequel when it 直面するs Boston College in the Fenway Bowl
Fenway Bowl: No. 17 SMU (11-2) vs. Boston College (6-6), Dec. 28, 11 a.m. Eastern (ESPN)
FanDuel Sportsbook College Line: SMU by 10 1/2
Series 記録，記録的な／記録する: SMU leads 1-0.
WHAT´S AT STAKE
After （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing then-No. 17 Tulane in the American 運動競技の 会議／協議会 選手権 game for its ninth straight 勝利，勝つ, SMU had been hoping for an 招待する to a New Year´s Six bowl. Instead, the Mustangs earned the No. 17 最高位の and a bit of a prequel for their 2024 入ること／参加（者） into the 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会. SMU and BC are scheduled to 会合，会う four times in the next six years, beginning with a game in Dallas next season.
KEY MATCHUP
FILE - Louisville 会合，会うs Cincinnati during the first ４半期/4分の1 of the Fenway Bowl NCAA college football game at Fenway Park Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Boston. SMU gets an 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会 prequel when it plays Boston College in the Fenway Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, とじ込み／提出する)
Boston College 変えるd 28 fourth 負かす／撃墜するs this season - the most in the country. The Eagles went for it 37 times, a success 率 of 75.7% that is seventh-best in the nation. The SMU 弁護 was third in the nation on third-負かす／撃墜する 百分率, 許すing 対抗者s to 変える just 27.1%, but on fourth 負かす／撃墜する it was tied for fourth-worst with 20 first 負かす／撃墜するs given up.
"You´ve got to be really, really good on third and fourth 負かす／撃墜する and get off the field," SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said. "さもなければ, you might not see the football very often."
PLAYERS TO WATCH
SMU: QB Kevin Jennings filled in after starter Preston 石／投石する broke his 脚 in the 正規の／正選手-season finale and finished off a 59-14 victory over 海軍. In his only career start, Jennings was 19 for 33 for 203 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in a 26-14 victory over Tulane.
Boston College: After starting the season fourth on the depth chart, Kye Robichaux has 現れるd as the Eagles´ 最高の，を越す running 支援する. Robichaux has carried 150 times for 691 yards, with seven touchdowns; he has another 90 receiving yards. He had 支援する-to-支援する games of more than 100 急ぐing yards and two touchdowns against Georgia Tech and Connecticut.
FACTS & FIGURES
The 未来 ACC 敵s have only met once, when SMU won 31-29 in Dallas in 1986. They will play four times in the n ext six years, 含むing next season at SMU. ... BC first played in Fenway Park in 1914 and the ballpark was BC´s main home from 1936-45 and 1953-56. The Eagles last played there in 2017, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Connecticut 29-17. Lashlee was the 不快な／攻撃 調整者／コーディネーター for the Huskies in that game. ... In all, the Eagles are 55-16-5 there. ... BC men´s ice ホッケー, baseball and football will have all played at Fenway in 2023. The ホッケー team 敗北・負かすd UMass and the baseball team （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Notre Dame. ... BC started the year 1-3, 動揺させるd off five straight 勝利，勝つs to earn bowl 適格（性）, and then lost three straight to finish the 正規の／正選手 season. ... BC QB Thomas Castellanos is third in the country for 急ぐing yards by a QB with 957. His 11 急ぐing TDs are tied for fifth most by a quarterback. ... SMU went 9-0 in its final season in the AAC. ... The Mustangs had 47 解雇（する）s this season, second in the NCAA. ... Their 28.9 point 利ざや of victory in 会議／協議会 play was the biggest in the country. ... A 12th 勝利，勝つ would be SMU´s first since its 1935 team won the 国家の 選手権. The Mustangs´ last bowl 勝利，勝つ was in 2012.
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FILE - Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos (1) carries during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Pittsburgh. SMU gets an 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会 prequel when it plays Boston College in the Fenway Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt 解放する／自由なd, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - SMU cornerback Justin Guy-Robinson (29), place kicker Kevin Miles (93) and safety Brice Madison (34) celebrate with fans after a 37-20 victory over Tulane in an NCAA football game at Ford Stadium in Dallas, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. Next year, the Big Ten will have 18 schools, the Big 12 and SEC 16 each and the ACC 17 football-playing members, 含むing SMU in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - The Maryland football team 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集めるs in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Boston College in College Park, Md., Nov. 23, 2013. Over a （期間が）わたる of six weeks this past summer, the Pac-12 was ripped apart and redistributed by its competitors. Oregon and Washington are going to the Big Ten along with Southern California and UCLA. Arizona, Arizona 明言する／公表する, Colorado and Utah are going to the Big 12. Stanford and California will join the 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, とじ込み／提出する)
