Syracuse women’s basketball announces 2025-26 schedule
After a subpar 2024-25 season, Syracuse women's basketball released its 2025-26 schedule on Tuesday, as it looks for a rebound campaign. Leonardo Eriman | Photo Editor
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Syracuse women’s basketball released its full 2025-26 schedule Tuesday.
The Orange’s schedule features 10 teams who reached the NCAA Tournament last season. Neutral-site games against Utah and Michigan headline their nonconference slate. Meanwhile, SU’s conference schedule involves taking on each Atlantic Coast Conference foe once, except for Boston College, which it meets twice. The conference previously decided to shrink its schedule from 20 to 18 games earlier this year.
SU begins its season with four matchups in the JMA Wireless Dome. Its faces Stony Brook in its season-opener on Nov. 4.
Then, the Orange host UAlbany on Nov. 7. Last season, in Syracuse’s third game of the season, the Great Danes shocked SU with a last-second game-winning 3-pointer, sending head coach Felisha Legette-Jack into an expletive-ridden tirade in the postgame press conference, which she later apologized for.
SU hosts Canisius and Wagner on Nov. 11 and Nov. 16, respectively.
Syracuse then heads to Uncasville, Connecticut, to play Utah — which was a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament last season — on Nov. 21. It then also faces Michigan, a No. 6 seed in March Madness, in Uncasville on Nov. 23.
After hosting Howard on Nov. 30, the Orange follow with a home ACC/SEC Challenge meeting with Auburn on Dec. 3. The Tigers are a familiar foe for Syracuse center Oyindamola Akinbolawa, who transferred from there to SU during the offseason.
SU’s first ACC matchup is a trip to Dallas to play SMU on Dec. 7.
The Orange conclude nonconference action with home games against Colgate (Dec. 10), Binghamton (Dec. 16) and Mercyhurst (Dec. 19).
Syracuse returns to ACC action versus Duke on Dec. 28, which was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and reached the Final Four. Its homestand continues against Florida State on Jan. 1, 2026. The Seminoles reached the second round of the Big Dance earlier this year as a No. 6 seed.
SU hits the road to play Wake Forest on Jan. 4 before returning home to face Virginia Tech on Jan. 8 and then Virginia on Jan. 11 in the Old Dominion State. Then, Syracuse hosts West Coast-based ACC schools Stanford and Cal for the first time on Jan. 15 and Jan. 18, respectively.
The Orange also venture down to Chapel Hill to do battle with North Carolina, a No. 3 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, on Jan. 25. Another March Madness qualifier last season, Georgia Tech, will come to the Salt City for a Jan. 29 matchup.
Syracuse then travels to meet Miami on Feb. 1 and Boston College on Feb. 5. The Eagles and Orange squared off three times last season, with SU’s largest margin of defeat and victory both coming against BC. Boston College also ended SU’s season with a furious second-half comeback in the ACC Tournament First Round.
Then, the Orange hosts Louisville, who reached the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, on Feb. 8. Syracuse next heads to Pittsburgh on Feb. 12 before it will face off against Clemson on Feb. 15 in the Dome.
The home stretch of SU’s conference schedule features some tough tests. Syracuse has back-to-back trips to NC State on Feb. 22 and Notre Dame on Feb. 26. The two squads tied for first place in the conference standings last season, as the Wolfpack were a No. 2 seed in March Madness, and the Fighting Irish earned a No. 3 seed.
The Orange conclude their regular season schedule at home against Boston College on March 1.
Syracuse is looking to rebound from a 12-18 campaign where it went 6-12 in ACC play, finishing 13th, barely qualifying for the ACC Tournament. But SU exited at the first hurdle in Greensboro and didn’t reach a second straight NCAA Tournament.
What’s more, the Orange lost the leader in points, assists, rebounds, blocks and steals per game to graduation as Georgia Woolley, Kyra Wood, Izabel Varejão, Saniaa Wilson and Dominique Camp moved on at the season’s conclusion.
SU did reinforce its roster in the transfer portal, adding forward Aurora Almón, center Akinbolawa, guards Laila Phelia and Dominique Darius and center Izoje Uche to pair with incoming freshmen Camdyn Nelson, Justus Fitzgerald and Jasmyn Cooper. Syracuse also retained Sophie Burrows, Keira Scott and Journey Thompson, who are due for bigger roles.
