The Syracuse Orange football team (4-5) has just three games remaining on its regular season schedule. And only two of those are in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play. The Orange are 2-5 within the league heading into this weeks matchup with North Carolina State (Saturday, noon ET).

The final conference game of the regular season will be on Nov. 21 against the Boston College Eagles, who are coached by former NFL head coach Bill O'Brien. With less than two weeks away from the rivalry game, more details have been released about the matchup. 

Noon ET. Regardless of the result against NC State on Saturday, Syracuse will have a bowl game invitation in play when it takes on Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Orange need six wins to qualify for a bowl game invitation. Syracuse will enter this matchup at either 4-6 with a chance to keep bowl hopes alive, or it will enter at 5-5 with a chance to secure a bowl bid.

Since joining the ACC in 2014, Syracuse has been able to maintain two rivalries from its time in the Big East Conference. The Orange lost to one of the two former Big East foes, the Pittsburgh Panthers, 27-13 in September. 

Boston College is the other long time opponent that battles against the Orange each season.

The Nov. 21 game will mark the 60th time that the schools have played against one another. The series history dates back to 1924 when Syracuse defeated Boston College in the first game in the series 10-0.

Syracuse holds the series advantage 34-25 but Boston College has won the three most recent games. 

In the preseason, Boston College was projected to finish near the bottom of the ACC standings. However, the Eagles have been able to exceed August predictions and have proved to be much better. In similar fashion to the Orange, the Eagles will have a bowl game invitation in play during the Nov. 21 game. The Eagles are also 4-5 on the campaign.

This Saturday, the Eagles will take on the nationally ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Fighting Irish are coming off a recent victory over the then No. 1 Miami Hurricanes.  Following the win, the Fighting Irish were voted as the No. 3 team in the AP Poll. 

Syracuse will play NC State and Boston College and then they'll get their own chance at Notre Dame when the Irish come to the JMA Wireless Dome on Nov. 28.

The game time for that contest has not been set.