Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Syracuse football team finished the season ranked No. 20 in the final AP Top 25, its best season-ending since finishing at No. 15 in 2018.

It's not every college football bowl game that features ritualistic sacrifice of a bowl game mascot after completion of the game. But then, not every team gets to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

That leaves Syracuse as the only ACC winner so far, beating Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. The ACC will have three more opportunities to put some wins on the board with Louisville playing ...