Regional College Football Preview/Results for This Weekend

Week four of College Football is now underway and there are some exciting games regionally on tap for this weekend.

Update:

Syracuse's starting quarterback will miss the rest of the 2025 season.  Steve Angeli suffered an injury to his left Achilles tendon on Saturday.  The injury happened during a non-contact play in the third quarter before the Orange beat Clemson 34 to 21.  A timetable for surgery or recovery for Angeli has not yet been announced. 

 College football is four weeks into the season.  Rutgers dropped to 3-and-1 after falling to Iowa 38-28.  Syracuse is 3-and-1 after a 34-21 victory at Clemson.  Army fell to 1-and-2 after a 45-38 loss in overtime to North Texas.  UConn improved to 2-and-2 after beating Ball State 31-25. Utica suffered its first loss of the season on the road, falling 20-17 toEmpire State rival Alfred State. Hamilton College fell to Amherst 23-13. Morrisville lost to Union 31-7. Cortland beat Hartwick 59-9. 

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Let’s start with Syracuse. The Orange (2–1) are coming off back-to-back wins, including last Friday’s 45–0 blowout over Colgate at the Dome. Now they head into ACC play on the road at Clemson. The Tigers, 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the ACC are always tough at Memorial Stadium, and this noon kickoff on ABC will be a real test of just how far SU has come under Fran Brown this season. Can the Orange defense slow down Clemson’s ground game? That’s the big question.

Army (1–1) is also in action at noon, hosting North Texas at Michie Stadium. The Black Knights split their first two games, and this one should be a physical battle. Army’s triple-option attack is always fun to watch, and they’ll be looking to wear down the Mean Green early.

In Division III, Utica University (2–0) takes a perfect record on the road to Hobart for a tough non-conference matchup. Hamilton College (0–1) travels to Amherst for a 1 p.m. kickoff, while Morrisville State (1–1) hosts Union College at the same time. Colgate (1–2) is home to Fordham in a Patriot League matchup that kicks at 1 as well.

Later in the day, SUNY Cortland (2–0), ranked among the top Division III teams in the country, is at Hartwick for a 3 p.m. start.

From the ACC to Division III, it’s one of those weekends where every level of college football has something worth watching. Plenty of storylines, plenty of bragging rights on the line—and we’ll check back with the results when the dust settles.