The Orange were tenth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York.

That would be their final loss of the non-conference regular season as they won the South Point Shootout and defeated Alabama in their ACC–SEC Challenge game.

The Orange then won five straight games including avenging their earlier loss against Louisville.

Prior to the season beginning Felisha Legette-Jack was announced as the head coach at Syracuse.

As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, the received a bye to the Second Round, where they lost to NC State.