2024 SMU Mustangs football team

2024 SMU Mustangs football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
CFPNo. 13
Record10–1 (7–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCasey Woods (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRob Likens (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorGarin Justice (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorScott Symons (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMaurice Crum Jr. (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRickey Hunley Jr. (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumGerald J. Ford Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 SMU y   7 0     10 1  
No. 17 Clemson   7 1     9 2  
No. 8 Miami (FL)   6 1     10 1  
Louisville   5 3     7 4  
Georgia Tech   5 3     7 4  
Duke   4 3     8 3  
Syracuse   4 3     8 3  
Pittsburgh   3 4     7 4  
Virginia Tech   3 4     5 6  
Boston College   3 4     6 5  
North Carolina   3 4     6 5  
Virginia   3 4     5 6  
Wake Forest   2 5     4 7  
NC State   2 5     5 6  
California   2 5     6 5  
Stanford   2 6     3 8  
Florida State   1 7     2 9  
Championship: SMU vs. TBD
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of November 26, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 SMU Mustangs football team represents Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs are led by Rhett Lashlee in his third year as the program's head coach. The Mustangs play their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas.

The 2024 season is SMU's first in the ACC since moving from the American Athletic Conference. On November 23, the Mustangs clinched a berth in the ACC Championship Game with a 33–7 win over Virginia, becoming the first team transitioning to a power conference to reach a conference championship game in the National Championship Game era.[1]

  1. ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (November 23, 2024). "2024 ACC Championship Game: SMU clinches historic berth in first season as power conference program". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 23, 2024.