Syracuse will play its first ever Conference USA opponent, Middle Tennessee State, next year in the Carrier Dome, SU Athletics announced Thursday.

The game will be played on Sept. 9, 2017. The MTSU contest is one of three non-conference games Syracuse has scheduled in 2017 and comes one week before the Orange host Central Michigan on Sept. 16 and two weeks before SU visits Louisiana State on Sept. 23. The full 2017 schedule will not be released until early next year.

SU will play Atlantic Coast Conference foes Boston College, Clemson, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest at home in 2017. On the road, the Orange will play Florida State, Louisville, Miami and North Carolina State.

In March, Syracuse men’s basketball advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 75-50 win over the MTSU Blue Raiders.