Georgia Tech Football: Yellow Jackets Set Date for 2025 Homecoming Game

Georgia Tech's full ACC schedule was released a few weeks ago, but what was not known was which game would be designated for homecoming. Homecoming is one of the most anticipated games on the Yellow Jackets schedule and that is not going to be any different this season. Georgia Tech announced this morning that the 2025 homecoming game will be on Oct. 25th, the day that Syracuse comes to Atlanta for an ACC matchup. They also announced that Family Weekend will be on Sept. 20th, the weekend that Georgia Tech hosts Temple.

📆 𝙎𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎 📆

𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐃
Sept. 20 vs. Temple

𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆
Oct. 25 vs. Syracuse

📰: https://t.co/vmpy0QMo03 #StingEm 🐝 pic.twitter.com/BA49OlQ6V7
— Georgia Tech Football (@GeorgiaTechFB) February 18, 2025

Syracuse was one of the surprise teams in the ACC and the country, winning ten games and upsetting Miami at the end of the year to keep them out of the college football playoff. Georgia Tech lost to Syracuse on the road this past season, the first loss of the year for the Yellow Jackets, and most fans will remember Syracuse head coach Fran Brown's comments after the game last September:

"Don't give ammo to me. If you give ammo to me, I'm coming at you full tilt. This game was very personal."

Fran Brown was NOT happy with Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key's comments earlier in the week insinuating Syracuse was not physical - to the tune of a 31-28 Orange win pic.twitter.com/H0mYNOaduv
— Ashley Wenskoski (@AshleyWenskTV) September 7, 2024

Syracuse is losing a lot of talent from this year's team, but Brown seems to have them positioned to be a competitor in the ACC.

Clemson (+270) has won eight of the last ten ACC Championship and are the early front-runners to do so again in 2025 at Fanduel Sportsbook. Dabo Swinney is bringing back a lot of key players from this past year's CFB Playoff team and will be tough to beat. Miami (+310) has arguably the most talented roster in the conference after three straight recruiting classes that topped the ACC, but they still have to replace some of their best players form this past year's team. SMU (+440) was the surprise of the ACC in 2024 and looks to keep that momentum going, while Louisville (+500) looks to make their second ACC Championship in three years under Jeff Brohm

Guess who is 5th in the odds though at +1300? That would be Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets have made steady improvement under head coach Brent Key and 2025 could be the year for a big breakthrough in the conference.

Coming into the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Georgia Tech has not had to face high pre-season expectations. The win totals in Vegas had them falling short of a bowl game in each of Brent Key's first two seasons as the head coach of his alma mater, but the Yellow Jackets exceeded expectations both times and ended up in a bowl game. Georgia Tech has played the underdog role pretty well, but with talented players returning, one of the program's best recruiting classes getting on campus, and a pretty solid transfer portal class, the Yellow Jackets could enter the 2025 season ranked in the top 25.

There is still plenty of time between now and August, but there is certainly a case for Georgia Tech to be ranked in the preseason top 25. Quarterback Haynes King is returning, and running back Jamal Haynes is also back, joined by Penn transfer Malachi Hosley, a talented receiving corps, an offensive line that returns All-ACC guard Keylan Rutledge, and talent from a defense that was much better in 2024 than 2023. Offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner is slated to be back and Key just hired Texas assistant Blake Gideon to take over for Tyler Santucci as the new defensive coordinator.

The pieces are in place for a potential special season in 2025 and while Georgia Tech always plays a tough schedule, next year's schedule is not as tough as years past. Yes, they play Georgia and Clemson, but no other team on their schedule is likely to start the year ranked. That is not to say that it will be a cakewalk, but Notre Dame is not on the schedule, nor is Miami or SMU. The trip to Colorado to start the year could be tough, but the Buffaloes are losing likely top-10 picks Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders. As far as schedules go, next year's looks to be breaking in favor of Georgia Tech being able to contend in the ACC.

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