Meetings with Notre Dame, Maryland and Villanova highlight Syracuse’s nonconference slate for the 2014 season.

SU Athletics announced the Orange’s nonconference schedule Wednesday, and the 2014 season will open with one of Syracuse’s fiercest basketball rivals. The Orange is 2-1 all-time against the Football Championship Subdivision Wildcats, who play in the Colonial Athletic Association, and will host VU on Aug. 30 in the Carrier Dome.

SU will travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich., two weeks later for a meeting with Central Michigan on Sept. 13. The series with the Chippewas features two future games to be played in the Dome.

Syracuse will then return to the Carrier Dome on Sept. 20 to face the Terrapins, who leave the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten after this season. The Orange faces UMD on Nov. 9 in College Park, Md., this year.

SU closes out its 2014 nonconference schedule against the Fighting Irish at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Syracuse and UND have met before in the New York City area when the Orange topped the Irish at Yankee Stadium in 1963.

Wednesday’s announcement fills out SU’s scheduled opponents. The dates and times for its ACC games haven’t been announced yet, but Syracuse will host Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina State and Duke and travel to Clemson, Pittsburgh, Boston College and Wake Forest.